Stories of brotherhood; a book for boys and girls . of cooperation betweenthe citizens, young and old, and the boys and girls feel that the man in theblue coat is one of their best friends. Theyknow that if little brother is lost, the first manto tell is the * * cop on the corner. He will tele-phone to headquarters, and in fifteen minutesevery policeman in the city will be watching forthe lost little boy—and probably they will find 20 STORIES OF BROTHERHOOD him. They know that it is the policeman whohelps the aged and lame and blind across thecrowded street. If any one is hurt or
Stories of brotherhood; a book for boys and girls . of cooperation betweenthe citizens, young and old, and the boys and girls feel that the man in theblue coat is one of their best friends. Theyknow that if little brother is lost, the first manto tell is the * * cop on the corner. He will tele-phone to headquarters, and in fifteen minutesevery policeman in the city will be watching forthe lost little boy—and probably they will find 20 STORIES OF BROTHERHOOD him. They know that it is the policeman whohelps the aged and lame and blind across thecrowded street. If any one is hurt or falls un-conscious on the sidewalk, it is the man in bluewho is at once at his side, keeping back thecurious crowds until the ambulance and thedoctor come. And the boys and girls, for theirpart, do all they can to help their friend. Theydont throw stones or deface buildings or stealfrom stores, and they show other boys that intheir city such actions are despised. For thepoliceman is the protector and helper of boysand girls and not their IV A JUDGE WHO LOVES EVEN BADCHILDREN The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow toanger and of great lovingkindness. —Psalm 145. 8 One day, not many years ago, three boys inDenver were arrested for burglary and broughtbefore the county judge. They had broken intoa barn belonging to an old man and had stolensome of his pigeons. Now, it is burglary to break into a is no doubt about that. And according tolaw, a person who commits burglary must besent to prison; many a boy has been sent toprison for no worse a crime than these ladswere guilty of. But the judge in this court re-membered something which had happened whenhe himself was a boy in Denver. He and threeother boys had started out one night to do justwhat these boys did—to steal pigeons. He him-self had not gone into the barn—he had beenafraid to. But he would have gone if he had 22 A JUDGE WHO LOVES CHILDREN 23 dared. And the barn had belonged to this verysame man,
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