The Virginia enterprise., 1907-01-04
TERRY TRIES DIPLOMACY.


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9TH Capt'in Wants We f'r
Terry Flynn is a well-meaning lad.
Like other boys, be gets into trouble
occasionally, but when he is good he is
most aggressively good. He not only
looks out for his own conduct, but he
insists upon giving the most painstak-
ing attention to the conduct of others.
His supreme self-satisfaction and arbi-
trary methods on these occasions are
most annoying to those of his com
panions who are disposed to go astray,
but fortunately his periods of intense
Righteousness are of short duration
and occur only at infrequent intervals.
If this were not so, his popularity
would suffer- .',.<
It was during an exceptionally Sc
we're attack of virtue that Terry un-.
dertook to lead youthful friend into
the straight and narrow path, and
when he experienced some difficulty in
leading, he got behind and pushed.
The friend-Tim. Delaney by name
betrayed desire to play hooky. ., He
never did think much Of school, any
way, and on this particular day he held
1t in greater contempt than ever. So
he decided that he would absent him
self for the day. Now, the joys of
playing hooky were far from being un-
known to Terry, but just at this time
ho %@ ho II 50 ! H..
havior. He scorned the very thought
of deceiving his teacher, dodging the
thoughtless and improbable amuse-
ment. Ambition was stirring within
his breast; he purposed to be a great
and good man, and conscientious work
at school with a first requisite AS
usual, he wanted to bring every one
else up to his high standard, too, so
he not only refused to join Tim, but:
suggested that Tim ought to join him.
zs RI Nav, - said Tim; q ain'ttgoin's to
school to-day" 81 :sS.ssss7Ss- sE 3 3
"Aw,s come on urged Terry. sal - 5s.S 4
Nav" said Tim again. <..,,5s..sss. 8 :. !:
/: You BETTER insisted Terry. 2 = s. 81
Smother day." answered Tim. ~
=. ,.''1'll bet you'll come to-day as.
serted Terry, as he slammed his hat
down on the ground and started after
the recalcitrant youth. 1t was all over
in a very few minutes. The principal, J,
who had been attracted BY the cries of
the other scholars .(for the, disagree
ment occurred almost Ii front Of the
SCHOOL,, found Terry sitting astride Of
Tim, and earnestly demanding, Now.
will you 60 to school?" to which Tim
surlily replied in the affirmative. i r. =:
Of course the object that Terry had
in view was worthy of all commenda-
ton, but the principal carefully ex-,
planned to- him, after hearing the
whole story, that his methods were
not in accordance with modern ideas. .,
II am glad to see that you desired
to bring the wayward boy to school,"
said the principal, "but you ), should
have used diplomacy, rather than force.
We cannot permit fighting - = =. >, y. =.
Terry thought it all over = as z he,
walked home, and he told himself that
be would just as soon use diplomacy
as any other missile, if he only knew
what 1t was. His desire was to make
the world better, and he really did not
care how he did it so long as the re-:
suits were clearly defined and fmme->
diately noticeable. Consequently he
wisely went to his father to secure the,
desired information. = 15<<* 4;
"Oho!" exclaimed Policeman Barney,
Flynn, when the case was; stated +;
him, "ye'd like f'r to tie day-plomraatic.
la-ad, w'u'd ye? II is a good thing. It
is that - ~
"But what is a diplomat?'' insisted
Terry. ! -
"M-m-m, WE'LL" replied Policeman
Flynn, thoughtfully, ''ye might sa-ay
It Is a Chinyman, an thin zye might
sa-ay t is an 1njun ma-an, an thin ye
might sa-ay t is both iv. thin r-rolled
into wan an also t is neither sty; thin.
They do be fine samples iv s !, r4rough &c, uh
-plomacy, which is wan wa-ay va: a, =y ~
sayin' they're cheerful liars: but We.
sh'u'd MT folly thin, Terry: ye sh,u'd
have more polish. TIL Chinyman is.
'willin' f'r to be called a liar afthe1r he
gets what, he wa-ants; t is nothin, &, ttos
him that ye find him out. II, Iniuni
:ma-an IL talk fair to ye till lie gets u ye,
where he can lick We, an thin he'll give
ye tn laugh al, sail In & IN wan wa-aY. AZ.
this thing ye're talk1n' about Ii th'.
art " keepin' tn other. felly quiet
while ye're gettin' r-ready. f'r tn,
scra-ap. but tn la-ad that's up sto all.
tn thricks II do betther than that,
He'll get what he wa-ants an niy1e,r
even Pave ye q chanst # to call him
liar or 60 to fightin' about It That's
where tn art II It all comes IL. III,
Injun ma-an's day-plomacy is S. close
70 strathegy T IS hazard 4. tell thims
apart, tn Chinyman's is plain u q, AZ,
sth'. white na-an's is so artistic IS can,4
tell whether s. 81 not. ssonie-
times It s.. an some Il II III. l,1t III.
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