The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
1 ri'HRr EtrOrU a.
Ch,ldr-n md rci'c- Make n Pet OF n Rod
suuirr~I IN Washington SusRrs.

Nll summer and fail Washington Square has
been rndrrr,tnl; course II publication II had
got In nrd way mUrailN AMI had become the
rrsnr, a.. the rrupc 81 the ncghboring Sums
Men md Women. both white and c"I"rcd s,rnt
their ....i'. m 'aru,,ug and their days IN geiung
-,,l..- yr II IN tuck. IN continuing the drhaG, II
~ me lax hnchrs The nrighl1tS complained
wrh ,ilr result that tine pulCr declared MAR. and
not y day passed without - quota II arrests
white ~ night 'nc patrol wagon made sudden de
a,rrts uIu,n the uususurcuns jewellers All this
produced good results, but there sui remained a
numbcr Of oNcndcrs who escaped arrest Within
the last month this remnant "l al unciean army
has bcca utterly routed by y single rcd squirrel
|, wns about three wrrks age that ltuc Red
TalI made h.- first appearance Where he came
from n" one knows he wrH hrs, seen by irisl
Mary on the day thai sac rrtuTnc from mont, ;
,njnurn ON the island She We |,, ~. \
nash 81 whsl.cy ~ her lips VA mead thrown
hack aud eyes up'urnrf, when suddenly the bottle
Siuptd from her grasp ana she lcapcd 10 her feet
with a yell NJ what's that" TN the bough of y
irrc. Just over her head squa'icd little Red Tail,
chaucr'nR and making faces with all his might
SO worked up WAS poor Nay" tN2i for the FIST
tnr IN i,rr NE ats UviuriIy rai' u raeh I"t,.
man |h" s,"th NJ iin nHilnE "a ARC, auu IN
ui,NAyuii itNiT,h i'v. i've hln s,u,' ,IiI",ur
milton rn the SIR ny h II the llin.rS 81 wnL,E,S
cmEnEti"g from hey r"at"G s.;II and her wildly
cNblcd Couui,l,n. uur inch"ts Mary VA nrumpuy
marched oil m .rSing. lea ~" station house, N
tUlN her hrNt any ul az, ~.
was not long before Rrd Tail made his presence
generally known VI l7si he was wild ard AL
thai was seen II hiHi was an occasional reddish
brown sllchk flashing across tie green 81 grass
plot, or else In one II ltr lrccs there Wound suddcny
be n cummoton AMONG ia" tpalruws. They
would rise in cloud AMI thCn dart dawn again
'hhttrtng IN evident angtT Down below man
would stop and then another - EaN' up in the
t:rc where Red all could We seen skipping from
branch Ia ranch aud IN less than ave uiinuics
There would hr from fifty Ia hundred people all
lntcnuy watching inr .ituc animal is no IN" ever
attempted Ia harm him. lac in time became tanner
and would run around on The grass lcisulcly
looking Tor food, apparcnt5l Indifferent 10 tho
Watching crowd,
The news Of the squirrel : arrival speedily be
came known 20 all the children, and every day the
park WAS ihrOnEed It'll the youngsters and the
maids, who tirelcSsly followed Red Tails course
from one end Of the square 10 the other nor was
there any lack 81 old folks, hut they Of course
only came on The chlldren's account. On lhe old
park benches all This crowd II clean, decent people
who seemed 10 he all over thr park NJ once acted
ms n Hood 81 sunshine let into dark cellar acts
on rats Against the policemen they could strug
gle and indeed rather enjoyed n wordy battle,
hut with these well bred children and old people
they were shy and ashamed All their old time
comfort and sense OF possession were gone. They
came Ia their old haunts less and less FREQ ucntly
and soon ceased 10 come al all. with the result