The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-07

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er, of those heart to heart talks WITH
them; he had no one in whom to con-
fide-no one to tell him of the good
and evil in this world in a motherly
way. His parents were to him as t
strangers whom he saw very seldom
and whom he coud not understand. AS
time passed, he went about more on
his own account. He became acquaint-
ed with other boys, but he lacked par
entail training; he took ur with the
wrong sort, those commonly called the
pool-hall gang and as he lacked guild
ance, he ran with them until he be-
came equally as bad. Finally he be-
came a regular patron of a certain
gambling den, and loss upon loss caus-
ed him to forge his fathers name to
pay his debts. For this forgery his
father mercilessly turned him out
turned from his doors the son whom
he had ruined by his own sefishness.
The boy drifted from bad to wors'
until at last he was forced to steal If
order to live and the other day, while
with evil companions, he was made m
toxicated and then was leased and
pestered until, in blind burst of rage,
he assaulted one of his tormentors,
with a chair, wounding him severely.
He was taken into custody and is now
as you see him, broken-hearted, mis-
cradle creature, the victim OF society
evils and club room vices.
This poor boy has never had home;
he has never enjoyed family love and
unity; he has never had a chance to
make a man of himself. Should we,
at this early period, harden his heart
with long prison term or should we
give him the chance which his selfish
parents denied him."
The young lawyer took his seat and
the jury trooped out in single file to
decide the prisoners fate. Here and
there through the crowd dranw looks
and damp handkerchiefs gave evidence
of the strength of this stirring speech.
Not one in the crowd but considered
the lad blameless; even the skeptic
in the corner changed his views. Az
ter twenty minutes the jury slowly en-
tered and after tense moment, the
foreman announced "NOT GUILTY"
That was all. The young lawyer had
won his first victory over corrupt So
ciety.
Donald Lewis, Class of 1919.
Personality Expressed in Old Shoes.
We often hear people remark about
some article of clothing belonging to
another, "That looks just like her." /
think this is particularly true of old
shoes. It is queer that work shoes,
heavy and solid, call up in our minds
definite picture, while small pair
of satin pumps do otherwise.
For example, we can picture def
initely in our minds the type Of school
boy who would own a pair of tan but
ton boots.
This is personality expressed in old
shoes. Happening to be at friends
house one day, for amusement, wan
dered up to her large and well filled
attic. The goodly array of old shoes
lying about offered much amusement.
In one corner in pile of dust, ]
found a high pair of riding boots.
They were scarcely worn and I saw at
once that they were, or had been very
expensive. could just see the son
of the house, tall finely formed
young man dressed for his morning
ride, his whip in hand and on his feet
the costly pair of riding boots.
In box of discorded finery, found
a pair of pink satin pumps. By their
size and daitiness, knew them to
belong to my friends adopted daugh-
ter. I pictured her in my mind dress
ed for a party witha glance every few
minutes at her new dancing pumps.
Very much interested and looking
about carefully, I next came upon a
pair of old gray felt shoes. I was at
loss at first just how to place them.
Finally arrived at the conclusion
that, at some time or other, there had
been an elderly lady stopping at the
house. I could easily imagine her
toasting her feet by the fire, for on
each toe of the shoe were tiny burnt
holes.
That evening as we sat by the fire
ourselves. told my hostess about my
experience in the attic. I told her of
my impressions of the people who had
worn the old shoes. To my surprise
most of the pictures I had in mind
were correct. Thus our personality is
expressed in our old shoes.
Marguerite Schulze, Class of 1917.
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