New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-05
RESURRECTING POOR LO
No Indian Could Stay Dead scith a
Mole IN His Trouser Leg.

- ground mole. sleek, cold ana covering, revealed
powers more miraculous than Theosophys Third
Eye or malicious animal magnetism at one of
the Fresh Air homes recently. Through it dead
indian was brought back to life by intimate con-
tact with the 'tmorous beastie' with expedition
and dispatch worthy of note.
On the morning which heralded the murmurings
OF Indians" the boys came rushing TO the super
lhtendent announcing the capture OF "a young
oeaver The tiny animal which had caused such
unusual interest Gagged in soap box half filled
with dirt and left to entertain itself.
In the mean tine three Indians had appeared
on the horizon and approached the home brand
lshing tomahawks and making the woods ring with
wild warwhoops. An evil omen indeed was the APP
pearance of the ground mole 10 the children. who
huddled fearfully together on the pavilion Of the
Home But few oouTaGeously led attack. and
after several unsuccessful attempts the Indians
were captured. dose of Jamaica ginger poison
was administered to each, and they were stretched
out on the floor while the children filed by in a
solemn procession
But the ground mole was by no means inactive.
After carefully investigating all sides of the box.
II began to dig below the surface, and. finding an
opening, soon was free But liberty meant little in
room filled with several hundred children. So
the mole crawled about looking for a place to
hide. He looked here and he looked there. No
suitable place appeared until the three dead
Indians lying on the floor Within the faring
ouckskn trousers of one he discovered the long
sought opportunity.
The dead Indian" far away In the happy
hunting grounds when he felt a slight twitch In
ms trouser leg. Being dead" he could not we'll
investigate. but he gave his foot an almost i'm
perceptibe turn. The longer the twitching con-
unued the greater became the dead Indian s.
nervousness. Finally he received a distinct sensa-
uon OF cold and cammy something on his leg.
with veil which would have given credit TO a
sure enough Indian he Ieaped into the air and
made hurried exit incidentally striking his head
a chair.
The children were somewhat startled nv this sud
ueh move and gave the injured Indian less sym
pathy than he might reasonably expect The rest
OF the tribe came 20 life almost Immediately and
lhe indian game has been indefinitely postponed.
The ground mole escaped
An attendant at Ashford HIN writes:
:, one OF the problems which the Fresh Air worker
mas continually presented to him is the treatment
90 J hIok children Down in our hearts we
4 Is the first time they have ever been away from
i HSe; ana even the food is new to them Child
what Is being done for them. So once in a while
we ma child that weeps for home and mother
,, "a" Semethlng tonight which pleased me very
much -Four girls making themselves and
They couldn't enjoy the singing or me SHADOW
pictures. Nothing interested them except the time
and sat down. hrst by one then by another until
al four were happy. She didn't tell them that
ana they would be punished within an inch OF their
The first one told them that he was morally GER
TAIN mat her little sister wasn't dying and that
heE mother didn't need her 70 mind the baby. For
third she told about the dinner have on
promised 10 take her and show them 10 her the
next morning In fifteen minutes all four OF them
Street and were singing "Harrgan' with all their
hearts and lungs
Twenty-sx children went TO Auburn. " Y. on
special invitations yesterday. and plans made
for sending several hundred more 10 various places
to-day and tomorrow.