The sun., 1902-06-22
NIlGNl, THE DWARF.
~ TELLS TALES.
The Adventures OF an Interesting
Little Man as Written
by Himself.
~ . ~, Ixv,prs ,Mra,c,


Iva exhibited IN london for -iN months
and then mad. tour of all III" c'li"-. AMI
It wa- full v,ar hrfor- w. CROSSED TO
franCr
The French r-op- did not ryrivr me
a. enthusiastically a. th" English had
done. hut still they were very kind. They
seem"d To- prefer giants To dwarfs. and
after six months We went To Germany.
Herr We did no, do we'll at all There
werr two or ,hrrc other dwarf- on "xhibi-
,ion. although all were larger than I. and
tho reopl,' had much To say about hard
times. We made money all the time, but
Mr Yc,ldo was not satisfied
One night, after We had returned from
the hall. and wcrr sitting IN nv room. hs
said To mr suddenly
-ycddo. We have now been two ycars
away from japan. and wan, To ask
YOU an, homrSick'-
No, AZ all | answered i should like
! tn -sc father. of cour-e, but hav" travelled
about 50 much that have almost forgotten
INV own country
I asked yuu the question, he aid. 'be-
cau-e ! should like to taxi. you tn America.
| That j. III. land for Snowman. You viii
make a great hr over there and find many
friends
-It vnu think 1t lest ". will 60. and l
don, care how soon We start. like to 10
with people who -I-ak English.
| 4 month after that W. took steamer and
| saied fur New York.
I had rad and ir.ard much about Ameri-
| cam and their country, AMI wh"n We landed
| in the big city ! -aid to Anak
All, this H. good | like this noise and
| bustlc and | Ike Ia -..c the people flying
about ! am sure that shall not he sorry
| | came
4 great many newspaper men called
| at the hotel 10 -'s' me and writ" me up.
| and the Mavor and some Of thc Aldermen
| had dinner with me, and when ] gave my
! first exhibition the strcets were hlocked
! with r-ople who could no, get into the
| hail
| Their, was morp excitement than IN
| London, and many I-opl" lolier"d around
! the hotel IN hoy-s to get "A gimp-n of Hss
| thai the poliC,. had tn drive them away.
| | was On exhibition ia New York for
| four months bcfnrr going over 10 Bns-
| ton and my friends Wen" numbered hv
| ia, thousand. Dns Of them was only
| A Workman. hut he did something for ne
| that added very much % IN" inten"s, OF the
| exhibition.
| battL. with the gra--hopI-'rs be- Looked very
! thought nIl, ana Two GAYS later he cains
| hack with an insect mad" of cardbsard.
| Il wa made and painted ia look like n
| real sras-hopfrr. ami II wound up WIN
i
| 4 pur II jumped abou, IA the mos, natural
| mAnn"r
NV idea is this hr explained. You
| snI TAX. the grasshupI-r on the stag"
| vrb ynu ami show the Irople how YOU
| iuughi
| NJ N-ido and Auak were delighted
| v!th the plan, and n was snnounc~d IN
| the uaI-r- that NignI would do his great
| lat,l. over again ~ puhlIc. When ] had
| iuIsh.d INV song ! S'"pis'd TACK ana nfew
1 nav sNsIl and called ptii
If haN. an ,.i-my here et him stand
| forth and du latil"
| Nlt N-,Idu then let the toy grasshoPper
| k.u-.. on me and as IA" thing jumped here
! and tI,.r. tituut the t.tag, ! ran IN and cut
, H. h,.ad IN aud ia. CTuNd ci,-"r'-d for nv.
4 minutes
| W. h.,d t. hnV. two graSshopp@rs every
! oaV hui A. they only ''~t cent each there
! wa- nn fear uf our going To III" poofhouse
| wa ~ ypu may is'lirN", srAt pet
! nIuuus ~. MunI.u was nov II years
| Old fuurt--u inch's high and weighed
| tw.ly,. tuIud. and / thought myself
| pp-ttv g,pd- looking and pretty smart.
| Nearly all the married wunH'u and many
| ~ the sirl- asked me tor "A kl-s, and never
| r.ili-,.d them. Indeed, Som.,ims~ | gave
| thrm tNo when they st-k"d for only one.
one dav an old maid -ai2'd me IN her
! arm. and cailrd mr "a ltil" darling and kissed
| me about ten tin,.~ l-.iui- could get away.
! S,r.. wa forty N'afS oid and very pain-look-
! iug and did nu, take To- her a. all.
She did 10 me though. and In" wrote ne
| Ia'tar- and -..ut ~" no~ers and came 10
| the hall 49, often that Nr l"ddo had TO
! talk Nrrv plainly 80 hcf
III. I.upl. laughcd at her. and she went
| away Miih ear ~ her ewes and that even
.rg sh,. trl.d 10 drown hrr-@ii for love 81 mo.