The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-10
.ssYou See. Jim" f.said, with / fab.-

ness 4 did not sfeel1:f' 'snOw-b balls like
chickens, come home to roost."
d s'They do that" gasped Jim, as he
.poEed itheserushed. ice toutspfa hissear
with his forefnger, land they roost
mighty solid, YOU bet..''aa OF : -R18a
i HeHwas grit clear through. and never
,whimpered.
2 When school was assembled I said:
! .Boys, the V,trnsteesI, hired me to
teach the young idea how to shoot. |
have given Jim, stliefe,P e,Paa lesson on
shooting that ifit didn,ts is too often
the case, go in at one ear and out at
the other, eaIlie very near doing so.
In some Years at the teaching. business.
i have got into the habit of having my
ownlway. You seem To- have agotsintOl
the. same perniciogs habit, [ am get
ting old and it's hard for me to acquire
new habfts.5 sXou are young and it's
easy. Now if + don't, haze my. own,
way there win be trouble. If Il do,
theirs will betpeaee 1.-The decision rests
with YoH, What. do you say. sJimp',,,f
& jim was still pale and a little shaky
on his ipihs'and g. netieed with sorrow
that his ear was cut.
+ "Welf, he drawled out, - s'I'rii for
peace, for the rest ofethe day. at least.
I'm in favor of giving the master q. fair
show for the wfrterMI guessff we don t
he'll take it, :apghows aIsdon atsyant to!
be hit with the side of the school house
agafn! ''''''1 aif's = ''l's's s'isa's8 , s'sss'i
'sJina,'' said!4. as Heraabaowny ssIlm
afraid you've been snow-balling again.
[ won't say any ythfng abott it this time,
but it had better sstop.li Some oae.EEiu
/ IexpScted that old Higgins would be
down next day -withsa shotguns but4I,
never heard of the matter again. I
don't think Jim ever told him, He was
.plucky ana we had peace. A2s'' An Old
PedgdoNds, Ian sDetroft Free Press..E4 as
/ ass.|ftI-T7I = MI -IT3 Bssa .sslyan
The Law, for, WayWard Young Men,
" 8s Nss@4 Z ssai --A s&2iifalEETa 9l11
+ When Q young man steals q. sheep
or d pair of boots, which, BY the
way;ss ahaEe fprobabiB not tissbeen
Iplaeed, in. his, safe. keeping. society
| has little 'dotibt What tosdo with him.
Ii eofnes<t6s the conclusion iHiishoet
order. that he. is q. thief. and puts him in
jail at hard Tabor or in state prison.
But if he has lhad1a placeDof trust in
some financial Institution and grossly
betrays the confidence repoSed in him,
society is somehow struck all OF. q heap
and does not know what to do with
him. The crime must be covered tip,
/ the deficiency made up by friefids, tIiere
must be no prosecutiengsn0 publicity and
no penalty whatever -and-the young
man must be sent plato begipaslife
nov We n believe li this8 is ail all ami mistaken
policy as regards the young man HIM
Ise1fs Beiieve fEs fs q terrffbiigF MIS-
taken kindness some ofg0ans readers
probably know cases. in, which this
| policy, has been pursued, and the young
men in whose behalf it has been tried
generally become wanderers ION. the
| face OF the earth, pursued5b by thephan-
tom of that old concealed crime left
behind aad sEDfteEn rushing inte. new
ones They were not vicious originally,
but they, were weak, Habby morally;
they had about as mHch moral back
bone as asielly fsh,eor asbutterfiy, aud
seeing older men ihdulging in expensive
lu&urfessantt vices, they begstn to run
the same couEse enntik n they are
teaught in the traps of crime. Leniency
| and sending off into newsi associations
are simply wasted ON such men. q They
need stalking down ito the foundation
and d new start-a real one, not one Of
these new birth conversions which do
/ not enable a7man to- confess his.sin till
i he has beensfeund out If conviction,
lpehaltB and' disgfaee are the fit per
ton and the best thing for. the or
binary. thief, they. certainly are, the
| best thing for the .embezzleHs : Lei
him take his punishment, with such
professions Of repentance as he feels
ljustiiad in unRking, and such as courts
are always ready to take into account
in fixing the penalty. Then let, him
return to his home, whereswe allsknoB
/ begin again. = He Wifl BE better ofsthtf
in ssfaeSIisfaiat loaaiits. EahsRe vagAt
rumors ofn crifnesgrealer3hanvther rfact
i may at afiV time penetrate to damn his
peace of mind ,Rpthere at the scene
of his crime and failure, he viii always
have friends to. Waleome and encourage
/ every effort for asmore promising ca
4 reer, and who know the worst as vel
4 aa tha Hast N Eaa$s'Ht siI1e sI' = ..fi.'5
1t is difficult for the parent. strung t.
prostration and anguish by q sons
disgrace, to judge With truth what i!
bes6af0a that SOM and the law wisely
does not ke counsel Of the parent
Justly pres ming / that his .judgmen
7 may mot at sllehqas crisis 1beast 1T it,
best. When young men arelold enough
| to accept sresponsible positions fot
& Themselves then it is. time that the
i should pass under. the domain of tha
3l,eqnal and pjdst administration of thu
law upon, ali 1aenlwllich is'theu end b
civil institutions. Springfield (4NaSs.J
Republican. -'.-.-.-- =. -
4 "Mercifulg gsuahew, iseSclaimed al
old bachelor, asa he9Y of beautiful
ginlssswooped down uponhim oneiexen
ing and insisted upon escorting lliAn Il,
an oyster saloon; a~4A:swhaf does thi
mean per- ''a.. = 0. don Il, be- stared!i' oneo
| the nlaidens cried. tits only a. shl
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