The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-22

off and / made him go with his bottle
to the other end of the >caboose. He
lives over some museum and If you
want the bottle you'll find ii there"
Mr. Stuart was overjoyed to find
that probably Dorothy was still in the
land of the living so he sent a telegram
to Mrs. Stuart telling her that they
were on Dorothy's track, and after
putting Robert up at hotel he spent
the rest of the night trying to find
over which museum the man lived, but
without success.
About noon of the next day he and
Robert were walking down the Bowery,
thoroughly disheartened when they
saw a man putting UP a freshly paint
ed sign in front of dime museum. On
it was painted blue bottle inside of
which were the dim outlines of lit
tie girl. The announcement read:
Greatest marvel of the nineteenth
century. Marietta, the Mite. The girl
in the bottle. Tom Thumb not in it.
Only the girl. She can talk, eat and
sing and she's only six inches high.
Barnum out done. Come in and see
her. Only dime, ten cents"
Mr.. Stuart rushed in and was so ex-
cited that he tried to pass the ticket
taker without buying a ticket But
such things are not allowed on the
Bowery and he was detained until, half
frantic, he flung down a dollar and
without waiting for change, rushed in
with Robert at his heels.
A crowd surrounded a table on which
stood a dark blue bottle. The lecturer
was just beginning his lecture. La
dies and gents,' said he, nature is
never tired of revealing her marvels
to us. At one time Tom Thumb was
the most famous man on the known
universe because he was the smallest,
but nature was at work and in process
of time we had Commodore Mutt and
then Lucia Zarate, the Mexican Mid
get But now at the close of this Won
derful nineteenth century all the for
mer dwarfs are turned into compare
tive giants by the appearance of the
smallest creature that ever drew the
breath of life. refer. ladies and gents,
to Marietta, the Human Atom She
was found upon the lovely shore of
Gltcheegoomee in a bottle, much as
Moses was found in the bull rushes
She can talk, sing, eat and is in every
respect the mental peer of her more
sizable sisters. Ask her any questions
and receive her marvellous replies"
Dorothy" said Mr.. Stuart, "Papa's
come for you" The lecturer paused in
establishment but he was more amazed
when tiny voice shouted "Popsy, my
popsy!" and a sound of hand clapping
came out of the bottle. The audience
roared with delight, but their wonder
knew no bounds when Robert stepped
forward and said "Abracadabra! May
you come out of that bottle and grow
to your full size at once"
At the words a little golden head ap-
peared at the top of the bottle and
then what looked like a lovely doll
Climbed out and slid to the table. MUIR
INJURED "ahs" and. ."ohs,'' were heard
frcu1sthes women present But in a mo-
ments Dorothy grew to her usual size
and sprang to her fathers arms.
he, foreseeing trouble with the man
agement, handed a roll of bills to the
lecturer and then he and Robert fed
into the street.
That afternoon the trio arrived home
and Mrs. Stuart clasped her darling in
ner arms and made her and Robert
promise thereafter they would have
nothing further to do with magic.