Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-11-04
THROWN AWAY.


call the sheltered life system" is II
the boy must go into the world and
fend for himself not wise. Unless he
be one in n thousand he has certainly
TO pass through many unnecessary
troubles and may possibly come TO
extreme grief simply from ignorance
of the proper proportion OF things
There was boy once who had been
brought up under the sheltered life"
theory. and it killed him dead. He
stayed W tn his people all his days
from the hour he was born to the
hour he went into Saudhurst nearly
at the top OF the list
Then there was al interval and
scene with his people. who expected
much from him. Net year OF liv-
ing 'unspotted from the world" in
thlrd-rate depot battalion. where all
the jun ors were children aud all the
seniors old women. and lastly he
came out TO India where he was cut
OF from tho support of his parents
aud had no one To fall back on in limo
of trouble @ cept himself.
Now India is IA place beyond all
others where one must not take things
too seriously the midday sun always
excepted.
But this boy-the tale is as old as
the hills-came out and took all
things seriously. He was pretty and
was petted He took the pettings
seriously and iretted over women not
worth saddling n pony 10 call upon.
He found his new free life in India
very good. 1t does look attractive in
the beginning. from u subaltern $
point of view-all ponies partners
dancing and so on.
He quarreled with other boys and
being sensitive to the marrow. re-
membered these quarrels and they
excited him. He found whist and
gymkhanas and things OF that kind
(meant to amuse one after otiice)
good; but he took them seriously
too just as he took the head that
followed after drink. He lost his
money over whist and gymkhanas be-
cause they were new TO him
This unbridled license in amuse-
ments not worth the trouble OF break
ing line for much less rioting over.
endured for six months-all through
one cold weather-and then we
thought that the heat and the knowl-
edge OF having lost his money and
health and famed his horses would
sober The Boy down and he would
stand steady. In ninety nine cases
out of a hundred this would have
happened.
His colonel talked to him severely
when the cold weather ended. That
made him more W. etched than ever.
and it was only an ordinary 'colonel's
wigging"
What follows is a curious instance
of the fashion in which we are all
linked together and made responsible
for one onother The thing that
kicked the beam in The Boys mind
was remark that woman made
when he was talking TO her. There
is no use in repeating it for it was
only cruel little sentence raped
out before thinking. that made him
flush TO the roots OF his hair lie
kept himself 10 himself for three
days and then put in for Two days
leave TO go shooting near a Canal
miles out He get his leave and that
night at mess was noisier and more
offensive than ever He sa d he was
going TO shoot big game and left
at 1890 o clock in an ekka Partridge
which was the only thing a man
could get near the Rest house-is not
big game; 80 every one laughed.
Next morning one OF the majors
came In from short leave. and heard
that The Boy had gone out to shoot
big game" The major had taken
an interest in The Boy. and had more
than once tried to check him In the
cold weather. The major put ND his
eyebrows when he heard o. the exps.
ditien and went TO The Boys room,
where he rummaged.
Presently he came out and found
me leaving cards on the moss There
was no one else in the ante room.
He said: The Eoy has gone Out
shooting. Does a man shoot tetur
with a revolver and writing casep'
said: Nonsense MAORI" for saw
what was in his mind.
He said: Nonsense or no nonsense,
I'm going to the canal now-at once
4 don't feel easy"
Then he thought for minute. and
said: Can you lieg"
You know best" answered. 'Its
my profession"
Very we'll ?" said the MAJOR; you
must come out with me now-at once
i'm an ekka TO the canal TO shoe,
Nsck-buck. Go and put on shlkir-
kk-quick. and drive here with a
gum
He dismissed the driver and drove
himself We logged along quietly
while irf the station. but as soon as
we got tor the dusty road across the
plains he made that pony fly. A
country bred can do nenrIy anything
at pinch. We covered the