Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-16
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PETER AND THE DwARFs.

During the school vacation Peter Wis
lte'i New York for the first time. He
saw some of the sights from the top of
an observation GER, and lie also rode
through the subway. He was fortunate
enough TO be in the Central park ut the
time the airship made its first ascent.
AS an imaginative boy, the wonderful
things Peter saw filled his mind and
came back to him even in his sleep, He
had grown so accustomed To the fire.
quent visits of his friends, the dwarfs,
that it occasioned him no surprise to
find himself sitting beside the court in
PRODUCER listening TO his chatter,
Her majesty is without doubt the
WiSeSt person in the realm" said the.
Court Introducer, no one but she would
have thought of such a thing.
Il believe you are perfectly right in
saying that" Peter replied The idea
of IN airship in the subway would not
naturally occur to an ordinary person, y
The two friends were discussing the
queens trip through the subway on the
first train of the palace car service, and
her subsequent invention of an airship
to take the place of the cars.
Il wonder what made her think of
such thing Peter remar6ed, inquir-
ingly.
Like many other great inventions.
an accident. only the accident didn't
happen"
oh" said Peter not much enlight-
tined by this lucid explanation.
Something il seems had fallen on the
track and but for the sharp lookout of
the motorman Il terrible accident would
have happened The officials tried To
keep the news from the Queen, as they
did not wish to brighten her, bat when
the train stopped quite II while between
two stations She knew something must
be wrong. and she insisted ON knowing
all about it.
The president of the road. who was
on board the train. was summoned To her
majesty's presence and questioned about
stoppage. He acknowledged that by the
! cureleSsneSs of some one Il log of wood
had fallen ON the track, but II was being
| removed and they would start right
| away Some of the court ladies became
| very much excited when they realized the
/ danger they had escaped. The red
| mean the auhurn-haired girl tainted
! away. and but for the assistance of the
! court poet, who is her acknowledged
! swain, she would have fallen. lie Sald
! something to her of which | could not
/ hear only lady fair and golden lair
! but il revived her anyhow. The Queen
! kept perfectly cool all through and when
! the president finished his yarn she said
1 WHY don't You have the track on the
roof and then nothing could fall on ltE
The man, thinking her majesty was
! joking laughed at this. hut the Queen let
him understand very sharply that she
| meant what she said.
1T might have been COW instead of q
og of wood. | often read of COWS get
! ting on the track. Now. what would You
! do if COW got on
/ The poor man was so heWlldered al
4 this unexpected question he could only
stare helpless at her majesty's stern
! countenance.
II know what would do said the
court fool. a. 40.
| dom. if COW got on the track
~ would milk her replied the fool
1 wish | had IA glass of milk now. In
! very thirsty.
Everybody laughed at this, but tn,
! queen sharply rebuked them, and stern
| IL ordered the president to take the train
to the next station at once, as she woult
| 90 no farther in such Il dangerous place
Il don't like to think what might hap
| pen if we ran against COW, she sand
"The COW would certainly be killed,
replied the president who had by TIM
time recovered his compoSure.
That would be a bad job for the rail
way company" said Prof. Mud. wh'
was one of the guests The society
would prosecute every director to the
I extent Of the law. | shall see to it thai
a bill is passed through the next Legis
| lature that cows which may innocentil
stray on the tracks shall be fully protect
ed. | am sure her majesty will give the
society all the aid her high position car
| give"
Il certainly shall" replied the queen
"but as | said before the tracks must b'
reversed and placed on the ROOT. 1t ear
| be done and it shall be done.
! All the way home her majesty spoke
| to no one. but remained in brown
| study. and we all could see she was
! thinking deeply. The result of heI
thoughts was laid before the cabinet
| this morning, and a patent will soon he
| issued for an airship to navigate the
subway.
II thought airships were intended to
navigate the air" said Peter
well, isn't there air in the subway
| 1t NAV not be as pure rs we nave II
above ground. but il IS air all the same
The invention ~ dlttf ah WY Hui'i
and easily understood. An airsh'p rises
from the ground, but in the subway II
can rise no higher than the root 50 ny
placing wheels on top il can be maze
/ to run on n track on the roof. 1h9t Is
all there is to it; its as simple as roIilhI
off log" ....:, o.
'.It does look simple enough. said re
| ter: .'the queen has made most iIhpof
! tapt invention if she can make 1t 90.
MAKE il 20. Sir Reginald, eXclai"I',
the dwarf. You surely do not eXp@r'
her majesty 10 put on a pair OF @,leraIii'
and jumper and 90 into the drive.
cab. 1t will be the business OF lhe ra'
way company to make il 90. won It :
| Il supposp So said Peter, somewhat
pcrplexcd. but perhaps none oil th'' en-
gipeerS can make il 60.
Then they'll have % get some "'I'''
engineers who can Her MAJESTY mas
done her part. there's the machine no"
it is up to the company to 90 us part
and make it 90.
Inst then spr' au' entered with 81
card. which he laid oefore the court III
PRODUCER.
col. Inkor, edit,r and proprietor.
Fresh News he said. Admit him; II