New-York tribune., 1908-04-19

between them to compensate for this lack Of privacy.
The time he spent with his mother was part Of the
routine too. It was not. rule very joyful She
didn't believe in excitement for him.
The stress of modern life Is such his mother told
his attendants, especially the stress of life il
position such JEFFREY viii fill, that his childhood
must be spent IN calmnesS
-, while jeffrey was RACED to play. he was
not allowed even to get excited the moment he
really showed interest in game was stopped
and what. jeffrey wanted to know. the use ot a
game that YOU couldn't get excited over, One
thing vas certain. hls father nerves hadn been
shielded in such way He WAS allowed to get as
excited as he wanted TO- Il astonished Ietfrey not
Hrte for he naturally supposed that all other little
BOYS We're brought up much as he until he learned
differently from his own father
1t was at this moment that the idea Of lIicky
popped into Jeffrey $ head MICkT. II seemed had
been mis- fathers nickname in the glorious epoch he
had ust told of. 1t seemed To Jeffrey that ne could
actually see him that out OF the shining land where
the make believe people live MlckV had come bold
and adventurous. to be companion TO him He
the most soul satisfying. make believe friend
Jeffrey had ever had Jeffrey wished to know more
about him. for ot course the more Jeffrey knew the
more real Micl,y would seem
After the doctor had gone, he slipped his hand
into his father and looked up at HIM quest tlonngy
You'll tell me more about 1t. won't YOU, he
pleaded. want to know Just what YOU did all the
time YOU We're little 50 can grow up 70 he exactly
like YOU. You know
His father laughed one Of his great laughs All
right. he agreed " II tell YOU all about me He
himself thought Jettreys ambition a very worthy
He had come long way IN the course Of his life
and if Jeffrey could only get similar distance why
he pretty nearly own America
50 Il that great experience came ip~ jeffrey
without anybody IN the world knowing anything
about IT,
That night Jeffrey spirit walked free Now he
knew what he wanted, All the things he hadn't had
in life beckoned 10 h.m.-freedom, adventure, com
panlonshlp, and the chance Of using all one own
faculties in ones own way. All the immortal pleas
ure9 of bOyhood beCEoned TO him He had Micky
to show HIM The way, Oh. if he only had q chance
he could do the things that his father had done he
knew he could. It was not for nothing that he was
poverty and even disaster with gay courage. Oh,
the call of adventure IN his ears II II the
song of he world had reached hm for the first time
the song that lures boys adycnturng far uteld and
sends them down to the sea.
That night when he went To bed Miss Thompson
reported to his mother hat his face flushed and
It took hun long time To g - sleep She coudn
for The life Of her why the routine had not been
lutcrtercd with IN the slightest Jeffrey had had
exercise SO much play So much. rest $ much. and
studied much. according - the best possible
division Of his time.
NEXT morning he walked early Mlcky was there
~ before him Life seemed 10 turn a bright face to-
him. and had hr,adenrd out that he did not want
ID miss any of 1t With such heart for play of
every kind and for adventure he had. there didn
seem be any reason why he 7houldu't have IT.
That was the first time that he came INTO definite
clash with the system. Before this. he hated IL
without knowing II, and uoW ne knew he hated It
Where does the chance for initiative come IN. IN "a
life where every hour is blocked out beforehand
where you know Just where you are going 10 be and
what You are going to do during every SINGLE hour
There was just one tune when Jeffrey had a
chance and that was the time Of the out Of doors
play mentioned nm In, schedule lie could 60 out
t. the meadow. where there brook or he could
play IN on, Of the bIg gardens always IN sight OF
Sanders Miss Thompson To-day hc let or steam
running up and down wildly making believe he was