The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22

htue Suherer was dying and hurried to his cot Even
then Leon was cheerful He had n firm belief In the
efficacy Of little lemon Juice and sugar which had
always cured his colds, and which he believed was
good for every ament He had pleaded so bard for
1t that at last TO quiet him. the nurse gave him hiy
dose"
His Friend Patterson
He was very optimistic his friend Mr. Patterson
sat down by his cot "Aw tInk I'll be I'D in
week." said he
And then Mr.. Patterson told him the truth vorv
simply and tcarfulIy
The boy listened with Wide open eyes "Is dot
straight? he asked sharply. He seemed to find the
answer in AIr. Patterson's eyes and was silent $50
I'm going to chuck IT, chg" be said finally. "Weu an
right" He closed HIS eyes
Shall let your mother know" asked Patterson
The boy opened his eyes quickly
NAV, NawI" he said earnestly "Don.t CO.., = ,,,
Don't let her know"
why not?"
well, III tell you I don't fink she Is nv mother
She always said she was but t'ins she lied II she
was she wouldn't "a treated me so mean"
od Man Patterson, MS they call him behind his
oac6' KNOWS boys He Is graduate of Trinity Col
lege Dublin and has tutored and taught all his Ufo.
moreover. he has raised two broods" of children
This was all good experience, but nothing like hIs
present one He knows boys now because hc deals
with boys who know men
They are sharp. shrewd. willy. these youngsters
They arc used to daily battle of wits and arc con-
stanty prepared for another Moreover thcv arc tbo
ShrcwdcSt. quickest judges of human nature
Let new boy come in says Mr. Patterson "and
they size h'm up In minute; quite often take my
cue from them. AT first they are silent Then ro.
mark rings out and-1osb 1t echoes over the room
a unanimous opinion Generally that boy gets bis
nickname then and there"
Nj pot
Is natural when amounts drawn out In pennies
and debts made In nickels-keeps them carefully too
He Is compelled TO. If he makes the mistake OF
penny-too lltte-he hears of 1t Immediately
Suspicion Is chief characteristic with these boys
Some time is required to disarm them. Just recently
Mr. Patterson. cavesdroppng In the wasbroom.
overheard the following conversations
Say said one voice, what did you tell me you
broke for when asked you for nickel dIs
mornn'5"
81 broke"
Come Off I seen you IN Broadway car"
well. Patterson loaned me nickel"
'Out of his pocketI"
Sure"
"He did not"
81 seen him"
"Den he tapped dc drawer first Say what
chance Him standln' dcrc all day wild a cash draw
right under his fist. Aw. 1 guess he don't pull
down it, ch? Ask me-"
As soon as the boys good living salaries they
expected to leave the home Pride and ambition
lead them TO depart generally before the supern.
tendent brings the subject Quite often they will
club together and take furnished rooms Some
marry.
lust rs mike" Kelley printers assistant
raised to SO week he led the girl Of his choice
TO the altar and started life In a tiny fat week
or so later lie called at the home
Mike Is five IN hcoht hnt bo uro.
with importance he came In He led several NJ
his friends over to the window
His Wife, To Be Sure.
'Pipe de grill" said he. pointing to n little woman
standing obedenty on the sidewalk and smiling bock
at them,
"Who IS she Allke?" they asked
"Who Is she? OATS me wife, He tappcd his
chest proudly.
Most of the boys who leave back to visit the
home. 1t Is still home to them, the only one many
OF them knew. One comes all the way from
Toronto each year, another from Ohio
Two years ago graduate" returned after twnntr.
i've years absence and delivered an impressive nd.
reSs. He Is to-day United States Senator ONeill OF
daho Other distinguished graduates" Of this and
ther boys lodging houses In New York Include Gov
rnor of n State, Governor OF Territory two Rep
State legislators and q lore llst Of
hyscIans. lawyers. bankers, engineers. college pro-
2ssors cIcrgymen, &c.
There several talented individuals In the homo
'-day Who knows what the future has IN store for
lcm?
There's Charles Shonman writer of popular songs
cludng Jimmy Mine" and Others two are being
ing on the vaudeville stage. Then there's "Scot.
Just "Scoty"-of whom I get his own modest
of Glasgow. Scotland, the worlds
ldcfeated champion of rope wrestlers VIII chal-
nge any man alive to bind with ten yards OF
otheSline and Will guarantee to free myself In the
acc OF three minutes"
There other Interesting types in the West
de Boys Lodging House The past life, the strug
IS, the aspirations of every boy would make good
Dry in Itself; and "Old Man" Patterson shrewd,
lnstakIng, ceaseeSsy busy, is a character
es not meet every day. / would earnestly rccom-
md an evening there for all of those who tired
the theatre and it's puppets, and who find delight
d refreshment in the study Of genuine vivid. boy
human nature