El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-18

ship and loyalty and good sportsman
shin are great features in this book.
which shows an insight into the brain
and heart Of a boy which IS Just as
wise in the year Of our Lord 1919 as it
was in the days of william the
Fourth. Tom and East were together
in games, in mischief, in fights. in
good deeds or in deviltry. as they
we're in ingenious syndicatiug meth
DDS Of working out the mysteries Of
the Greek and Latin languages. And
years later, when the wise Doctor"
Arnold Of Rugby. decided that Tom
was headed toward destruction, il was
by means Of friendship for a weaker
boy who needed his protection that he
rescued him what was the marvel
OF the doctors power over bovs2 We
couldn't enter into half that we heard.
we hadn't the knowledge OF our own
hearts or the knowledge of one an
other; and little enough Of the faith.
hope and love needed to that end. But
we listened, as all boys in their better
moods will listen AYE. and men, too.
for the matter Of thaO. to a man
whom we felt 10 be. with all his
heart and soul and strength, striving
against whatever was mean and IN
manly and unrighteous in our little
world. II was not the cold. clear
voice Of one giving advice and warn
ing from serene heights to those who
were struggling and shining below,
but the warm. living voice Of one who
was fighting for US and BY our sides.
selves and one another And so. wear
IL and little by little. was brought
home TO the young boy. for the first
time, the meaning Of his life: that il
was no fools or sluggard's paradise
into which ne had wandered by
chance, but a battlefield ordained
from Of old. where there are no spec
tators, but the youngest must take his
side and the stakes are lie and death
And he who reused this consciousness
in them showed them at the same
time, by every word he spoke. and by
his whole daily life. how that battle
was TO be fought: and stood there be-
fore them their fellow soldier and the
captain Of their guard The true sort
of captain, too. for a boys army. one
uncertain word Of command. and, let
who would weld or make q truce.
would fight the fight out $50 every
boy feltl TO the last gasp and the last
drop OF blood"
And so Tom lived his life from the
first green days TO the last memorable
night, when he was "chaired" round
the quadrangle by the eleven. shout
ing in chorus, For he's q jolly good
fellow" himself as great a boy as all
the rest. despite the passage Of the
years and his dignity Of captain It
is story Of humanness, with all Its
good points and its frailties. but espe-
claly Of loyalty and Of friendship: of
games, so much like our own in spirit.
and yet so different in detail; Of East
and Arthur. Of the brutalities Of the
old tagging system. the school bully
and Toms classic fight with him. Of
the final war Of independence against
what was mean and sordid.
I want TO leave behind me- said
Tom. speaking low. the name OF a fel-
low who never bullied a little boy, or
turned his back on a big one And
then. I would sooner have the doctors
good opinion Of me as I really am
than any mans in the world Copy
right, 1913, by the Post Publishing Co.
(The Boston Post) Copyright in the
United Kingdom. the DominiOns, its
Colonies and dependencies, under the
copyright act. by the Post Publishing
Co. Boston, Mass. Z. s A All rights
reserved. published by special ar
rangement with the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate. All rights reserved.)
sDOmbey and SON." by Charles Dick
ems. as condensed by Miss Carolyn
TieknOr, will be printed tomorrow.