Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-24
Tu,s STARTS THE STORY

sa,ey calls on Jos LsBrun, odnoster
SnVSS' .,ook. and defnonds to knop ,oho
ige,ny' 4, LoBr1n tcils him that
S..To,y" oud "tronk' kno1 nothing
2,hn.ti il. aud denounoes Ashs, other
t.v';,s "Lddpfnoers,' as the criminal.
Sgad With or pithout evidence, the
Is,,o aorec 10 fasten tho crime on him.
A. A. fiis point, Polly. daughter OF
sfcBrun, appears and eTptd'ns hof
s.Ss ia thirsty and has come for q
sSr;rk. Ambrose has a ,odrm regard
Nor Polly, but IS sasp,o,ovs oi hr
Np,,o,osr. disogised to the nose, is .
nnsoSynesd. "You are lie Brvnl And
~" Lieutenant Ambrosef' he says.
esyI'' vont 10 fo,k p;ih you about q
i.an aamed Ashe. Ashe is
{sr;a;nGl. He deserves no. considera-
zion. Ho IS a menace 70 society.
sTI, kour he Is oTesfed
lad you With Sufficient evidence
| Esaainst rim and on a charge to send
Sssn 70 tie peniten.ia.y for IA, not I.s iess
Etidr ten .pears pot Goa
s..m, s 10 me for $4,000"
10. thousand dollars has been
g.ssrsd az q repord 10 anybody ,oho
!eoa Oman q certain SOTO. Lddpfngers
i,seis before II IN the presence OF
SImbrose and the manager, easily
su,ns the lock and takes from, II q
Mi placed therein. Bo,o did ne come
W such knotcledSe y the doitdtino
''Hsrsd;Iy gaze Mn, 10 begin eith, q
hs,s Esndsor,e body and sound
| S.oi,. Environment trained the tro
~ thrn. Each had its part IN the
;i,,,iopmess Of az unusadlly Keen
HrcmOry.
i AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
YIE NEVER forgot the wonder tales
II Of Tom Thumb, Cinderella, Santa
r,.un md God. He never lost entirely
sytain more or less vague ideals which
Nd been instilled in him while too
,nnpa 10 more than grope after the
Ssnjscsnce Of such abstractiops as
1,utb, honor and righteousness. He
fnoy, for his mother had told him.
h,t he was little gentleman: that
tne day, II he ate his mush and drank
lis milk and behaved properly. he
WOULD be big gentleman. And gentle
men were like the princes in the fairy
Books at the free reading room.
Because physically he was pleasant
% look upon, despite torn clothes and
dirty face, and because 1t was in his
Blood TO be as merry az a lark, he made
many friends. Among HIS intimate
circle Of acQuaintances was an English
nan who was the saddest man Robert
aver knew, and who had an influence
r,ster than either Of them realized
rpon the shaping Of the boys life. The
Enflishman was more often drunk than
not; 10 his sobsrer rnoments he gained
! wretchei livelihood by doing odd Jobs
along the water front, acting as porter
10 tie crowd Of an incoming steamer,
weeping barrooms, running errands for
4 dime or peeliug potatoes for u meal.
But to the boys imaginative eyes the
N,dy, dsreputable man moved through
/ sort OF rosy mist. For the derelict
lad confessed that. once upon q time,
b had been q gentleman.
! Evidently he had q genuine liking for
ne boy. From vast knowledge gained
from lifetime of failure, be had
preached little sermons to which Robert
listened gravely. These points the boy
carried away with him from the Ia lks
held on pier down at China Basin :
J. A man, even a gentleman, would
lose his grip on life II he INDUCED too
freely in alcohol or Drugs. 2. Generally
speaking, the world was divided into
wv 'luects VI pNtplt, tus SNuChl'N
the illterate. 3. 1t was the fate Of the
iliterate 10 work Tor the educated and
TO be poorly paid foe their services. i.
Some people were by blood-right 10.
hercntly superior to other people. Such
person was Robert Ashe. such had
Ge Enslishnsn been until he had
ttoTn away his birthrigbt. 5. What
ever there was desirable in the world
belonged 10 that man who could take il
Tor himself.
That night the youngster. some nine
years old, presented himself at night
school. lie learned readily; his alert
mind and merry soul endeared him to
the teacher, who had to contend with 80
much dullness and viciousncss; a
natural eagerness and perseverance,
ebetted by the encouragement Of the
teacher, brought results.
He learned to, read. he renewed ac-
SHaintance with Tom Thumb, Gin
GGre!la, and Santa Claus; he found new
s:dventures at sea, on land, and under
tAe earth in the Arabian Nights; he
Nresd his own papers.
II was a twisted sort of education
y the best. aud always was the street
ns real school In the true sense OF the
SSoW' lie spoke much Italian aud some
~ seNSe VI p.asIiSai' uhly ueeo,
J, vas long before lie understood that
and fairy tales. The Norman Conquest
vas quite as interesting as were the
LseoEs OF Hercules in the big book
Tthout covers By Bulfinch. When he
eio make the distinction IL did not
uSub!e h!m. as be failed to see its sig-
e!hcsnce TO him. In speaking he chose
ss words rather carefully, because his
rrpmylrate OF mother. drunken
haglishman aud night school teacher
tad told lin that gentlemen were to
" EEao~n by their manner of speech as
wen as by other externals. lie
ItHorlied phrases from his books and
TDsed TM'Sed as much as was possible like
1"WUInSoh Crusoe and lVGnhoe.
lie Committed his FIRST theft a little
s.tF lis mother died. What he had
s.ta other boys do be did. He stole a
Isstha from the corner fruit veudor. In
VIVA green one. His companions
Vfred at him and he felt ashamed that
az mad not done better. But he learned
'essou from his experience: 1t was
" Set your eye, from fur, upon the
ssa1lt na1t, yoN meant to take, to make your
,ls.Sc!lon ,sSn carefully while the banana man
,TECusnt you were playing marbles, and
,os! .Gsu Ion took 1t not to grab wildly but
" uakc akc the best of the lot.
ale ne earned another lesson when he
$40 SS Ooy trirked by the banana man 9
S,s"tLhs S,s ing unwatchfuiness. This boy got
W., S 'H'e slapped very hard and he did
,Uc, U[ ect his fruit. lie learned yet
,noimnl T,"es lesson, one whose moral re :
..a'Hcd with him always, when he saw
eve, e '''GE y, done by a taller boy with wolf
ms ms inns boy came up to the banana
III. GSi' 'rankIy, stood talking with him a
eyss e' ana swiftly, under the mans very
TO- distracted the finest banana Of the
a ne,aie me was a genius and later became