"Quad's odds"; . t or smiles at some boy acquaintance, thrash himthe moment you get home. He ought to have been listen-ing to the sermon. If he sees all the other boys going tothe circus, and wants fifteen cents to take him in, tell himwhat awful wicked things circuses are; how they demoral-ize boys; how he ought to be thrashed for even seeing theprocession go by; and then when hes sound asleep do yousneak off, pay half a dollar to go in, and come home aston-ished at the menagerie and pleased with the wonderfulgymnastic feats. Keep your boy steady at school, have work for him every 272 ENDING
"Quad's odds"; . t or smiles at some boy acquaintance, thrash himthe moment you get home. He ought to have been listen-ing to the sermon. If he sees all the other boys going tothe circus, and wants fifteen cents to take him in, tell himwhat awful wicked things circuses are; how they demoral-ize boys; how he ought to be thrashed for even seeing theprocession go by; and then when hes sound asleep do yousneak off, pay half a dollar to go in, and come home aston-ished at the menagerie and pleased with the wonderfulgymnastic feats. Keep your boy steady at school, have work for him every 272 ENDING HERE. holiday; thrash him if he wants to go fishing or nutting;restrain his desire for skates, kites and marbles; rout himout at daylight, cold or hot; cuff his ears for asking ques-tions ; make his clothes out of your cast-off garments, andyoull have the satisfaction, when old and gray-headed, ofknowing that you would have trained up a useful memberof society had he not died just as he was getting wellbroken CANVASSING FOR THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. jLJ E was tall and spare, long-haired and rusty-looking. His plug hat bore many dents and bruises, as if longworn and sadly used, and his black coat was minus of but-tons, save one, and that hung by only a slight boots were in a dilapidated state, his pants had longceased to have any commercial value, and his shirt-bosombore stains and spots and had lost all the firmness andl ^ ^^ A (i^i stiffness which made him gaze fondly uponit as it was received|g^ from the laundry. He softly opened^ the door of a saloon,and seeing that thesaloon-keeper wasalone he grew bolder,straightened up andwalked in. Sir, he said as he leaned over the bar, I am an author- ^~ ized agent to collect Authorized Agent. Subscriptions for the Washington monument—money to complete it. [ amcanvassing this city in aid of this noble work of nationalcharity and pride. R 273
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