The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-05
THE STORMING OF The RUDDYS
MARY EIIZABETH DEFTED THE
GREENS ron TWO DAYS.
when All the Others Had Piled and Onh
one Brick hep, the Cuadel Prom
ColIapsInG she CapltuIRtrd I RraI
Estate Epic 0f BrookNn UorouEh.

Plus fnea~ ~ Troy who rI-rrai
AnohisNs. his father ant AZ ~" house
hold gods on he shoulders may from an
impending real .,-ta'. slump ~ m. good
old DAYS. Deserved - tho Olympian con
cert no more than docs Mary FlisAleth
Ruddy lately u In north Eihntt place.
Brooklyn - -, sure. Mary ElSah-tN
did not carry her father away from their
heleag,Ier.d ,,tadai un her shoulders
hut IN" did rrmov- all tho lRr"s and
penate- including tho cat after ha, ing
~ithstrnd m" trrarh"rnus Greeks who
etnrn,,-d the approaches 10 the sacred
Ruddy h-arthston" during two rf't"r
days
In IN. case II T. inas- butter wander
,nRs and many adventures h"fer after
that heroic la, its. ION ~ tho father and ~"
familiar deitis> \nn. IN" less So with Mary
Elizabeth who yesterday -s' her apron
for = sail and thus made nf herself a ht-
ful galley. steering wildly along all the
coasts ~ Myrtle aNenu" and fi'''t plao"
and seeking a nov iaud which should ful-
al the prophecy II tho S,hylllne leaves
Of the house renting agents Apollo :
~esting steeds kicked tho dust from Ho-
boken heights back on the head ~ PA
IN the shoals Of Navy street with the
household gods hedpnd IN confusion be.
fore a new and strange altar
Twas thus way. q Augustus
Mary Elizabeth her father. John, and
her brothers. Phil and Frankie. all lived
IN happy accord on the top floor Of the
ancient brick housa On North Elliott
place. knowing no enemy and loving their
Il.
Of the Tenement House Department who
prodclsd the old foundations and fling cred
the crumbling ahutments The mouse
must go. sald the inspector with stern
ness You must GO, said Agent Carlo
RokeChis, addressing each " the tenants
In turn
-Nhen;- then upspake Mary Elizabeth
the daughter. the hou-ekeeper and Jeal-
Gus protector
Immediately Agent Rokschis then
made reply
! Not. then quuth Mary Elizabeth. who
10 one gwen To little wasting OF the breath.
That was less than a week ago More
timorous tenants on the first floor and the
second floor Of the condemned building
moved on Tuesday Mary ElizA'ath aud
her brother Frankie leaned far from the
entrenched battlements II tn. ihird foor
and gsIed down IN deTison upon the
craven heads Il those falnthearted ones
who had hseded Oh. threat Of the agent
and no we're deca'nping 50 pr"c,pita'-ly
Again Agent Rokach's appeared ~"
o. God on the sidewalk and mad" a funnel
of his hands The words carried up 10
Mary Elizabeth with "A tang 81 ange-
DO YOU get out l''furc tn" vr'r kars
begin or do | got a tIstsp-ss'-~s
Get your wr-Ck"rs G-t your d.
poesess. came the tavnt from that ~I.ars
81 olaCkness illuminei by the ambru-Ial
locks Of Mary Elizabeth Do ylIh rhIitA
me dads gong To uuit wOrk an los'' hl-
Job A-moVin herauS.' 81 you-s,-
Then on "Wednesday cam. IN" army of
the Greeks They cam" not by stealth.
no wooden horse except a Chlid's toy
steed could enter IN. portal nf tins do
Tended stronghold But boldly and with
their picks and saws IN their hands cam.
the Greeks. Papa Anagyropopols leading
them. They attaCk"t IN" portal, ~
welded They went on INFO the hou-"
and the smash ~ their ~" tga. and ~"
shrilling of their avs asC"1dsi 10 ~"
r~solute ear- ~ Mary Eh7ab.''h
All Of "Wednesday ~" t'r"s<s under
mined the foundations ~ N" Ruddv
citadel The plaster assembled - the.
windows Of the third hoor IN warning
clouds The rsnding of beams and
ripping 81 lath- counted of the minute.
that led to imV-ndirE disaster Nv
"Wednesday night the lower hprr ~ the
house was skeleton
Then again YESTERDAY morning came
on ih~ impla" able Gresi- MARY Ehza-
hsth and FRANKIE still held lnviolats the
sanctum ~ the home ON m" third fonr
Father kuddy and Phil. he -,der hrutha-.
went On 10 their labors The weakened
stairs leading town from thalr home
creaked under thor tread. hui stall they
vent away. knowing that whore Mary
Elizabeth was there alrn was security
One 81 Nh" Attackers went INTO the
dlsmantled lower dOnr and DiIt M" water
pipes Mary Elizabeth above Wa pre-
pared for that. -h" had two tubs fun ~
water and very bucket aud dist in ~.
kitchen was trimming against a fa'n'n"
burning rohuke of MARY Elizabeth town
the skeleton length ~ ~" staircase
With ~ came al-r "a pailfiil pi water b'Ii
the water was not lu the PAL. u dren'h"t
the attacking CRACKS u Was the most
potent token 81 the ~-pru ~ ih.. ..,i"gei
Aisr the water plp", ~" drains WEI"
torn down Thsn tho plauEz of th.
floor on the Heroni story were ripI"i up
Daylight str"4ne1 through IN. rms ~
the old hous. Mary thsai"th ~ on ~"
top stop out-ld" the door OF h"- castl"
and did -or1" Gro. .hs'Inc. aba she com
m-nted 'srr"ly from nm" TO tim" uUnn
the character II the b..sI"s"r~
BY noon m" plumb OF the hn'i." 4.'-
pended upon a brick = thlc<ns,- n"
1inea&s baffied withdrew "a -it On ~.
curb and MUNICH their onions. wondering
upon whom would fall the pleasant ia--
81 knocking out that bri"k Then cam.
Father Ruddy Ei' took hook ~ thing.
saw his home p"rchiuE ou stills ahoN.'
rum. 10, ld..d that gentle ii-.'r..' ION should
court surlv defiance - T." wont ~ 10"
top floor
-Nary. girl. y" Va DON" bph'" sad 10.
but gIs-- "" NOV" n" a'i"rropn
~ thaV moved