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           Thejudgedecidedtosendtheboystothestateindustrialschool,whereboysweresometimessentfornootherreasonthantoprovidethemwithfoodanddecentshelter:itwasnoprisonanditwasnodisgrace.Mr.Radleythoughtitwas.IfthejudgereleasedArthur,Mr.RadleywouldseetoitthatArthurgavenofurthertrouble.KnowingthatMr.Radley’swordwashisbond,thejudgewasgladtodoso.

           Theotherboysattendedtheindustrialschoolandreceivedthebestsecondaryeducationtobehadinthestate;oneofthemeventuallyworkedhiswaythroughengineeringschoolatAuburn.ThedoorsoftheRadleyhousewereclosedonweekdaysaswellasSundays,andMr.Radley’sboywasnotseenagainforfifteenyears.

           Buttherecameaday,barelywithinJem’smemory,whenBooRadleywasheardfromandwasseenbyseveralpeople,butnotbyJem.HesaidAtticusnevertalkedmuchabouttheRadleys:whenJemwouldquestionhimAtticus’sonlyanswerwasforhimtomindhisownbusinessandlettheRadleysmindtheirs,theyhadarightto;butwhenithappenedJemsaidAtticusshookhisheadandsaid,"Mm,mm,mm."

           SoJemreceivedmostofhisinformationfromMissStephanieCrawford,aneighborhoodscold,whosaidsheknewthewholething.AccordingtoMissStephanie,BoowassittinginthelivingroomcuttingsomeitemsfromTheMaycombTribunetopasteinhisscrapbook.Hisfatherenteredtheroom.AsMr.Radleypassedby,Boodrovethescissorsintohisparent’sleg,pulledthemout,wipedthemonhispants,andresumedhisactivities.

           Mrs.RadleyranscreamingintothestreetthatArthurwaskillingthemall,butwhenthesheriffarrivedhefoundBoostillsittinginthelivingroom,cuttinguptheTribune.Hewasthirty-threeyearsoldthen.