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Show ' BD COMPANY ;Vtf If yoirhavo' a boy that you 8eo Is 'goinBj't'cQthe bad make It your object ob-ject lnll'to ct him right. What It yoiitijiveUo Bacrlflco business; what ifj-ypuMiaya to movo sotnowhero where association will bo better; what'lfyoSjliavo to gtv0 up making a gentleman of hlin and bo content to mako'-hlm simply a man; what If you havd fonacrlflco yourself nntl . glvo all thero Is in you to save him? I I If No mattervwhnt the. cost It ' will ! be a good Investment In comparison with letting tilm" go on In Uio wrong road. Keep with him, and have him keep with you;'' work with him and get him interested; take him (or a trip; give him an entlro change of surroundings. Tomato plants do better bet-ter after tielns transplanted. Few boys are born vicious; and though nearly all parents mean woll wo can not dodge the fact that In most oases bad boy8 a-o umiio so T their fathers and mothers thru indulgence, or false notions, or self-nbaorptton, self-nbaorptton, or thoughtlessness often M than through simply Ignorance ' Good advtie, coaxing, entreatleB, threats have about as much effect as atcr on n duck's back, and moro radical methods of rescue must bo adopted. If jour boy goes In ,bad company root him out of It aud'kocp him out of it, oven If you havo to shut up shop and give your time to tho work. If every parent felt his responsibility re-sponsibility and looked after his own boys there would be no "bad company." "The time to keep your boy In tho right road; you ow0 it to him, and to tho world, and It will savo you rrom the commonest cause of misery there Is In this world. General advice Is not worth a plcayun, no two cases are alike; but there aro no. boy so bad that they cannot bo rescued It J ou will set your mind on Hand net Oh, how many crimes do we commit on tho plea of lack of tlmo; but where a soul Is Involved wo must break our fetters and speed to tho rescue. Pathfinder. |
