That the man has this more general 1 significance
is shown by the gradual, apparently jLcqidental
way in which he developed his “methods’'" imd his
Court. He didn’t think them out with his mind,
That isn’t the way big, human things are done
in this big, human world of ours; they are felt out
with the heart. The man Lindsey had heart,
and the cave-dweller’s cry reached it, and when
the Judge felt her agony, he found himself. That
was all. His judgment in this case was but the
beginning of Judge Lindsey’s practice of putting
heart into his business. He didn’t know what
probation was when he said he’d take care himself
of the cave-dweller’s boy. We have seen that
he hadn’t thought of being a judge, and the idea
of a Juvenile Court hadn’t dawned upon him.
It took other cases to “set him thinking.” The
other cases came.
One day a “burglary” appeared on his calendar. The Judge says he looked around curiously for the burglars. He saw none till the case was called. Then three boys were haled whimpering before him, three ordinary, healthy American boys, from twelve to sixteen. What had they burglarized? A pigeon-loft. A pigeon-loft! Yes, your Honour, they broke into a pigeon-loft and were caught red-handed stealing pigeons. That was burglary; there was no doubt about the crime.
