The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
HOW TO RUN AWAY.
Rules to Govern the Actions of an Abused
Boy When Leaving Home.


experiment. The boy who imagines
that home is no place for him, that the
'old folks are behind the age, that he
is being kept down, that the outside
world is aching to give him better
show than his father will, should make
up his mind to run away. I've been
right there and I'll tell you just how to
do it.
Some day, after your father has OBJ
served that you are getting altogether
too high-headed, and that he will
shortly have a seance with you in the
woodshed. 60 out behind the house and
sit down on the frame Of the grindstone
and have talk with yourself as fol-
lows:
"Am too old to be licked?"
"You bet l am"
"Is father unreasonably tyrannical?"
"Of course he is"
"Can boy of my ambition amount
to any thing in this town."
"Not by a joyful"
evil father make slave OF me as
long as stay here"
''He will"
"Isn't every other boy in this town
given better show than have?"
Every one."
"Wouldn't any boy of spirit, situated
as am, run away and set up for him.
self?"
HE certainly would"
"Then you'll go, won't you?"
"This very night"
Having come to this conclusion You
should set about figuring on what to
take with you, the hour of leaving and
the direction in which you will go. An
outfit for runaway boy of fourteen, at
which age the swell head begins, is:
One loaf Of bread.
Two apples.
One package Of salt.
One piece of cold meat.
Two boiled eggs.
One jacknife.
About eleven cents in cash.
One bundle OF clothes.
The best hour for leaving home, es-
pecially if you have to climb out of a
window and drop on shed roof, is mid.
night. You should leave note in pen.
Gil in your room. saying that ambition,
self-respect and personal dignity have
forced you to go away, but in going you
have no ill-will. You will go away and
never be heard of more, but you will al.
ways think kindly Of those left behiud
Before you 60 up to be bed kiss the
baby, fondle the cat, pat the dog and
try to look pale and weary. This latter
trick will worry your mother. and next
day, when she finds you gone, she car
truthfully exclalm:
"That boy acted and looked so queer
ly last night that just knew some
ching awful was going to happen"
1t may be bit spoolSish for you t.
start off at midnight. Everything i,
very quiet. Even the cows in the dusty
road are asleep. You look back ant
bid the wood-shed, and the smoke
house, and the old cherry tree, and tn,
well-pump, a fond adieu, and 20,
wonder how many years it will be be
fore you see the cider-mill and tn,
school-house and Tyler's spotted Gov
again.
Looks "pokerish" down the road, ant
Goodhue's dog begins to bark and thu
sheep in Smiths ten-acre lot take a rul
as you come along, but don't back out
Just think of your father calling yo,
young man," and saying that he achet
to take some of the conceit out of you
and brace up and push along.
A smart, ambitious, runaway boy car
get at least ten miles from home before
he begins to see that he has made
Ounce of himself, and before he turn
to retrace his steps. He can meet ;
dozen people who spot" him for run
away, and advise him to go back;
dozen farmers dogs who look at him il
disgust, and at least one tin-peddle
who says that if he was his father he,
make him jump Jim Crow and no mis-
take.
The ocean which he is going to pillow
seems long ways off-the philanthro
pists who would give him bank clerk
ship don't come along, and the farthe
he walks the faster he is convince'
that his father isn't such bad man a!
ter all. At three o'clock in the after
noon he is home again, and the way h
walks into the chores about she house
agrateful surprise to father and mother