The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-30

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to ralize tn distinction between
right and wrong yit. Does Prisi-
dint Hadley grab tn child by tn
ear an conduct him to a corner of
tn schoolroom an wallup him? Ye
bet he does not. Prisidint Hadley
may De bold man in raisin' money
or translatin' Homer, but he knows
tn difference between courage and
sheer recklessness. If he thried to
convince this young idea how to
shoot in this careless way ye'd read
In the papers that the fire depart
ment was thrying to rescue Prisi-
dint Hadley firm tn roof iv tn
buildin' but he declined to come
down."
But what would you do with a
child that refused to obey YEP" de-
manded Mr.. Hennessy.
Not bein' ayther parent
or an iddycator I never had such a
child" said Mr.. Dooley. Il don't
know what I'd do if I was. The
only thing I wudden't do wud be
to hit him if he cudden't hit back,
an thin I'd think twice about it.
Th' older I grow tn more things
there are know don't know any,
thing about. An wan of thin is
childher. l can't figure thin out
at all.
What dye know about thin
little vans that We have so carefully
reared by lawn thin in the morn
in before they get up an losin' yer
temper with thin at night when
We come home firm wurruk? They
don't know yer an yer dom
know thin. Yell niver know till
it's too late. I've often Wondered
what a little boy thinks about us
that call ourselves grown up because
we can't grow amy more. We wake
him up in the mornin' when he
wants to sleep. We make him wash
his face when he knows it don't
need washin' thin as much as it
will later an we send him back to
comb his hair in a way he don It
approve iv at all. We fire him off
to school about tn time iv tn day
whin amy wan ought to be out of
dures. He trudges off to brick
buildin' an tired teacher tells him
a lot of things he hasn't amy in
terest in at all, like how many times
sivin goes into hundred and nine
and who was king ~ England in
thirteen twinty-two an where is
Kazabazoo on the map. He has to
set there most of the pleasant part
of tn day with sixty other kids an
ivry time he tries to do anything
that seems right to him like jabbin
a frind with pin or carvin' biz
name on the desk, the sthrange
lady or gintleman that acts as his
keeper swoops down on him an
makes him feel like a criminal.
lords evenin' if he has been good
an repressed all his nacharal iu-
stincts, he's allowed to go home an
chop some wood. Whin he's done
with that and has just managed to
get a few iv his frinds together an
they're beginnin' to get up interest
in tn sport iv THROWN bricks down
into Chinese laundry his little sis
ter comes out and tells him he s
wanted at home. He instinctively
pulls her hair an goes in to study
his lessons so that he'll be able to-
morrow to answer some ridiklous
questions that are going to be asked
him. After awhile We come home
and greet him with ye' er usual glare
and we have supper together. Ye
do most of the talkin', which ain
much. If he tries to cut in with
somethin' that intelligent people
ought to talk about We stop him with
a frown. Afther supper he's al
lowed to study some more, and whin
he's finished just as tn night be-
gins to look good he's fired off to
bed and tn light is taken away fir m
him an he sees ghosts an hobgob-
erlins in tn dark an tn next he
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