A RIDE ON TBE ELEVATED RAILROAD.

 to say a word about. So when Johnny came out on Sixth Avenue,
 and saw the cars on the elevated railway, the little boy was fright-
 ened and clung to his mamma, exclaiming,-
 0 mamma, mamma! see those cars way up in the air Suppose
 they should fall down !"
 But his mother took him into a store, and let him watch the little










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trains pass _
to and fro -" .
for a while,
the railroad was strongly and safely built.
Then she proposed taking a ride on it. "k--.
At first Johnny objected; then he began '
thinking it must be fun to ride up so high. When he was once
seated in the cars, and gliding swiftly along above the street, he
clapped his hands with delight.
 Every day after that Johnny wanted to ride on the elevated
railway, and did so several times. When he returned home, he