The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-02-13
chapt. XVII.
The Other side (eontinuedl

ana wrong OF JACK . incarceration
proved to her that that individual
was not in favor of the filming system.
He told her that he had heard of
Jack $ prowess before the Judge and
gave it as his opinion that the boy
was right. Bat when Olive asked
him to do something for the poy
he Immediately changed his mind. He
! told her that Smallhead s wife S
cousin $ niece's brotherinlaw was a
member of the school board and it
twas therefore not policy for him
TO say or do anything which might
reflect or the integrity Of Mr.. Small
head. He averred that he could not
mingle in politics and keep his prestige
as a teacher. He advised her not
to speak of these matters as they
were entirely out of the sphere of
young ladies and were liable to be
misinterpeted.
This homily however did not 10
ter any good from the principals s
| view point. 1t only irritated her and
made her more determined than ever
to 90 ahead. Ahead to whats She
could not unlock the Jail door SO she
decided to do the next best thing.
a.
To awaken the interest of the in
fluential people of town to a realiza-
tion of what was going on she never
fully realized her position in this
matter. There were three men in jail.
Hundreds had been fined, and yet,
only one stirred her to action
She told the principal that it was
just because she was woman that
she had to let the putrescent system
of injustice thrive. She insisted that
she knew the boy was innocent Of
any crime and yet he had to lie in
2 filthy Jail simply because good
people were towards and bad people
we're greedy.
She went to her classes leaving the
4 principal amazed not only at ier tenn,
per but at her reasoning as well
l"What is she, Carie Nation OF
an Amelia Pankhurstv he asked of
Miss Kramer who happened to be in
his office at the time. "rhat young
fellow must have remarkable per
sonality. 1t seems to me they ought
not to have put him in Jail"
Miss Kramer whose individuality
had been dwarfed by thirty year.
continuous association with children
simply said that she was surprised a,
Miss Anderson, She assured the. prin
cipal that she would do her best K
'trentosc tnat fads pc notion from
the childss mind. IA voung lad,
!of her standing, to como to the de
fence of nameless hoboes the ver,
! idea. Z"
That evening on ner way home from
school Olive stopped at the liver,
/, stable to see Judge Duffy. She foun,
that worthy sitting in his office read
ing the latest copy of the polio,
Gazette, 1t was his official magazin,
and the only literature that interested
/. MIN.
: When Olive entered, he greeted he
. jovially, saying: "Hello there Ollie
how's your Popf"
"Quite well, thank you.' Oliv
answered, then ccming directly to th
point she said: 'I visited the jai
Sunday with the Endeavor people. ,
$ O. Yes, so / hear How do you lik
n our boardersa We've got a bright Xxi,
!. in there Ollie, but he needs coolin ,
s "Why is he in iail7" she askc,
almost defiantly.
l. "Oh, he was drunk and fighting,
y said the judge as he rolled n ciga
e from one corner Of his mouth to m
Z other. "'orry to pinch him; he
so young. but we must have order
you know. If we didn't lock up char
y acters like that, why then you an
y Tillie and your Mum wouldn't 7 be saf
4 on the street. !"
W "Rut, Mr.. Duffy, I do not believ
It that boy was that kind Of charac,
I, Ter. If he fought at all, it was in sell
II defense; then there is another thin
Is wish to ask, why did you fine a
A. these men when they were not a
" drunki Is it because the town need
N the money!"
d Ono, no child, that would not b
right. The town don't need the none
10 any worse than I do. We fine thes
A. men so that they win not have th
Is money to loiter around the pool hal
u and disturb the peace and dignity .
o. our municipality" Then after laughin
at his own witticism, he added, "No'
Il run along little girl, and don't as
so many questions Run up to Ii
house and see Titles new coat. II
busy just now" lie arose tickled DIV
under tho chin and then walked O,
into the stable
Olive did not go to sec Tillic
the Judge had suggested She mad
"a her way to the office Of the IAN,
moose Record where she interviewe
Mr.. Bslph Cranston, the editor.
''crsnston's sense Of humor ",
aron,s3 by her earnestncm and lac
Of worldly wisdom. He decided
have a little fun at the child q a,