Evening star., 1928-05-13

every afternoon long enough TO drive to
the school and take Roger safely home.
Thus for a time the boy was pre-
vented from forming any further germ
laden connections. but later, when he
was 10, he contrlved one day to asSo-
ciate himself with group OF youths
suffering from another Kind of con-
tagion. They we're all older than he.
and 1t is evident how warmly he must
have admired them, since he went with
them upon their most calam!tous ex-
cursion. George Wentz, 49, and the
apparent leader Of the group. said In
court afterward that he had several
times told Roger 10 go home, but Roger
was not 10 be persuaded.
They wished To see a foot ball game
at the county seat and with no other
thought than TO convey themselves with
comfort and rapidity broke into old Mr..
Lyle's garage and set forth In his treas
ured sedan
Old Mr.. Lyle In bachelor, who lives
alone outside the more compact parts
al the willie. He had gone away To re-
main several days and the boys in
tended 10 put the automobile In the
garage at dusk after they returned from
the foot ball game No one would know
they had borrowed II, they thought, and
all would be well.
Unhappily, one OF them had dlso0v-
cred that his father kept carboy OF
synthetif Gin III a private cabinet, and
the son felt that under the law his right
To little exhilaration Was all good az
his fathers.
1t was easy 10 supplant vacancy In
the carb0y with an equal amount Of
Water~~-really n benefit 10 the father. II
| one locked at the matter rationally~-
and the expedition To the foot ball game
i. aet forth. supplied with jug as peril
Gus as any IN the Arabian Nights.
/ Roger did not like the taste, but In his
desire not 10 make his inferior age con-
spscueus In such company lac went TO
raeh lengths,
so did the others. who we're almost
/ as iil-eguipped glih experience hf what
| they trified With. and l. was illustrated
/ un0n them that alcohol is the most dan
! geralIs 0f servants becnming the wild
! and treaGheFnus master, instead, II
! waicffulnesa be In the least relaxed.
! Moreover, ae is we'll known. IN set AL
! coh0I In command ot gasoline is 10 arm
| Bedlam with axes.
/ $Ss
, ny the time old Mr., Lyles we'll pol
" isl,ed sedan winged into the county
/ sfat II had The irresponsibilty OF a cy.
cions
II sideswiped and broke down the
stOp~and~go pillar at The principal street
/ intersection nt the town. then, without
/ pGuglng, IL ran down All elderly woman,
/ took wheel from d farmers buggy.
| upset aud injured mnt0r cyelisl, and
J finally destroyed Itself IN collision with
! A laden coal truck
/ Roger was saved, with s0ms diffieuIty,
| from term III the reform ach00l but
! nothing could save Mira, Bender from
| her raInOrse She reproaehed herself
| incessantly for not having built 40
Rogers character" as she said so that
/ he would have heen free from tempta-
ton"
Her hushpnd told her tfuthfully that
they had both done everything possible
~ them IN The building OF Rogers char
acter, and that hoy NJ Ia ean neither
be watched every moment NJ hs lite
nor prevented from making HdvenLur-
olis mistakes not 10 be- expected from
adults matIFed by their Own pfeyiotIb
| mistakes. You cant make a0syearr
old EtinGay~gehqa superintendent nllt
~ any hoy Mr Bender said mo mat
| Ter how many hours day you talk
20 him
Ha had no effect upon hig wife, bow
eyer. nor could he ehnfk what he nailed
hsr "Iisirhad ronlies,' Thus he referred