The Globe-republican., 1889-10-30

country house at Twlckenham now lives
Henry Labouchere, the famous editor. 1t
ought to be true, perhaps, that the ''Noblest
Study of Boyhood is Boys" and perhaps it
is true. Certainly no two boys on Manhat-
tan Island had more varied experiences in
one brief day than did John GOode and
William Sim yesterday.
There isn't worse boy from High Bridge
to the Battery than this same John Goode
His name, which is spelled just like that OF
high official in the Department of Justice
under President Cleveland, about whom
every good boys father can no doubt tell
him, is not pronounced as though intended
as tribute to his moral worth. He is not q
good boy, even nominally. He proposed be-
fore breakfast yesterday to William Sim,
who had never done a really wicked thing
in his life, that they establish Truancy
Trust.
81 am aware, William" said he, shat
the operation Of trusts has been confined
heretofore to the affairs of grown men. But
every boy who is not q chump knows he's
going to be a man some day, and the sooner
he learns all about trusts and syndicates
the sooner he can read the paper intelligent
ly and prepare himself to take part in the
misgovernment of our devoted country.
School is over now, no doubt, but in time of
vacation we should prepare for the session.
This is my scheme:
''YOu are to be secretary rud janitor and
I will be president and treasurer of the
Truant's Trust or Association for the
Mutual Benefit Of Schoolboys Who Play
Hockey"
'.Not another word" cried William Sim.
81 will not Oh, l will never aid in such a
sinful enterprise! Oh, John poor, misguid-
ed John! Did you never hear that it is
wrong to play hookeyP
John, being a wild, untutored Lad, was
strongly tempted to welt William one in the
jaw, as he put it in his heathenish language,
but dallied with him yet awhile.
William" said he, gently, II arr going
to be good, good boy all this livelcng day.
wish to test the truth of what you have SO
often told me about the pleasures of right
eousness. Do you, in turn, be wicked, just
as wicked as you can. for this day only, and
show me by practice as well as preccpt how
wretched are those who trespass against
the law
Williams spirit revolted against the pro-
posal He could not conceive of himself as
a wicked boy. Finally he consented to yield
to his sense of duty, for was it not his duty
to show John once for all that 'the way OF
hand hastily across his eyes, and grasping
Johns horny fist, said: 81 will 60 you just
once"' This shows the influence of the be-
ginnings of evil. No sooner had William
made up his mind to be bad-though for
good purpose-than he began unconsciously
to talk wicked slang.
''John," said Willamette wicked Will
iani-''I have read so often of 'fends in hui
man form,' l think I should like to be q
'dend in human form but John, shocked
at the proposal, had already run away to
his breakfast, leaving William alone with
his wickedness. Then he, too, went away
to breakfast, ate up the muffin his mother
had buttered for his younger brother, wiped
the spout Of the sirup-jug on his napkin.
threw the silver on the floor and put red pep
per in the mutton hash before it was taken
out to the servants table. John. IN the
meanwhile, had plastered the fences OF
their two yards with this announcement, in
duplicate: