Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-09

Terry Flynn Is a we'll meaning lad.
Like other lays. he gets into trouble
Occasionally. bur when L. ls ga.l hr In
most aeETr>sivfiy stAs1 He not only
looks cut fuF his own conduct. but be
Insists uppn giving tie most paiastak-
Ing attention 10 the unduct Ut ahers.
His SupF"tne elf->as.afAetion and arhi-
tFary methods on these occasions are
ANNOYING to those Of his com
panions who are dIsp,ssd 10 20 astray,
but fortunately bLs periods OF intense
Righteousness are Of short duration
and occur only % infrequent intervals.
IL this were ms SO. his popularity
would suffer.
II was during IN exceptionally 'se-
we're attack OF virtue that Terry un-
dertook 10 lead "A youthful friend into
the straight and narrow path. and
when he experienced some difficulty In
leading. he gvt behind and pushed.
The frtend-1im Delaney by anne
betrayed a desire To play hooky. He
did think much OF school. any
way. and on this particular day he held
II 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
he happened to be ON his good be-
havior. He scorned the very thought
OF deceivins his teacher. lodging the
t~houghtless and improbable amuse-
ment. Ambition was stirring within
his breast: be 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.
Nav" said Tim: Il amt goin' to
school to-day"
"Aw. come on" urged Terry.
Nav" said Tim again.
you better" insisted Terry.
"S'm'otbsr day" answered Tim.
I'll bel you'll come to-day as
serted TIE; ~. as he slammed his hat
down on the ground and started after
the recalc'trant youth. 1t was all over
In a very few minutes. The principal.
who had seen attracted by the cries of
the othe! scholars flor the disagree
ment occurred almost In front of the
school), found Terry sitting astride OF
Tim. and earnestly demanding. Now,
will you go to SCHOOL," to which Tim
surlily rNplied In the affirmative.
or cousse 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 hayward boy to school,"
said the principal. but you should
have used diplomacy rather than force.
We cannot permit fighting"
Terry thought it all over as he
walked home. and he told himself that
he would just as o use diplomacy
as any other missile. If he only knew
what ii 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 imme-
diately noticeable. Consequently he
wisely went to his father to secure the
desired information.
Ohio" exclaimed Policeman Barney
Flynn. when the case was stated to
him. "ye'd like FIR to lie a day plomatic
la-ad. w'u'd We? IT is a good thing, 1t
Is that
But what is a diplomat" insisted
Terry.
"M-m-m, WE'LL" replied Policeman
Flynn, thoughtfully, I'VE might sa-ay
Z is a Chinyman, an thin We might
sa-ay t Is IN lnjun ma-an, IN thin We
might sa-ay t Is both iv thin r-rolled
into wan an also t is neither Nv thin.
They do be fine samples Nv Trough
day-plomacy, which Is wan wa-ay iv
sayin' they're cheerful liars; but We
sh'u'd MT folly thin, Terry: We sh'u'd
have more polish. TIL Chinyman is
willtn' FIR to be called a liar afther he
gets what he wa-ants; t is nothin' to
him that We find him out. TIL Iniun
ma.an I'll talk fair to We till he gets We
where he can lick We, an thin he'll give
We tn laugh an sail In. In wan wa-ay
this thing ye're talkin' about is tn
art iv keepin' tn other felly quiet
while ye're gettin' r-ready FIR tn
lscra-ap. but tn la-ad that's up to all
th' thricks II do betther than that.
He'll get what he wa-ants an niver
even Fave ye a chanst FIR to call him
a liar or go to fghtin' about it. That's
where tn art Nv it all comes in. Tn
iIntun ma-an's day plomacy is SO close
to strategy t is hazard to tell Thin
apart. tn Chinyman's is plain lynn, an
tn white ma-an's is SO artistic We can't
tell whether t is lynn OF not. Some
times it is, an sometimes t is not, but
~ niver find 1t out"
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