The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-07
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! distinctly. II was name that
I couldn't he siurred over. One funny
brother also used 10 In full. speaking
Is laboriously and with ostentatious
cara Sometimes he would stop IN
ne middle % 4 swift game. swell
0ut bis chest. and use il that way.
X was very funny II made the boys
and girls laugh. and made lgs face
red which WAS funny, too.
Young. like old. are apt 20 follow
a lead. and as all the brothers and
sisters called and felt "3ust L." so
the school dertdsd him as lust L."
he was left out OF the games and
made a butt
Not being = boy 20 suik. nothing
seemed left him but books. He gave
himself % them. and a. least once ia
two years passed s. grade. When his
. oldest sister graduated from the high
school be was IN her class. Leaving
Three older brothers scattered along
The trail behind
Curionsiy enough. BE was Just
is' even then. He weighed Ques
ions grayely. slowly. lie plodded
Henry. back IN the seventh. with his
\ quick. sharp Wit was considered
brighter and more promising than
his younger brother thru high
school,
The lay after graduation Tx took
a sob with a coal merchant driving
o team about lowe n old clothes
End with smudged fsce, 70 the
amusement OF bis brothers and IL
d.gn1c0n 81 his sisters VIII, when
81 graduated. waited FOR fob n
bans and Frank loafed six months
20 Hud a position suited 70 hrs
tastes Ig was then Al the weighing
scales. 20 which IA had moved slow
iy keenng tally. and passing the
resi- 81 hls time IN the once. where
hs figures we're AZ reliabls as those
~ fahU'8tlRg E,achire
There had been one really red let.
T Ter day Ia 1g's ne Another Was
now cone He had entered home by
, ne back way. az usual and was
starting upsfairs Some az The fam
llv bad gathered IN the front hail
and were talking rathsr loudly. He
heard on the stairs and even after
he reached bis room above.
= tell you. Henry" his father was
SAYING Il shah not loan you one
cent You are n receipt OF salary
row and must mako that meet
Your wants II give you board.
thar should Do enouzh--and even
that shall cut OF AZ the end OF the
7 year A young man % your talents
should be able 70 meet his expenees
\ Lock no Tx He's never asked me
for a cent. End even before he ieft
The grammar school was dning odd
iohs AMI paying FOR HIS books
Il hope YOU don't compare me
with lg father" protested Henry
suIlenly. He's Just 2 gruboer Tie
fnorer even learned 70 dance and
wouldn't know A dress suit IL he
saw one There are lots OF expenses
fellows ike me and Frank here have
20 meet that he never heard OF 7
doubt y he ever bought a cigar n
hs i'e and you don't object 20
them. T0u Use a lot
zig doesn't even treat the girls 20
Toe cream or soda water. laughed
Frank
Don't believe he knows any 70
tTraf. FOR rhat matter, safd Henry
/. Why. his s. a week is a long way
more ,oan my So. Guess IN ask
+ hlm Tor q loan"
q shall warn him not 20 iet you
have 2 cent said his father. stern.
Isl. You have plenfy-fogr times
what / had q your age More woula
DO YOU greater harm than good
would rather IL threw MS money
? away than let you have cent AT
othor ching ig IS paying board oI'
~ his g. re insisted On doing 81.
Z said be vas man now and wanted
> 20 pas his own way He's the only
one 81 YOU boys whO has ever men.
toned such thing and receives the
least salary I'm beginning ~ 70
verse ny ideas a ll'tlo Ig's been
the black sheep-or rather the slow
sheep whom we've All been asham.
ed ~ and ridlculed Bur he's kept
right along on his way. You remem.
Der tho tortoise. II isn't impossible
hat Ig may be the one FOR Us % be
proud ~ later"
rOh. father" scored another
voice. II you'd seen him yesterday
afternoon with the coal dust Ike Il
blanket over his face tried 20
dodge, but be yelled AZ me- right on
thn avenue. with everybody lookir r
flat "a matter-offscf as you please
don't believe K could be ASHAMED
% anythlng-we have 20 DO al that
FOR him"
~rm beginning 20 revive my opin
,0n ~ being ashamed. too" deola ed
Ito father It'll be rather interest
INK 20 watch you boys and liz FOR ne
revt few years. I think And what
I've said TO Henry. Z mean f0r you
700. Rouse. and for Frank This d
The time for you 20 be learning econ
1mv And err. haven't seen yot
With Florence Forbush quite otter
lately Henry"
several times, father. and that
that's why I need more money Shef
bY Far re richest girl in town an,
The Dreftest and incest All fhe fel
'0ws are Wild 20 get a smile FROM
bcr-
yes. George Forbush - quite
n0wcr financially" admitted hii
father. a hand going tentatively int,
his pocket Pm glad 20 have one %
my h0ys friendly wifh his daughter
"F1orence IN sanding out igvta
fiona f0r on exclusive birthday psr
fsr tYf week" added Henry. by va,
y Ora ci.nehrr 81 n 20 lead tie dauci
With Dor. and need n new tie an,
gloves"
eve rot en- invitation. too noct