Show it t aaa t t tit T F THE TUE E MODERN FABLE OF WHAT OW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ANDI Mode d rn I U bIe S THE PRIMARY SYSTEM I DID FOR A AMBITIOUS YOUTH I I I I I I IB BY B Y GEORGE GE 0 R G E ADE A D E CE there e were ere two to Boys Bos growing up ONCE OCE O In a large City One had been bR born with a 8 Silver in his Month At t that time Sliver was regarded aa as a ai aIsla Metal i Isla a liable abie Th The oth other r Boy had no Assets stets to speak of but h he be had bad very wisely wi elV chosen cJu to be b born under the Stars and Stripes where the Your Hoor Boy with a gnawing Ambition gets gate every Show for tor His White Alley AIle This Urchin was named Jimmy and even etea at the Age of at 6 he was looking for forward ward warel to the Time when hen he would be big enough to kill a 8 Policeman Jimmy resided with his Parents in a bumm little one Shack He went barefoot every Year as soon as the Frost got tot out of the Ground and his hie favorite Stamping Ground was the Railway Yards tine tae lne of the Joys of ot his Childhood was vias to get together a Gang Gans of Hicks and throw I to at the Brakemen He lIe was a mem Ki ber eJ f c tough tou h Ball Bell Team and knew how bow t to fc feY ry t TOIlS ross the Street from Crom where Jimmy Ii i there was wan w a magnificent Brick 11 k e with a Mansard Roof ti thin this Palace dwelt a Boy who hj hs been handicapped with the Name lame 01 ol olF F However it was hoped that hi his hl Money would carry carr him through F FLawrence FLaurence Lawrence Laurence had been warned against Jim m ms His Hie Mama often otten took him on her I Knee and told him how one of his An Ani Ancestors i esters turned the Water Vater into Lone Long Island un and J Sound and that it was his Duty to guard fuard the Family Name and not speak sp k to toJ toI J I pie who worked by the Day SO Su F Lawrence would stand at the r 1 1 r r rt N It One of the Joys of His Childhood Was to Throw Bricks at a n Brakeman L Window and make Faces at Jimmy out side eide Whereupon n Jimmy would double dare den 1 hit to c tog into the Street but F FLaw l Law react remembered about the ram game and refused reful to associate with an any hw boas jit when he be went ent out oil oy t to liiM I s on jimmy kY balie Mma a it few f W Blocks Bloks and call him N Names SM that were w re almost as 85 bad u uI KI as I Lawrence Larnce j I Jimmy had a Proud Nature even eien n if his Old Man lIan did work at the Gas House The Kt It t Taunts and aDd Insults heaped upon him bj br the Young Thong r Aristocrat caused him man many Bitter Reflections Reflection but likewise it awoke in him a Stern Resolve that some sume day orether or orether ether he would make F Lawrence look looke e like a Yellow Y J ow Clarinet I have neither eath nor Social Sta Station Station tion Jimmy would say 83 to himself but butI I 1 have Youth and Strength and a cast li hi iron Nerve Nene and if they expect to keep k me mt down they will have bave to tie tip me While F Lawrence was away awa at the learning and how to Inhale without choking himself humble I Jimmy was as circulating in the Ward WardI I learning the Duties of Citizenship He Ao da AoA id d A eloped a a Right Swing that was WAg calculated fated laed to put somebody out of the Busl Bust fleas It was vas a common saying among his hise e Admirers that you could not dent Jimmy with an Ax And yet only a few tew Years 1 before he had been a barefooted Cub Cuo i stealing Rides on the Freight Trains e He lie was in Demand at all Primary Elec Klec ell ro tine Whenever he wanted to be a Dele Delo Delegate c to gate to something his Name went on the Ticket or el else eVie there was an Ambulance Call Cau One Spring while F Lawrence Lawrene was down In an tHe Riviera trying to conceal the goat that he had pad been born b m in America Jimmy stacked shirked the Cards on the Pious Element and was elected Alderman His real Career now opened up He gathered about him all the Local States I r f 4 I His Mamma gamma Told Him of His Ancestors i men who were not on Earth for their I Health er an Ordinance came up 1 j they held it over a u few Weeks until they the therould could rould Investigate and make sure that the i I TaxPayers ers were being Protected I Jimmy acquired a Reputation as a Philanthropist and Friend of the Poor I Every time a downtrodden was taken In by b those Enemies of Society So Society Society I who ho wear near the Blue Clothes Jimmy I would go around and an fix up the Bail Ball Bond and explain to the Judge that his Friend I Was sas a Working Boy with a Mother de dependent dependent pendent on him By such unselfish acts act as these he perfected a Private Machine and had on n hits bite Staff a great many use useful useful useful i ful workers who said that they were will willing tug ing jn to come to the Front at any time and andl andi i do l t anything for Cor him up to and including Murder Jimmy had started out with No Pull or Prestige He tie had nothing to carry him through except his Character And now at the ag age of 42 4 he lie was the King of the the Main I and the acknowledged Boss BossAK As AK a R Boy his entire Wardrobe stood him I I t i i i i j I j I 0 0 I I I I I I s I i Ii He Seized P F Lawrence by the Un Undressed Undressed Undressed dressed Kid about SO S cents Now his Jewels alone figured up 1400 and his Clothes had Silk Slik Lining He owned a Buffet in which he had to use four Men oIen behind the Bar and sometimes the tho Slot Machines alone gave him a of 50 a Day And how about F Lawrence the pam pored Patrician who had bad been to jeer at the Poor Boy and treat him with Contempt He had been leading a life liCe of Idleness and Luxury instead of ot getting out and hustling for the TaxPayer ana Workingman 1 But his Pride was due to a ahard ahard ahard hard Fall Humble HumbIe Jimmy the Gas House Boy had a lovely Dose of ot Poetic Justice fixed UD up u for tor F Lawrence It appears that F Lawrence after the Death of his Father succeeded to the Presidency of ola a Corporation organized to I trim the Public This Corporation needed a Renewal of the Franchise It had to get the Renewal or put up the Green Blinds and that is why F Lawrence got busy Everyone told him that he would have to see Jimmy There would be nothing doing until Jimmy had been Seen and I I I I I 1 seen Proper And that is how it came came cain about that the haughty Magnate who I once reviled the ragged Urchin U h In came with f t his Hat in his Hand and began to Crawl Crawl as soon as he struck Front Door f Hore Here was a Grand Opening for foI Jimmy Ho had the he Chance of ot his Life LICe tb to hand band handout handout out a Hunk of by b saying 1 I When hen I 1 was a penniless Lad i adOU ad you mocked raj m Poverty Now I 1 arif am Weh Vei Off OU ana ants Powerful and you come to Square your yourself yourself self Go Jimmy did nothing of the Sort Largo Large Natures such as his are ar not capable of or ofa ora ofa a Petty Revenge He was wak Magnanimous lIa He seized F 1 Lawrence by b the Undressed Kid and led him to the Back Room M As soon as as is he became assured that the TaxPayers were not going to get the r Nub End of the Deal he agreed to de deher deliver deliver liver her the Goods Then he made some Inquiries about the Corporation and it seemed s med to be such a aI I fair fall and aboveboard Proposition that he took many shares of Stock oday he is one of ot the Directors and sits at the same Mahogany i Table T abl e with FLawrence F FLawrence FLawrence Lawrence showing what a Poor Boy may accomplish In this Country if he leaves alone and does dooS not waste his his Time 11 me MuRAL MORAL If It shy on th the Family Name i pay some Attention to the Pull un Copyright 1903 1303 by Robert Robert t Howard H ow Bus Rus Bussell I sell |