New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
Down the Bumps with C1iffy

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+ studying that sort ing out ~
Michigan, and now he maxim
u tour 10 see how n was done
other places utaUlr -o polish l-
with a few months adj Then
after he d got himself ell soaked
IN ideas mavbe he g 20 back u
Bubble Creek rent an 1-Hce Ove-
the bank. and begin aVIn from
elevations OF non t-u- iIles an
double teutucutS.
That hat comes of haVln rich UNITS an
unces IN the family. and duckIn' real York WINS
YOU wait for notice from the Surrogate come on
and take Your share 1t want d case of 1ustle VIII
Clifford l sus1lcioned that his bein archter
was more or less of a fad but he was maxim M
most OF 1t. there was no dlscountin aat he
laId out week TO put IN seem how Ne. Ork Vas
built, high spots and low. and he went lt Ike --
was workin by the piece.
Now. say, there amt no special harm n gon
around town gawpin at lib rIes and office w DIN SAN
ChuIches. Most anyone could have done wIthor
bumpln into trouble; but not Chtty. II Wonde,
ful how he dug up Tuctions- and HIM mIldea
loOk1n touT-eyed gent ever let loose And -enl "a
what sort OF a flag station Is Bubble Cree anyway
Askln' fool questions was CIhy's spe, ty 4e-
see, he made out list of buIldIr rhous
he wanted TO take a lOoN but a7
hadn't stopped 10 put dow re stree
numbers or anVrh hing. And W re VANS
information does he hunt uT d -eCtOry o.,
q cop Oh no, He holds up ne that >
handy, from white wings q. trucN
IN the middle OF Madison % d
Wall Street broker rushin Chang
out to a directors meetIn He seems u INK an!
body he meets knows all about New .- and las
tir,t r, take HIM by the hand and -, i'm rgat
where he wants TO 60. whether II $ the r.v CuSt1I
House down town, or Grant $ Tomb NJ. he DIVE
Throw downs don discourage hmm auv -er wv
minutes after he's been told 10 so chase self ne Z
butt night IN somewhere else and call ... rectoa'
The worst of 1t that he Ccu.a- -llieIl1e
what he was told for more three -eS on :
stretch We found out these Etr,e tri>D- ~hTiord'
after he been maxim the ofr,e hrs tquarte'
for a couple ot days
FIRST mornin We started HIM ou- ,, io[ ta'
Battery. 70 SIZE ny the BoVGn Gre burton
and the aquarium. about noon he --r .a win ~
hat all dirt and ashes up and down his tro-
the description he gives We figure out ,- e usO
SomeW here up Washington HelSh-- a mas
INTO argument with Janltor th.. 8 in 1NS
beng ruug up from the basement arI eNed a'+
far II was t. Nmtehall-St
Well. fixes HIM up, writes ont al 81, -artlc 'i
OF his route ON a card. and gives h,r reSh SS"-
off. II want more'n half hour a.-,. aids tA.'
was OUT ON err,ud, and Is | cur ta- IN us
back OF the FlatIrou | sees a crowd. NouISe' .
pushes 10 find out what was hollu up al ~
carriages and bubbles that has 70 .-H thIous.
there goin north Somehow had 81 ts,u that ]"
might be Clifford And II was,
He was in the middle of the riug u,rr.u aroul,~
lively and wavin that umbrella of his IS, a s"Gi~
The other party the pilot OF a hlr~.,H SAP ia
had Climbed down or his perch and Was 'A\lu 80
with his whip
hated to disturb that muss Tor had an de
Chtty gettIn about what was >uu-lu 10 nm
and the crowd enjoyin II 10 the aU-lt. ou'
couple o. traffic cops comm over from bIo .
way so breaks through grabs Clifford by the an
and chase> hmm down the avenue, tre1tmn SUN
hard but not much hurt
Chez, SAYS l. but YOU ii Vonder Was ~
trvin 90 buy clght-mIle cab rdc for d 4u'r'e,,,
Why. no, says he. I merely stopped inc L.
70 ask HIM where the nearest subway station W" /
and before knew 1t he became angry. / III SUN >
didn't know
That's the trouble with YOU Chyty. says