Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-06-13
by hazel
underwood
10 You who mink Life Is Cruel

I To f0u Sho Think life II Cruel
Don't Give Up
Lonely and friendless wondered
one day
In me valley Of n don't care
"Just What Is The Use and IT
| Doesn't Pay
Where my cheeriesa companions
thcre
thought ( had given my beat
In the battle 81 life and had lost
I had tried 70 hard and thought
had failed.
Now vas counting the cost.
Just for an instant I CHANGED "a
look up,
There high on a hlll read sign,
In letters dim. read Don't Give
Up
Encouraged, I started 70 climb.
Surprising 70 say met as
climbed,
Faith, Courage and Love.
Who all gave a hand to help me
win
Those glorious heights above.
You, who believe you are beaten,
take heart.
Look for the sign on the hill.
Climb out Of the valley Of II Don't
Care"
And change that 4 Can't" 70 Il
VIII"
From Along The way Book
Of Poems, published by Alice Con-
ncr Harness Author Unknown.
Tom was a newspaper boy sell
ing papers on the streets OF
great western city Although only
"a years old he was so tai! he
was thought 10 he much older by
everyone.
When asked by an older boy
Why didn't he grow up and smoke
ike The rest Of the boys Tom
told him his parents would not
like Il. Jack told him he was tied
to his mothers apron strings and
tossed him "clgaret" or course
Tom smoked Il aud liked Il
iin went home and as soon as
be was inside. his mother wanted
70 know where he got the ciRareta
OF course he said he hadn't bren
smoking HAD no told the truth
and showed TINT package 10 his
father an OF those lost black yeara
may never have been
Ills father would not he IN town
for several days 80, since she had
not seen any signs OF smoking By
Tom, his mother had warned him
IN they ever heard he was smoking
he would have to give IN his paper
route
Like lightning Tom became
nl AZ soon AZ the Doctor came,
he gave tho boy one look and
asked, where arc they 2" Tom
was 50 sick. he said his cigarets
were In his pants pockets one
glance told tho Doctor Tom was
smoking ma1iuana Telling Mrs
Smith 10 get him something from
another room he asked Tom who
sold him those cigarets, Tom said
a man came 10 their high school
and gave them 10 an OF the kids
who would take them All tho
kids had 20 DO was promise the
man not 20 ten be gave Thorn
The Gigs Later they had 10
bring others there ard the friends
bought from Jack. the agent
So far, not one Of the boys nor
girls knew they were smoking
marjuana Tom. being only tt had
been stricken. The police went 20
the school and were able 20 catch
the man with enough narcotics 10
ruin The whole group Of school
children They took an % the
boys and girls down town who
were caught at the school buying
the cigarcts
The town was shocked but the
parents were happy % ksow the
narcotic agent had been caught
what they bad % rranrc was
the fact that several Of the chit
drcu were already sddlcts Tom
was sent away and when he came
back home he was pronounced
Cured
Hut be was never 7Cufysi' Be.
ing 80 Young the drug had affect.
cd his brain and Tor several years
he lived IN dream world % bis
own Thee his mind broke and ,he
dAy be tried % KIN his mother be
bad % b zont away
Before he was a re died, never
rcgsining his ioss mind The mar.
cotios agent Is IN prison sooa Ne
vii b. out u makes yoa wonder
what kind % mar would ruin /
,he lives Of innoceui young boys 4
and girls
Toyns mother Is very sad and Z
.onely wcmsn. she fveis there Il
no, u,aeh left IN Hfc FOR her but I
pey friends are trying % cheer
her up ard make ifs "a pleasant /
for her as they can
Yer iiuls Il seemed a. though .
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