The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05

neither monkey nor a mule, II he's brune
w al right hS come Gut bully: i he hHip,t:
along wi'H 6Gys; others can't. No more at
t @% S waited SSy Io% 7" VISIT and an jay s:
dnns; II hadn't tsen Watching him hsd
loaf 81 Tread and run away. He was planning
to Go TITS very thing when l called him up
Thomas, want q now rug for the hall. I
want n rug made OF Indian scalp locks-about
twenty o, them; Get ready and Twill start you
scalring knife, out of a rusty scythe. and In:
lit hts hair in the latest style. but Thomas
didn't g. No boy wants to run away II you
NV hoy Jim wanted to he a pirate. knew
n" wps norrrGGWinG ana reading eyory pirats
result in climax by the time incl h CIV. was s. fifteen
year old; ] Ind my eve on him when he used
70 slip out behind the barn to Practise board
sleep that dead men toll no tales. He had an
and he planned on sending back home a box Of
Spanish d"ubloons and a casket Of jewelry.
bread and some cold meat and that night 6e
retired an hour earlier than usual The eli.
max w E;s At hand. wont out and waited
the she'd q bundle in ono hand and an old
horse ristol in the other. said:
youd he vi nc "s carry y S Sa; S Ssep Ioss
time since anyb2dy pushed the pirate business
thcre's, a ilrstrn opening for an cnterprisinR
boy. I'll furnish an outfit FOR you II you'll turn
prt 1t h ne trouble to
can send me home half II car load Of gold and
silver bars. II guarantee to mako business at
sSs 9 ~ nG eg Ear uR hHS Ef dss%
want want any orc 10 get ahead Of US. you know"
horse pistol and sncakod into the house. and
that was st the Int Of the pirate business with
been clear {" bloc decks and sailors walk.
In w rans %T SSns sb for Syt ws e
yonns hSro lie got hold Of boy T BOOKS s. which
re.t"d the history Of boys who, had hegun life
tho toy notch Sox Ipsr na r YRheS
Were always boys who had run AWAY from cruel
@ T inf ns ia an 70 shp
that part of it. He got ready to make q break
%hrn & lis naG w got rsn Sp
witha riece, of sheep Irvine and hidden In a pile
q nl lumber hr almost wished he wasn't goinG.
chin ,1uivcrcd. 1t was his duty to 90. however.
and become u millionaire. and he went. He
clothes. All boy heroes start out on limited
capital. and the more patches on their clothing
When tho boy hero Of til" book reaches New
York he invariably falls in with gentleman. at
tho derot or on lerryboat-a gentlsinun who
suddenly becomes interested in his welfare.
and ut a later date takes him into Partnership.
My Bob didn't find this gentleman. He ran
across lots OF men who were nrobnhly aching
tho world but they didn't have time just then.
He slept in doorways and lived on crusts. and
aftor couple OF weeks the police sent him
homo. He was n cured boy. He at once ceased
to wear his hat on his ear and call me the old
man. didn't blow him up when he returned.
and he didn't offer to eat any husks. We never
eTcn referred to the matter
I've got another boy who is rapidly grow.
ing ont of his knee pants. His resolution has
been fixed for tho last two years. He intends
siarboard"' port" watch ahoy" SILVER
my timbers." and So on. It's no use to argue
AGAINST rsmance. In due time h. he will get
watch and surprise him., I'll offer t? take him
to the nearest port and put him aboard OF
coaster: He'll accept and mako one trip Of
200 miles. He'll never want to look at blue
water even in washtub. after that
Just ms true as You live. a boy Is q queer
piece OF machinery. He's all cogs and wheels
and belts and pulIoys. and he'll run as smooth
wagon wheel the next. lie goes BY fits and
starts. He breaks out at, unexpected times
and he develops whims and notions with every
change Of wind. You've got to take him rs he
is and make the best Of it; and the more closely
you study him tho better for both Of you.