Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-18


You have met him. doubtless 1o
w;"lI WIN the bad eye and the general
"cbi,,1 ,Io ,IoA-the boy who isn't afraid To
WALL ,bn ne most dlgnifed man who ever
w VI In ine streets Of Detroit. Wicked ,Jact
my 1less you, he has carried Frce PrS,ao, .A
aiS Ia so.a papers IN Detroit ever since he wo,
G.u enough to lind his way to the ofI;co va. a,
80 e - ~ say that he has had hi, earS ,siS
rost ".'0.eu c'r ., times per year for ten yearI
,'s' ,,I. ,Ir sasslng the public. and +bs. Iis Us
ii,o liE IGAed more boothacks anrIa. Ia nc
aiers .L. ana newsboys than can he n!IaJ pie Pea-
Ine c9rri4ors of the city hall an Ttt - In.o
l,2,sophers who have been attacbna a 'ne PM
RE, RES since that boy came uro, ~ .t .he
Stase OF active life have had a tt l,on the
MN MN, They have coaxed. entreated7 win
IIlpeu and even sought 10 frirbter a. sueu,
JACK was lron-clad. lie knew H.. ,.'Hi out
was neei II missionary work bnt i , tnere
ulueh eas ler TO be wicked tbon i ~ ""s 30
good that he continued Ia be - SaS 10 be
The public might have a. oneu Ti
ovts;Ia - : Iol known that any human being
D5eS.ae y5ern @ d lnree or four newspaper pbilose
paeis' pa. ever asked him to he good. No ntbor
'-'o'ts "e'e ever made TO get him into sSbnoi |
10 p Keep am clean-to repress his oatbS thu
~ CAIN DOWN his toready muscle r.
newspaper men might have succeedo5 tnJ lnI
ny liau m'fe time, or had thew been LanL -
eu up ~ outsiders. 1t doesn't doo -.
p!' ol g9od ID pat him on the head and toii
MIN ol heann, and then let him VII ''iI sei.
among a cr-wd of young rascaIs wbo ~,n Lo' oue
oGi,e3'eu l.' 10 -laKe an assault upon him and
S'e him Wholesale mauling AMI ,ri.iNli InI
JACK discovered that his fist and faos "!eHgu ~
a Better road through life than Kind ,rnri nlIe
and square dealing. ''' 'i'u words
Where has he lived , And bo,,-s ~,
al ought to ied ashamed Far FAM - e We
years he slept barns. in boyes on VI nSe ,he
where night overtool- - bi Sm'
None OF Us ever >ked him home nr ,,,, In, h;4,
money to pay # better lsdgincs s5d uha, -I,n,
else could the = do? \ Tear oca aHH " liH.
'"g l;- p.I'i'eTo OF >'epng on the hay-mow in
I iI.ety ia 'te' he had to help about the
oSrn 10 pay ior II Hismeals were made mn
i crackers and ceese, fruit. or wbatever
hlS prohts would y, and his elorbing wa
lanIel y .I out by son aid society or picked m
mat the way Wicked Jack lived and
'e' enr churches are sending money 10
!, leaINehS over the s Money has cone N
-He ita'nehs IN Ain, while Jack the news
~ -;is.1 .i9 peen allow to come up with the
'ile anu wicked. kn wing all about wicked
~ l.hds Ano"ihs mott g Of heaven Those
" no hne" the boy be did not believe that
In5 ,a5r, .,i'i,s con.d touc the soft spot in his
leart' and yet sonnet ng did. lie entered
and left the barn as be leased. Tbev tnew
'aCA "a % Ie wicked, bui they also knew that
''a. IL was honeSt' The cler day one of the
'ien ABOUT the stable card groans, as of
'.u' IN o'ie ih pam but Ley could not be 10
.I.eu OF traced. HE next evening the {
,oa.I were heard aga, and there was {
5,ny'ning suspicious IN ,lcks actions as he
Allked "a INTO the barn an .mbel to the hay c
'i'' one OF the stable Ur followed, creep
hg carefully and quietly The bov had his /
iouie ~ .i IN an Old wagon h. luier the caves
y lne rooi' and the uan 'as finally near t
.nough 10 near talking la- was q strange 9
o'ce ana There was Jack e and pretty =
Don JACK voice was ari reading. B.
I'.l, -roucheq down on the las the listener a
Augn' 'he words !
oh, remember not aga DIS former
lIlul'IeS' iet Thy tender -cie- speedily +