Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-27

her na.d-atMork darling-the sPrite-that
he tss.s . he's & nasn. ye. he's only baby.
DOING AS He PLEASED.
now Arthur was Taught That some
Things Arc Fest Lsarned by the Ex-
perience Of Qthers.
Will the time never come when I
shall be able to do just as I please!''
exclaimed Arthur Lee, impatiently,
one evening when his mother sug-
gested that it was time for him to sit
down to his books.
The remark was not intended for
anyone's ears, but his father, appar-
emily buried in the evening paper. evil
IDENTIFY heard it, for he looked up
gravely and said: mo, Arthur, T am
afraid that time viii never come. y
'sWhat, never" cried Arthur.
Surely you can't mean that. shall,
of course, do as please when I'm "a
man, father!n
81 meant exactly what said,n re-
Joined Mr.. Lee, earnestly. 81 repeat
it, the time when you may do as you
please will never come. We are all of
us controlled by, subjected to, circum-
stances, public opinion, bodily infirmi-
ties, law, human and Divine, Arthur.
And the sooner we recognize the fact,
and make up our minds not to rebel
against it, the better"
'sOh, father said Arthur, greatly
disappointed, g then there is no such
thing as freedom, glorious freedom, in
the world!'
Eyes, there is" replied his father,
smiling, ''but not in the sense you sup
pose. It is wide subject which has
been often discussed. am afraid that
you are too young to understand that
to be free is not to do as one pleases al
together
II don't understand that at all, y said
Arthur; 'sbut / know one thing,
should like to be allowed to do just as
I please for few months, to go out
when and where please, go to school
or not as please, study when please,
associate with whom please, Just to
see how it feels and what would come
of it. You know, father" he added
archly, '.you always said the best way
to learn was by experience. F"
best learned by the experience of others.
We will try that way tomorrow. Go
to your studies now, and tomorrow
you shall attend court with me-"
Mr.. Lee was Judge and next day
he was accompanied to the courtroom
b. his son; Awretched-looking man,
clad in dirty, ragged garments, was led
in between two policemen and ar
raigned for trial. His face was livid
and swollen from drink; he was sober
but his gait was unsteady and his hands
trembled. He was accused of picking
a mans pocket;
This is a severe charge, John Mel
low" said Judge Lee to the prisoner,
81 knew your father. He was an up
right man. am sorry to see his son in
a criminal court of justice. What
brought you to thisP'' III. A
81 see your son near you, answered
the culprit. 81 will answer your ques-
ton. Perhaps it will serve as warn
ing to him.
..As you know, I was, the SON of an
honorable gentleman, and of a good
mother, who had but one fault: she
was oYer-indulgent. Igrew up here in
this large city, surrounded on all sides
by vice and temptation, but / was q
good lad until was fourteen years old.
Then fell into bad company. / had
kind parents and was allowed plenty of
rational amusement. But these boys
told me Twas kept too strictly under
restraint, and grew dissatisfied.
s.My father went away on business,
and then / persuaded my indulgent
mother to promise me that for one
month I should have liberty to do as /
pleased. That month, Judge, brought
me here. 0
81 began by staying out nights. Then
learned to smoke. That stopped my
growth and ruined my health. Then l
commenced to drink, and I have never
been able to control the taste for liquor
contracted then. gave up my
studies and ran away from school, In
short, I grew wholly unmanageable, and
when the month was up, left home se-
cretly. But I was brought back and
put in a reformatory, after every other
means of redeeming me had been found
It was all OF no use. 4
have never been what was before that
fatal menth of doing as pleased, was
allowed me.' ai Ise
II pity you, said the Judge, land /
will make your sentence as light as pos
sible. l heard your story before from
your mother, who died blaming her
self entirely, and, think, justly, for
your ruin. = ~
Judge Lee spoke other plying and
earnest words to the miserable man;
words full of hope, Of warning, of adj
Then he pronounced SEN
tence, and the man, not unmoved. was
led away to prison.
~ think understand now" said Ar
thur, after. long silence, as he walked
home with his father. II think un-
derstand now that it is best not to have |
ones own way, until one has learned to
see what consequences may follow his
"a wise conclusion, said Mr.. Lee, |
l.and until that time comes be content |
to be guided by those older than your
self, to whom, in some measure, that |
power of foreseeing has come, and
whom Providence has wisely placed in
authority over you. " Margaret K. Sla-
Ter, IN School and Home.
WHAT WE DO WHEN WE TALK.