The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-24

student SLQOp arrested MS companion
progress and stopped to watch
small boy, who was wadlng in the
puddle caused by a choked gutter
Another boy on the curb threw
mushy SNOWFALL into the water,
splashing the wader, who. in retalia-
ton. splashed back again-with his
foot.
The kindly LOOKING man smiled.
There's true happiness" he said
Isn't he getting gloriously soaked"
HE is, indeed" agreed the cynical
looking person appealed to. Come
on, we don't want to stand here all
day"
isn't it fine to splash?" said the
kindly looking man. Isn't it Joy
to kick around in the slush? What
wouldn't l give to be doing that sort
Of thing againl"
There are no strings on you that
/ know Of" said the cynic. There's
a pretty nice mud hole just ahead Of
US. Jump in and enjoy yourself"
Il remember the time when you
wouldn't have had to ask me twice"
'Tll dare you. then. The man who'll
take dare will steal sheep"
The other merely shook his head
and smiled.
DO you mean to say that you ever
enjoyed that sort Of thing?"
"Of course"
Then IN tell you that you never
did" said the cynical-looling person.
"You just think you did. You wouldn't
like to be doing it again, either You
just let your imagination run away
with you You know perfectly well,
if you stop to think, that the waters
cold and that getting gloriously soaked
isn't a pleasant sensation, 10 say moth
ing Of the after-effects That boy isn't
enjoying It, either"
Then why do you suppose he's do
ing it?"
Simply because he's boy. But
he doesn't like 1t any more than he'll
like the resulting attack Of tonsilitis
and the things they'll do to him fol
1t. You'd probably have pneumonia
yourself, but that wouldn't be so bac
as a sore throat-if it's real sore"
tWell, now, I'm sure" interrupted
the kindly looking man.
"Of course, he'll get over the throat
most likely" pursued the man Of Gym
ical appearance. and forget about 1t
too, just as you've forgotten the sor'
throGts you had, but while it lasts iti
going TO hurt him considerably.
drank glass of absinth about
month ago-by way Of an experimen
land because the man who was witt
me ordered It."
did you like IT." asked the advc
cate or boyhood sports.
4 most decidedly did not. IT.
about the worst thing that was eve
invented in the way OF beverage
The taste was bad enough. but tn
headache | had in an hour or two wa
even worse. But II you had seen m
sitting there slipping 1t / suppose 20
would have thought ! was having
glorious time. / did it because l wa
a man. and consequently weak an
foolish. Boys learn TO smoke. too. D
they have a glorious time when the
sneak of behind barn or somewher
with a cigarette or a cigar stub? ]
nausea a delight DO you wish yo
were a happy. care-free boy again, s
that you could experience once NOR
the perfectly inetfable bliss Of bein
sick?"
'Boyhood's DAYS are the happies
IL we only knew II" maintained tn
t kindly looking man.
5 you make me tired" remarked th
: cynic. Having everybody who hal
Q pens to be few years older than yo
! are browbeat and bully and scold an
? worry you-telling you that you mul
Z not do this and that and the other, &c
q ting licked for every little error
: Judgment don't see where the ha
piness comes in. Why docs ever
boy want to be man? TO get out
it, Of course"
|. "A boy has no real Worries, sal
4 the man with the student stoop.
r That's where you are mistake
B again. Anything that worries us is
real worry. Anything that we feel +
sponsible for is responsibility.
boy can yell more than can, b.
that doesn't make him have a bett,
!, time. And can 60 and have my ha
y cut any place | blame please. A bt
, has a better appetite than | have.
!, envy him that, | admit"
That's the point" said the kind
/. looking man. He has a larger capa
I ity for enjoyment
Capacity for food, I was talkiI
about" said the cynic. But what
! the use Of capacity IL ycu cant <
= the right kind Of material to fiji IT
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