Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-21

AcfEs EtSmM IL q we'll Meaning lad.
Like other boys. he gets into trouble
occasionally. but when he Ii good he is
most agsressiveiy good. He not only
looks out for his own conduct, but he
insists upon giving the most painstak-
Ing attention 10 the conduct Of others.
His supreme self-satisfaction and arbi-
traTy methods on these occasions are
most annoying 10 those Of his COM
panions who are disposed { o go astray.
but fortunately his periods Of intense
righteousness are of short duration
and occur only at ~infrequent intervals.
II this were not so. his popularity
would suffer.
IL was during an exceptionally Sc
we're attack OF virtue that Terry IN
dertook to lead a youthful friend into
the straight and narrow path. and
when he experienced some difficulty In
leading. he got behind and pushed.
The frtend-Tim Delaney by name
betrayed a desire to play hooky. He
never 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 deceiving his teacher. lodging 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.
Nav" said Tim; Il amt goin' to
school to-day"
Jaw, come on" urged Terry.
Nav" said Tim again.
You BETTER" insisted Terry.
Smother day" answered Tim.
"Im bet you'll come to-day" as
iserted Terry. as he slammed his hat
ldown On the ground and started after
ttAt Soutl. IL was all over
lin a very few minutes. The principal,
lwho had been attracted by the cries of
1.-THE other scholars flor the disagree
lment occurred almost In front of the
Ischool), found Terry sitting astride of
Tim. and earnestly demanding. Now,
Twill you go 10 SCHOOL," to which Tim
Isurlily replied In the affirmative,
OF course the object that Terry had
lin view was worthy of all commenda-
ltion, but the principal carefully ex-
lplained to him, after hearing the
whole story. that his methods we're
not in accordance with modern ideas.
Il 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 1t all over as he
walked home. and he told himself that
he would just as 500 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 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 fr to lie a day plomatic
la-ad. w'u'd We? r is a good thing, 1t
is that"
1 But what is a diplomat" insisted
TERRY.
"M-m-m, WELL" replied Policeman
Flynn, thoughtfully, we might sa-ay
I is a Chinyman, an thin We might
sa-ay I is an Injun ma-an, an thin We
might sa-ay t is both Nv Thin r-rolled
into wan an also t is neither Nv thin.
They do be fine samples Nv Trough
lday-plomacy, which is wan wa-ay iv
|sayin' they're cheerful liars; but We
lsh'u'd MT folly thin, Terry: We sh'u'd
have more polish. TIL Chinyman is
lwillin' fr to be called a liar afther he
igets what he wa-ants; t Is nothinf to
him that We find him out. Tn In1un
ma-an ii talk fair to We till he gets We
lwhere he a lick We, an thin he'll give
We tn laugh an sail in. In wan wa-ay
this thing we're talkin' about is tn
art Nv keepin' tn other felly quiet
while ye're gettin' r-ready FIR tn
scra-ap, but tn la-ad that's up to all
tn thricks II do betther than that.
He'll get what he wa-ants an niver
even Fave We a chanst FIR to call him
a liar or go to fightin' about it. That's
where tn art Nv it all m in. Tn
Injun ma-an's day-plomacy is so close
to strathegy t is hazard to tell thin
apart, tn Chinyman's is plain lyin', an
tn white ma-an's Is so artistic We can't
tell whether t is lynn or moi. Some
times 1t Is, an sometimes t Is not, but
ye nivet find 1t out"
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