The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-11

state in the Union, taking 'cm In turn,
and It was New York's turn to have me.
That's how l came to be there. I've
never cared for children as children, but
I've often thought that there were posi-
bliities laid UP In a boy that to person
VIM an inventive turn of mind and no
computations, might yield good results.
mad Just Invented a pneumatic suit and
wanted boy TO try 1t on. went TO
an orphan asylum and picked out a boy.
asked for one extraordinarily light
framed. and with small bones, ana got
MIN He weighed forty pounds and he
was 10 years old. took him to my
lodgings and began to reduce his weight.
How did you do it?' l asked.
How would any one do II? l starved
Finn | fed him Just enough each day to
give him strength to get about and that
was all. In six weeks he weighed ff-
teen pounds and was ready for my pur-
pose He was a smart lad but very good
natured, He'd let me do ANYTHING TO
him without complaining He seemed TO
be grateful 20 me for giving him enough
to Keep him alive; said some men would
nave starved him outright / was glad
TO see he was not an migrate, and really
hked him as well as / can like anybody
except myself. Well when he was so
finger l dressed him up IN the pneumatic
suit. II was made IN such a way that It
could be inflated with gas, and Bnly-that
was the boys name-would then look
about as well developed as any boy of 10.
He didn't look fat at all. Then over the
rubber suit / put a light cloth suit and
we filled the inner one with gas. and there
we were. Wei. sir when he was in
fated It was all he could do to keep his
toes on the ground. He went swaying
around like a balloon when It's being
filled and I held tight on his hand for
fear I'd lose him"
"Where'd you take hlm7" asked
My friend finished his soup, and then
said: why. I took him down To Madison
suqare TO give pubic exhibition of him.
You see, there was to be review OF the
tlremen and judged that the open space
opposite the Fifth avenue Hotel would be
the best place TO show him OFF on the
way down l told him what he was TO do,
and he seemed to enjoy the prospect
Poor fellow He didn't Know what was in
store for him. But neither did I, so I
don't care. ! left him IN the crowd and
started to walk across Fifth avenue and
Broadway to Madison square. OF course
a policeman yelled to me to keep back,
but l kept on. Then Billy ran up behind
ed and caught him i'm the act. and taking
him by the nape of The neck. hurled
him up In the air. The cops all stood still.
and the crowd forgot to breathe. He came
down like a bit OF thistle down, and land
ed kick in the middle OF his back that
sent him over the Worth monument. lie
laughed as If IL were great fun, and half
the ragged urchns in the crowd wished
they were as light as he. The ooppers
were too astonishcd to say a word. | kept
up running fire Of scolding al Billy, ana
every time he came down / sent him
higher, until at last he landed on the
Fifth avenue roof. Then | yelled, You'll
pick my pocket again, win you? Come
down here and III teach you
"Billy grinned, and 10 the great JOY Of
every body he jumped off the roof of the
hotel and started down. But a storm had
been brewing over. toward Long Island.
and now there came a mighty gust Of
wind that caught poor Billy and blew
him seward. / never saw him again.
for took an afternoon train for Pennsyl-
vania, which was my next state. But
III bet that New York crowd never forgot
the fun / had with little orphan Billy.
I've often wondered what became OF him"
My friend beamed expansivey at his
fish, which had just been brought in, and
I went out and pondered on the example
Of Ananias.