The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-27

The kindly looking man with the
student stoop arrested his companions
progress and stopped to watch a
small boy, who was wading in the
puddle caused by a choked gutter.
Another boy on the curb threw a
mushy SNOWFALL into the water.
splsshing the wader, who, In retalia-
ton, splashed back agaln--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 II fine TO splash?" said the
kindly looking man Isn't it joy
to kick around in the slush? What
wouldn't ] give to be doing that sort
OF thing again."
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"
'Ill dare you, then. The man who'll
take dare win 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 I'll tell you that you never
did" said the cynIcal Hooking person.
You Just think YOU did You wouldn't
like to be doing 1t again, either. You
inst let your imagination run. away
with you. You know perfectly wen.
If YOU stop to think that the waters
cold and that getting gloriously soaked
isn't pleasant sensation, to say moth
ing OF the after-offects. That boy isn't
enjoying It. either" "
Then why do you suppose he's do.
ing it,"
Simply because he's a boy. Rut
he doesn't like It any more than he'll
like the resulting attack OF tonsllitis
and the things they'll do to him for
it. You'd probably have pneumonia
yourself, but that wouldn't be so bad
as a sore throat--if IT'S real sore
Well. now, I'm sure interrupted
the kindly looking man.
"Of course, he'll get over the throat,
most likely pursued the man of cyn.
ical appearance, and forget about It.
too. just as you've forgotten the sore
threats you had, but while II lasts It's
going to hurt him considerably.
drank a glass of absinth about a
month ago--by way of an experiment
and because the man who was with
me ordered it..
Did you like it," asked the advo-
cate of boyhood sports
Il most decidedly did not It's
about the worst thing that was ever
invented In the way of beverage.
The taste was bad enough, but the
headache had in an hour or two was
even worse. But If you had seen me
sitting there slipping It | suppose you
would have thought | was having
glorious time did II because / was
a man, and consequently weak and
foolish Boys learn to smoke. too, Do
they have glorious time when they
sneak of behind barn or somewhere
with a cigarette or cigar stub? Is
nausea a delight? Do you wish you
were a happy, care.free boy again so
that you could experience once more
the perfectly ineffable bliss of being
sick?'
"Boyhood's days are the happlest
II we only knew IT," maintained the
kindly looking man.
You make me tired. remarked the
rync. Having everybody who hap
pens to be few years older than You
are browbeat and bully and scold and
worry yoI-telling You that you must
not do this and that and the other, get.
ing licked for every little error Of
Judgment! don't see where the hap
Diness comes in. Why does every
BOY want to be a man? To get out of
(, OF course"
"A boy has no real worries" said
he man with the student stoop.
That's where You are mistaken
again Anything that worries us is
'eal Worry. Anything that We feel re
ipousible for is a responsibility. A
10Y can yell more than can. but
hat doesn't make him have better
ime. And can go and have my hair
ut any place | blame please. A boy
las better appetite than | have. |
my him that ! admit"
That's the point" said the kindly
ooking man. He has a larger capac
~ for enjoyment
Capacity for food. I was talking
bout" said the cynic. But what's
he use of capacity IL you can't &c;
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