![]() ![]() Whatever values or ambitions we try to instill in them will, in all likelihood, be cast aside the moment they walk out from under our gaze. They're boys who were never given much sense of right or wrong as children, and who see little reason for learning it now. For some of the young men who come to Salina, he began, whatever series of events has brought them under our sphere of influence is just the beginning of a long journey through a life of trouble. He had notions that he'd gathered from books and experience, and he had plenty of words at his disposal to turn them into counsel. But Warden Williams was a modern man with a master's degree and good intentions and a framed photograph of Franklin D. When Emmett had first arrived at Salina, the warden was a Hoosier named Ackerly, who wasn't inclined to put into words a piece of advice that could be delivered more efficiently with a stick. That Warden Williams had something to say, didn't come as much of a surprise. ![]()
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