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Show ADVICE FROM ONE WHO KNEW. Proof of Dire Results That Follow Change of Occupation. "When I wns district attorney," snld Judgo Swcney, of Shnsta county, California. Cali-fornia. "I secured tho conviction of Montana Jack, n highwayman, who wns something of a humorist. When asked by tho Judgo whether he had anything to say against sentenco being be-ing passed upon him Jnck admitted that ho had no protest to make, but that ho would llko to glvo n row words of ndvlco to the young men In tho room. Permission being granted, Jack said: "Boys, my advlco to you Is to stick to whatever you aro cloin'. Don't chango your occupation, or you'll never got along In tho world. Look nt mo. I was a successful burglar for years, never got cniight, and collared lots or dough. Then I turned highwayman high-wayman and got cnught in my first 1 dd-up. And hero I am, nil the result of changing my occupation. What-over What-over you are, boys, stick to It." Woman's Homo Companion. |