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Show . - I MIDQETWOULD BE ALDERMAN City of Boston May Have Four-Foot Representative. Tho smallest man In Boston wants to repro3ont Ward 3 in tho Common Council. Tho boom began an a Joko. Tt may end "by creating n four-foot four-foot city rcprcsentntlvo, Fred V. McDonald, Mc-Donald, of Chnrlcstown. Young Fredorlck has seen exactly twenty-flvo summer suns como nnd go over tho top of Bunker Hill. Ho attended school, flew kites and spun tops like tho rest of tho boys In Chnrlestown, but unlike them ho refused re-fused to grow. Forty-eight Inches was Frederick's height when ho appeared before tho registration commissioners and claimed claim-ed tho distinction of bolng a voter. Ho wore knee breeches and his chin enmo to tho top of tho railing, but ho succeeded In convincing tho ofllclals that ho was twenty-ono. On election day a boyllko person appeared ap-peared in Precinct 4, a smooth faced ruddy cheeked youngster, In tho samo knee breeches that had startled tho registration ofllclals. McDonald was tho smallest voter that had evor marked a ballot in Charlestown. The llttlo voter was a straight democrat, demo-crat, but tho dignity which ho assumed as-sumed was too much for tho humor of tho big domocrnts of Precinct 4. Somebody said: "We'll send Froddlo to City Hall, kneo breeches and all." Tho Joko was forgotten by nil savo tho boy. Ho thought about it, and tho moro ho thought tho moro City Hall seemed a possibility. Ho began to cultlvnto tho democratic leaders. When thoy dropped into his place of business on Cholsea streot, ho listened gravoly to funny stories; ho oven told them himself; ho talked ward politics until tho wiso ones bo-gan bo-gan to look upon tho smallest man in town as a remarkably well Informed citizen. Rooently somo of tho precinct chlofs cot together and cast about for a representative rep-resentative for tho Common Council. Somobody suggested tho small man. Tho next day ono of tho "big ones" wont to Frederick's placo of business. Ho took tho young man undor his arm nnd led him asldo. "Wo'ro going to sond you to City Hall. What d'yo think of It?" McDonnld squared his four foot and eighty pounds of stature, then smiled serenely Into tho oyes of tho "boss." "1 can mako good," ho replied briefly. Thus it Is that tho campaign cry In Precinct 4 of Ward 3 Is "Voto for tho smallest man for councilman. Ho will mnko good." |