The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-21
TIRED AWAY A SMALL BOY
am, .ynoSDs CAUSED THE M'AvoYs
HE4P or WORRE

,v.rid- Sh. Wa. ArreStcd In the Early ,
v,,r,,p mt the Bridge Entrance While |
a.. Little Fellow Was Tearfully Pro- |
eating Against Being Taken to Brooklyn.
vita many other four year old boys. Joe Nc |
,n,y has A love for travel. His homo circle Mt |
6n woltcr street has failed thus far to satisfy |
.,r,ngInrs for the excitement OF life. He |
nd d, 400 the world Tho hustle and rush |
,p,o,tU,y ollured him and he used TO cit |
I,,atc rlaus OF escape that kent HIS mother |
ansv block! ng them. Manga time he has been |
s.rob, ,r,itng up tho block as fast as his tat
,"s' vo,,ld carry him and brought back dis |
..,,.d and Indignant. protesting that he
,sr,, irving to run away but only wanted TO
,oe what was going ON and would have re-
,r,rad without compulslon rs soon IA his
,r,iosl,y lad been satisfied. Hereafter. how
o,,r Io, 4, .iEriy 10 be pretty well satisfied
.,,s bis home, for he made a little excursion
,,,o rho outer world on Tuesday under
ao,,,li,r All rlccs and saw enough life OF n GER
al, tind 10 lucnch his wander-longings for
some time to come.
The excursion began about noon on Tues
d,y. when the youngstcr was taken down.
.,,irs nv his mother 10 play about In the
,-onnd floor store. which was vacant. while
,be svept Il III. In time the limits OF the store
nailed and zoe wandered ont on the sidewalk.
Guiding the maternal eve by a strategic move
mon. which had led his mother to suppose that
ne was playing house behind pile OF boards
once on the sidewalk he glanced around TO de-
famine tho roint Of greatest activity and
,,,kn for H. when tat. elderly woman with
b,spcctacles stopped 10 speak to him. AT
r,si Joe shrank The srrctacles rather hor-
rlH.I HIM hut the wcarcr OF them smoke to
him very gently and asked him II he didn't want
GO for "A little walk or course Joe wanted
10 20 Tor walk that Ia what he had
com. out for But the question was whether
tewalK that he wanted 10 take wouIn co'nciue
with that which the woman with the specta-
c,ss had in view II occurred to Joe's mind
that in those previous cases where he had been
,.rsonaly conducted the direction Of the stroll
rad been invariably hcmeward 10y the shortest
route Many Journey OF magnificent proper
tions had been spoiled Ly interfering persons
who seemed TO know Joe better than he knew
them and who evinced an ncomprehenslble
Interest in restoring him to the family hearth.
Therefore Joe looked at the woman douotfully
AMI said he dIdn't know wh.r she repeated
her question.
oh yes: do come" said the woman. We'll
have such n nice time and see all sorts OF
thing
What thlngs?" asked Joe.
The big choo-choo fire engines" said the
stranger Wouldn't you like to see them go9"
Indeed Joe would like e see the on gines.
1t was one Of his most herished ambitions and
Il had been cruelty npped in the bud on one
memorable occasion when the engine had
come through his street with a grand. heart
thrilling rattle and bang and he hal run out
In the street to follow It and had suffered the
weight OF the maternal hand because-so 1t
was unaccoun'aby declared-the engine had
almost run over him. In Joe's opinion 10 that
were s1 II was the engine that should have
been srankrd ami not himself Here was the
pee, ali childish fears OF, the stranger
sa; a Of ,hs %o@ anS %hen % N" RSos
failed 70 apd Joe a little later and discovered
boy his he, dsscrp,9n had
the store there was , Wild time in the McAyoy
household The distracted mother ran around
h1s59ni e employer as a pottsr ami t3ld him
that IN; Jgs hHl rnn away he Ls,. his oa u:
lrehborhood and then went the rounds 81 all
he police stations IN that part OF the city.
pollcs. They guessed he would come back :
aeary all hapi"s it Tho McAvoys went out
1.-THE iii BrSad%a "; to!Ic"mSn burden to them
With mu'i'arious DESCRIPTIONS and queries,
usm "F o. tn; the m & In t things he saw
tells about, n. .joufTcyinEs with tho strange
woman and gets stuck he says: Den we got
Most ~ hr street car lines on Manhattan
Island must have been Iatloniz"d byJoe and his
scerone, according TO his statements. by and
By tfe lark and Joe logan % teel uncomlort.
pretty good place He would have been glad
10 return there and -" what little else re-
mtone h TSf ho Woman 9'S bn h ny SAID that
they VIE ySry far from home and there Were
ilt'is 6oi's ally, soimo,hsT Who bad
was tired and 'oor-ore. however. and .uggsted
NOR NOR, r!S S on r. cars, f2r they had been
him NJ and carried him instead. This made
him -ieeTy When h" awoke he was in a fairy
@ s Ea FROM %n' ETss f
a heal, , EG' the prGp," who Inhabited this
some q them had very red noses. like ogre,
torhim and he crcd. but the woman didn't le,
him re touched. not even when she, walked
drank something ont Of "A glass. Some 81 the
men asked her about joe and she said that he
was her little boy. and they admired him and
gave her money to buy candy for him: al
,east that Is what he supposed and hoped II
From that place they went to other fairy
lands, hu, tn" quality OF tho elm ahodes de,
ttsrioTat"d a they proceeded, aud the las, ones
nhl" him CHOKE" Al each place the strange
shI,y =, e ImI'G.r drank out Of a glass the
- ~ Nlll'H tVl'hT"l 10 RFOW IN Truly mag
ira ashion, and Joe began to have doubts
Whrth"r -hr was the real thing in fairy
R1dmoth"r after all, because sh" talked II
ih2aTNo tones aud staggered little when shc
trlei 10 hrrv him He remembers hearinf
slmehody -ay that the old woman had to,
much to drink, and that the kid wasn't hers
anyway and then thoy went out into n brIgh
street very quickly and walked a long. wear
usIhucH m they came 10 place whore NOR
cafs Than h" had ever before scen chased eacl
olh"r around curves. This. he guessed
AZ H." car started, lie had seen
hlI ana b" wanted - 20 home. When tn
woman tried 10 Persuade him to 60 with her h,
huhg hack unwingly. Then q policeman
came toward them and there was some tall
which ended by his falling comfortably aslee
on thr Lollceman's broad shoulder and dream
tng ~ wonders until h. woke up with hi
ia,her bending over him
VIM" he was on his travels little Joe had be
core an object ~ official solicitude 10 IN
Eett0uoIitan police force and that agenc
hLown ~ a. general alarm" was after him
Ihht i how Policeman Wedmeyer Of the GA
ssttert stat ION on duty at the New York end c
Inc brooSlyn Bridge happened to take han
~ ~" proceedings when he saw an unwilin
enid being lei toward Brooklyn by an elderl
Woman, Most policemen don't pay much al
'"u' on 10 general alarms buf WInlmpypf hlR