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Show I :' i ' : V :'' . I- ll-"-"-' - n t. .l.a Lit. il U - u ' umwJU- U " ; ' ' - in which he blamed no one but himself him-self for what he Had done, .yet asked to be given ' an opportunity to" redeem himself for breaking a confidence which had been reposed in- him. . The plea made a hit with the twenty-four-boys present. When Harold finished. Judge Brown rp.id: "I want every boy here to feel that he Is' getting a 'square deal.' "Vou' have heard Harold's story and . I am going to let you decide what shall be done wltn him. . A allp of papet will be given to each boy and he can write on It- 'Yes' or. No. Yes means that you think that Harold ought to go to Ogden. 'No' will mean that you don't think he ought. to go. .. You need not write your names on the - slip Just 'yes or 'no.' " . . t. The slips were handed to the boys and every one was returned with the single word "NO' written thereon. Harold Is the, hero of the school, because be-cause he has tried to redeem -a trust which he betrayed. This is a story, of how a boy betrayed a trust reposed in him and later re- deemed it. : THE TELEGRAM of last Monday announced the fact that William j Husband and Joseph Mathews,, two bqys at the Morris school, had run away on Saturday and had been captured cap-tured at Bingham Junction on Sunday. Sun-day. ' It was not publicly known until yesterday yes-terday that there was a third boy" who took part In the ''French "leave" from the school. Such, however, was . the case, the third boy being Harold Careswell. - Harold and the Mathews boy are the two who returned to Salt Lake about ten days ago from Provo alone, after they had been arrested by the Marshal of Payson. The story of their return was told in THE TELEGRAM TELE-GRAM last week., The story of the three boys who ran away from the school last Saturday, as told by the three boys, Is In substance sub-stance aa fnllnwi' The plans for the escape were first discussed last Friday. Just who started start-ed the idea Is no part of the' story. The two boys who were returned from Bingham Junction, however, took an active part In It.. . .Harold was asked to join them In the funaway.-At first he refused and was accused of being a coward. This nettled net-tled him and he agreed to join in the escape, which was planned for the first opportunity that offered Itself, which was Saturday after supper. Some of the boys of the school, asked permission of Superintendent Westlake to play in the yard. The request was grant id. Husband and Mathews secured se-cured their coats and hats before they left the building Toung Careswell. however, appeared on the playground without coat or hat. I-ie was accused by the ether two of being a coward and a "piker." He at once returned to the building and secured his hat and coat and together the three left the grounds. ; Their escape was discovered In about ten minutes and the officers notified. . According to the story of the hoys they Intended to go to Denver, but thought that the officers would watch the depots, so they decided to walk out of town fnd take a train at some point south of. the city. They proceeded some four miles on their journey and arrived at a signal house on the rallr.tad tracks. As there was no one In the little house and it contained a stove they decided to build a fire and remiiln there until they could board an eastbound train. They did not awake until the next morning, when Harold announced that he was going to return to Salt Lake and give himself up. He was again accused of bing a coward, to which he replied that he was a sight blsrier coward whsn ne ran ?.wiy than he was In going back. No amount of persuasion could change his mind and the other two bade him good-bye with ill-grace. ' Harold walked back to the .city and, knowing' tfat Judge "Brown-was to speak at the Y. M. C 8unday afternoon, after-noon, went at once to that building. As soon as Judge Brown saw him he ordere-1 him to return to the Morris school. After the lecture Judge Brown went to the school and in the presence of the twenty-four Inmates told Harold that boye were -sent to the Morris school In order, that they might prove to the court that they did not belong In the State Industrial school at Ogden. Harold made a plea In his own be-half. be-half. 'between sobs and smiles a plea |
