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Show LITTLE HENH 'j A Chicago Boy's Thrim,,., .. I at Part laCabtaCwH Little Henry Aliening! " with his parents at the com, I Madison street and Western"! Chicago, nearly lost his jif n a j suit cf a scientific experiment;! " had carried beyond the h-m, i Bonal safety.: 'I Siuco the new street car I Madison street has been ruJ 1 dren have discovered that a t J rent of air is continually worfei through the slit' in the road i J -A this discovery many of th I amused themselves t ving a vi J J iK at one end of a string and an 1 ,1 can or similar article at the other I ingthe piece of paper on the I soon had the satisfaction of wl appear under ground, where the 1 became wound around the cable I a moment or two their delight J -o be intensified by seeing the L.1 ' . go rattling down the street. ' Little Henry Altenberg, WJ of a reflective turn, and he 1 that if he tied a rope around hi- J he would be able to stop the cable J ' the slack of the line would l J taut, as the lake mariners m- J boys might fasten cans to the ctJ s cable, but such divertissement vrj hi tame for him. 1 Running up to his mother's rooJ 803 West Madison street, he quil i without ostentation took the cordi io tho family bed. Fastening it ab,r middle he tied to the other end a J hi of. paper. Running down into the-i he dangled the paper into thecal t nel. His scientific ideas had be conceived. The currents of air swished down the dark passage J ! the paper about until the rope j round and round the cable. Thes , ! wild career began. ' , Men, women and children, audi ! West End gentlemen who wear gl and sack coats simultaneously, awe stricken at the figure the boyl cutting. He pranced down the J !i like a yearling colt around a blue J 11 pasture. His soiled shirt fluttered breeze and his hat flew off. Bat hel not stop to pick it up. He couldn't. I gripped the rope thatsocloselyideitJ him with he cable system and sp, and on. Then he lifted up his vrl swelled his lusty lungs and yelled il ly. People generally shouted, "HI at him, and several thoughtful 1 asked him if it hurt much, but he J galloped on. He was devotinghiswl thought to the scientific investigate was 'Conducting at such a rapid gait i with such flattering success. I He had started up at Leavitt steel 1 2:10 p. m. At 2:12 he flashed by H 1 avenue. At 2:13$ he had gathered and. was cantering across Seeley aw a At 2:14 two men, seeing the boy's j dicament, rushed out to bear him oil way. One of them tried to jerk theJ away, but could not. Then theybel to call for knives. There was a del of knives along Madison street just tl and none was forthcoming. More J joined in the exciting chase, butHeJ led them all by several laps. Soon I intense excitement of the situation J I beginning to tell on him, when at il he made Robey street, and he was pi .ing for breath. Still men shouted I women screamed. The hoy joined! j and swelled the high refrain. Batl i could not break away, and, thonghl luctantly, he madly sped on. I The end came finally. A. E. Allen,! employe in a paint store, rushed into! street with a huge knife, the only I available along Hennie's entire rigid way, and. trotting along by the bi side hacked the rope in twain. HerJ fell exhausted in his arms, and thettJ ing scene was over. Several broil people stood gaping at the boy who 1 made such a sensation and tenderly! quired if he were hurt. But he dislf fully answered, "Naw!" Then a I blue backed prefect of police put the! under arrest. He was released present! and silently stole away to his howl Cor. St. Louis Republic. I |
