The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
"zHH Law n NOTHING
Na1 BUT REASON

Deaeh, the DeeeA being the border OF
. beautiful little lake, calm and gentle
in n, like most bodies Of
strong and mean
tA iv Of water whom the
:, take it upon themselves
;. 1t had been wonderful
.day, but on Sunday Uncle Ted
nd his ehums had almost finished
packing away their camp equipment
wAsa the storm broke. They rushed
nm cover, quitting all tho eeds and
snds possible into the ear first, but q
big bolt of lightning tore down the
big tree not far from whore they had
been camped for the night.
"That surely was big Storm" re-
marked Uncle Ted a. they again went
at the task Of preparing to leave.
ssI think we were mighty lucky,
Uncle Ted" said Jaek.
s'Irl cay wer were," he replied.
"Look at that besch. It doesn 4
seem possible that wind could do that
much damage in 30 short time.
Everything seems SO wet and since
the sun is out again I believe it would
be better to spread these things out
to dry. We can easily make it home
tonight if we don't leave before six
o'clock. Then We will be dry. We
can have our supper before we leave
and instead Of waiting for that story
1 promised you tonight we can have
it this afternoon. Afternoon ism u
quite the time for bed time story,
but you will have to go right to bed
when we get home.
"what want to try to do in this
story is to impress upon you as much
as possible the necSssity that you both
grow up to have respect for our laws.
I don't believe there ever was . time
in the history of this great country Of
ours when the growing generation
need so much to have impressed
upon them a genuine respect for law
and order. There seem to be many
reasons why a growing disrespect for
law exists today. Our way Of living,
for one thing, makes us rush to keep
up with the pace OF business and pro-
fession. That is all right. I mean, 1t
il fine to be ambitious and work hard
to be some one and make place for
yourself in the world. But our minds
must be kept strong during this period
to rapid living and working else we
are apt to want to play the same way,
thereby creating an atmosphere Of un-
natural recreation about US.
"You know when you get sick, kid
dies, and your mother puts you to bed
and sometimes the doctor comest Well,
your minds can get sick, too, unless
you train them to think in the right
way. One Of the best ways to train
your minds as they should be trained
ID to play games and exercise as I told
you last week.
'sTo have a respect for law doesn Y
just mean that you won't 60 out and
steal or break into some ones house
by that class of people known as Grim
inals. By respect for law I mean more
the attitude toward our government
and what it stands for. There is too
much Of a spirit Of making fun Of
those who are responsible for the laws
and their enforcement. In the little
things the younger generation has q
tendency to delight in breaking minor
laws and rules, If you can call any
law minor.
"when it comes to law and order,
NO one is any better than another. We
or any number Of things that are done
are all, rich and poor, black and white,
strong and weak, responsible in the
Same way when we break the law,
either by word or action. Some day,
jack, you will be old enough to drive
an automobile. When that time comes
You must remember that the law tells
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