The Lamar register., 1895-06-08

easy Jobs. He sold nice pair OF trou-
sers and invested the money In some
OF the things that you must give dol
lar or so security. but he never heard
any farther from his dollars,
His father often had business In the
city. and met Harry face TO face sever
al times. but only passed with some
light saiutatIon. as II he had seen him
every hour In the day.
I knew that Harry had grown up
headstrong boy. that money had really
been wasted on him. He would not 40
TO the home school He had en- sent
10 one place and another, but had made
little improvement.
on the other hand. l knew that the
home had not been much Of n home for
a restless boy. Everything must be In
si,Ick-span order inside that house
There must not be kite timber nor
scrap book material nor anything to
litter the house. There was no games
and no one to play games with him as
he grew larger boy, II he could steal
out In the kitchen or stable with the
farm men OF an evening and have a
game Of cards he considered himself
fortunate. His mother had always tried
70 screen him from his father. and his
father was looking up from his figuring
or newspaper and telling him to stop
talking or 20 to bed.
i made up my naitiu TO TAKE cay IN
the country myself. and see what my
brothsr-in-iaN thought about Harry
of course. I should not ask him, for II
l did he would not answer me.
Ny sister used to explain to me that
he was a reserved sort OF n man who
never wanted to be meddled with. He
had money enough. so she used TO tell
him what she could not get along with
out. and really, she had clothing enough
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money. there was no money that was
her own
had written my sister that was go
ing 70 give myself n dag IN the country
with her. nsinE the time. To my sur
prise william met Tne hfnSslf; -ener-
ally he sent rnsn 70 meet auy of US
bad often heard him say that Harry
was good for nothing. morv trouble
than he was worth etc. nu; I saw that
he was meiIowed. and that be thought
be could talk a nttls 70 me going along
and my sister would not hear him, VII
tam began
III II hard 10 bring up boy and have
him leave JUST when he is getting to be
Of use and now. when 1 feel my own
health giving way, why. be Is worth
ten dollars weeS to me Instead OF
three
'Did you ever ten him sor'. asked
NO. NfNNNh HNikArN OF
rpoil him In that way
William, have heard you say he was
good for nothing. but I do not suppose
you have told him that. have your
oh. yes. his mother has humored
him 10 death and spoiled him" Then
as ~ he were afraid Of betraying some
weakness In wishing him back. he sdd-
ed; Il know Il would please his mother
TO have him come back and stop the
neighbors' talk. but I Shan't ask him
I Ventured more thaa ! thought
would. and told William that a boy or
Girl needed q home, but that all the
books and all the rules in the world
would not make IL II the true idea of
home was not In the hearts OF the two
who stand guardians OF the home: that
n home was no place for s-lhshness.
] went back to my own hearths;one.
= few evenings after Harry came again
and said:
Il am going to leave my place and try
to do better In some other city"
I did not tell him I had been to his
fathers. but I said:
III I were you, / would go home to-
morrow morning on the early train"
NO. l will never 70 unless father
asks me TO come. / would go II he did"
Harry must have changed his mind
over night. for as soon the mail could
bring me word letter came from the
grandmother OF the family, saying that
Harry was at home and helping about
as II he had never been away. and the
only comment was that she guessed
that Harry was as glad to get home as
his father was TO have him come"