Stories of brotherhood; a book for boys and girls . gettingon. The judge only asked that, the boys andgirls tell him the truth—not about their chums,but about themselves. He never asked anybodyto tell on his friends. Most of the policemenand judges had made it their first business,whenever a boy was arrested, to make him tell,or ^snitch, on the rest of the gang. That ismean and dishonorable, as all boys know, andno one was ever asked to do it in Judge Lind-seys court. But the judge did insist that if hewas to be a friend to a boy, the boy must tellthe truth about himself. ^^Dont ye dare lie to
Stories of brotherhood; a book for boys and girls . gettingon. The judge only asked that, the boys andgirls tell him the truth—not about their chums,but about themselves. He never asked anybodyto tell on his friends. Most of the policemenand judges had made it their first business,whenever a boy was arrested, to make him tell,or ^snitch, on the rest of the gang. That ismean and dishonorable, as all boys know, andno one was ever asked to do it in Judge Lind-seys court. But the judge did insist that if hewas to be a friend to a boy, the boy must tellthe truth about himself. ^^Dont ye dare lie tothe judge, said one small boy who had triedit and found it didnt pay. You must not think that Judge Lindsey is*^easy, or that one can fool him. There is astate reform school in Colorado, in the town ofGolden, and hundreds of boys have been sentthere from the juvenile court, to stay until theyare strong enough to keep straight and do a boy proves that he cant be trusted, toGolden he goes. There is no use crying or teas-ing to be let 26 STORIES OF BROTHERHOOD Just because tlie boys and girls in Denverknow that Judge Lindsey is their friend andwill always be square with them, they haveproved themselves true friends to him. Someof the older men have been his enemies andhave tried to abolish his court and keep himfrom being judge any more. One reason is be-cause he attacked the saloons where boys andgirls were being ruined and compelled them toobey the law. Other men hated him becausethey had been paid a sum of money by the statefor every child whom they arrested and sent tojail. In fact Judge Lindsey has fought everythingand every person that made money by hurtingthe lives of boys and girls. All these peoplehated the *^kids judge. But the boys andgirls stood by him. Once when there was anelection and his enemies were trying to put himout of his office as judge, the newsboys formedthemselves into gangs and marched throughthe streets shoutin^:: Who, which, when! Wish
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