New-York tribune., 1910-09-06

rban conjecture was rife among the $50
Who was going TO tempt the dangers OF
the high wire? Was it Sassy Or the
hooker? Or no. no one vent so far as
70 guess Nora Noras seventeen stone ten
on that wire2 Crazy notion,
Well. the boys did their ground and lofty
t1n7blins and the girls their folk dancing
The great race between the man and the
goat was run 70 a dead heat The clowns
capered about until seven hundred youth
f1I sides ached with laughing. But still
the great mystery was unsolved-
Wait, What is that figure that leans
against the post beneath the sign? \ cop
Sure enough, even to the brass buttons and
silver badge. Even 10 the nonchalant way
he leans against the pole and swings his
broomstick night stick
But his glory is already going into
eclfpze From I'D the hill by the laundry
something big and red with a gaudy Jap
anese parasoI over its shoulder, begins 10
dominate the atmosphere. Slowly it makes
i4s vrav down toward the arena Does it
roll? No. II waddles. Then there is
shrek from the girls:
Nora, Nora, 600, it's Nora,
Rv this time she IS at the edge Of the
crowd She pushes her way through. and
s1oupfng only a moment 70 gaze haughtily
around stalks maiesttcally toward the
cop and the wire walking apparatus
The Trouble Begins.
uhen within a half dozen PAGES she re-
moves her hat and tcsses il TO the ground
ar the feet of the policeman with the com
mand:
..Out av me way. Ioafer, Out av the road
fer Madam Hoity Toity, the thrillin' queen
av the Wire,
Al this there was roar OF laughter from
-he audience. but the law spoke not, only
pointed with its club TO the warning sign
above its head
..rut sv me road. agin tell yez- Nine
Hottv Toity fears nothir. She could dance
on a wire strung between Mars and the
n,oon came once more from the figure in
turkey red
As the law still stood its ground, she
grabbed it by the collar and sent il sprawl
ing. and then. not waiting TO see what hap
pened to il. Immediately bent all her en-
ereies 10 shining up the pole
But the guardian OF the peace was after
her in a fifty, and there began a battle
royal in which the officer was rolled about
in the dust good deal and the Madame
several times got as much as TWO inches
up the pole
Laugh? Well, anybody that came through
with whole sides was lucky But nstent
of in the distance is heard a CIatter.
Dang dang. danglety dang, Those who
had smiled before. shrieked now Down
the hill came Bill on a gauop. drawing
behind him a small rubbish cart with
Patrol painted in big letters on the sides.
With the approach or the hurry up
wagon Nine. Hoity Toity seemed 10 lose
her courage and the tide of battle turned
in favor of the cop. Maybe II was the
prospect of a ride that took her fancy but
whatever It was the Madame far from re-
sisting aided in bestowtng her bulk in the
conveyance Then a further complication
arose-''the hooker couldn't bulge the
load. But all turned TO and pushed and the
Cuprit was dragged back To the laundry.
OF course Sassy the cop And-0e-
fore IL is forgotten-it all took place al the
Tribune Fresh Air Home at Ardsley. y. ]
The moral OF the story is that even the
servants at The Tribune homes catch the
Fresh Air spirit and do their little toward
giving the guests OF the homes a good time.
ACKNoWL LEDGMENTs
Offering by the Sunshine Society held
al the Silver Bay Association for
Christian Conferences and Training
on Lake George. y Y. through
William D Murray. superintendent So rs
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Mrs H NJ Hitchcock, Greenwich.
Previously acknowledged ....-.-.- -3S.+s7 90