Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-02-24

Handler reached out picked mp box
from tho desk and extenaed il - the
now thoroughly fhg1der~uuc convict
she was s.owg recovering from The
mental strain " ire ias' Few moments.
-Eiare cigar smiled the warden gra-
ciousiy. with a sweeping bow Also
permit ne - offer yOu a chair. ar
Valentine
BY the way. be- went on easily.
''are you perfectly comfortable in your
cell. II not. ] want To know what
can do for yeu I'm going TO have
Smith - 70 see you every day 10 Do
for you anything that you want pro
vided the rules u the prison permit.
and maybe some things they don't"
Valentine. hardly believing what his
eyes aud ears told him actually 10 Dr.
occurring. dropped be~ilieredly inra
The prefer q chair and. taking gilt
banded Havana from the box. stuck f.
eagerly between his lips
~Iare isht" said the warden
striking a match and extending il 70
the end Of Valentines cigar.
The secretary stood across Tie room
pear door, eyes staring in his wonder
as So 12>9 leaned back 'uxurlously in
Ills chair. ro-seJ one striped leg over
the other and sen. fragrant clouds "
blue smoke toward the ceiling
"ThsU DE re2iiar T. " g. & he
fore we eef through Ire sa~ped =
think rn aw5 for job as worsfed
holder for some oil maids sewing So
ciefy This prison IS getting aliogei der
700 senfee o. suit me-
When q young lad VI good percentage
and So sound training and education
begins to -hsfe under the restraint Of
parental discipline ii Is time for the
parents to exercise the wisdom col
only from Che lessons taught in the
great school VI the wide. wide world
Theories and principles expounded
ever SO e0uviucingiy VIII not keep the
growing bog at home after o'clock
in the evening when there is chance
10 escape into the streets 10 meet the
bunch the ailuring. versatile bunch
whose plans SO often include the ami
hilation Of the Sioux warriors of the
Dakota plains who have laid down the
tomahawk 70 take up the agency clay
pipe and store clothes.
That is 10 say. theories and prinei-
pies merely viii not suffice to restrain
the impuisire Imaginative. action
craving youths unless the parent com
bines with them enough knowledge of
the world TO convince the half formed.
half trained youthful mind that the
mentor has the best interests Of the
lad In mind that he has been through
IT all himself and knows full well the
joys and disappoinrments. the fears
and hopes Of early days
And il is the habirually stern. Opti-
mistic. unyielding and academic par
ent who convinces the young lad that
he knows nothing Of the fascinating
of boyhOod. The spirit
of compromise is allowed 10 perish by
such a parent: the spirit of rebellion
grows in the sons heart: spirit nOur
ished on the decay Of the respect and
love thrust aside by the father who
would not understand
4 certain lad Of sixteen years found
life in his New England home far
more circumscribed than was that of
bis companions Of the same age and 1
same comfortable position. He was
not allowed 10 go swimming in the !
lake because his young friend Tommy 4
Clark had narrowly escaped drowning 4
The fact that Tommy Clark could not /
swim and was taking dare on that
occasion when be verged