They are getting a humane education, a
heart education, added to the intellectual education of their schools.
Then it keeps them at home.
"I used to be worried with the lingering about street corners, the
dawdling around with other boys, and the idle, often worse than idle,
talk indulged in. Now they have something to do, they are men of
business. They are always hammering and pounding at boxes and partitions
out there in the stable, or cleaning up, and if they are sent out on an
errand, they do it and come right home. I don't mean to say that we have
deprived them of liberty. They have their days for base-ball, and
foot-ball, and excursions to the woods, but they have so much to do at
home, that they won't go away unless for a specific purpose."
While Mrs. Morris was talking, her visitor leaned forward in her chair,
and listened attentively. When she finished, Mrs. Montague said,
quietly, "Thank you, I am glad that you told me this. I shall get
Charlie a dog."
"I am glad to hear you say that," replied Mrs. Morris. "It will be a
good thing for your little boy. I should not wish my boys to be without
a good, faithful dog.
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