The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-21
How to Manage Boys,
[By N. Quad, in Detroit Free Press.

BY ". Quad, in Detroit Free Press.
If I hada boy who had read of green
islands and wrecked sailors until he
could shut his eyes and see parrots and
monkeys and cocoanuts and waving
palms-if he had firmly made up his
mind that he could never be happy
until cast away on an island and re- :
duced to goat-sk;n over-coat, 7 should
take him out behind the barn and say:
my son, I see that you are not hap
py, you evidently hunger for something
which my limited means will not per-
init me to give you. think you want
to be wrecked. Very well. There's the
river and an old skif, and you can find
an Island a few miles down: Get two or
three pieces of tarred rope, a plug of
navy tobacco and a fish hook, and go on
with the wrecking business. # you
like it, come home at the end of
week, and I'll send you out to the
Pacific, where the mosquitoes are big
ger and the cannibals more numerous"
If the boy went should look for:
him back next morning-eertainly at
the end of two days, and when he got
back the subject should be tabooed
forever.
It is natural for every boy to yearn
for the deep blue sea and the life of a
sailor. He hasn't the least idea that a
sailor has anything to do but sit around
the captain and spin yarns and answer,
"Aye! aye! sirw when the captain calls :
out the name of Jack Brace. Hethere-
fore desires to go to sea and visit for
eign countries and come home with
the bronze on his face and roll to his.
gait. Don't give your boy a chance to
run away. When the signs become
plain have your plans all perfected and
be ready to say: .-
flames anybody could tell by the,
way you handle clothesline that you
were born for a nautical cut to your
jib, and it is plain enough that the
bounding billow is your true element.
I have arranged for you to make a trip
on the lakes, and will then help you to-
get berth on an Indiaman. Be all.
ready tomorrow morning, james,,
I'd put him on board schooner
bound, say, from Oswego to Chicago,
and I'd forward money to Chicago for
him to come home by rail. Ifthe money
wasn't there he'd come home on foot.
With the dark, damp forecastle- the
sea sickness-the curses and ropes end
ings from the mate-the pulling and
haulng-grease and tar buckets, he'd
land in Chicago feeling that it would.
be privilege to live on turnip at home
and sleep in the garret on straw bed.
I've been right there, and Tknow. 80
No father should be surprised if his;
boy develops yearning to become a
mighty hunter. There is something
highly fascinating in the idea of knock
ing over bufaloes, tigers, elephantsand
girafes, and of successful encounters
with alligators and boa constructors.
When the signs begin to crop out the
father should be ready. Take the boy.
out and sit down on log with him and
say:
"James, it's burning shame for me
to keep you around home here and
spoil your whole future. I came across
a bar of led, half pound Of salt and a
loaf of bread which you secreted in the
oat bin yesterday as starter for going.
West. There's no need of any slyness,
my son. wantyou to go. I shal! be
proud Of you if you become great
hunter. I'll lend you the shot gun and
two horse blankets and frying pan,
and help you to carry them to the near
est piece of woods. Ifyou'H stay there
three days and three nights, then I'll
fit you out and send you to the Black
Hills" .
He'd be almost certain to come sneak
ing into the back door before bed time,
but if he put it off until morning so
much the better. He'd have the whole
night in which to turn pale, look about
with wild eyes, shiver at every sound,
hold his breath at the boot of an owl,
and to promise himself over and over
again:
"Just let me live till morning and /
hope to die if I ever leave home again"