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ir. Ellison rose and began to walk up and down

the floor. A " "Hu uo"
suppose case madam" he said presently, and
III constrained tone" where an honorable man,
uhuer strong temptation, has committed dishonor-
able action; or a merciful man, a cruel: have thew
marred lte and must they 60 softly all the rest of
their days? Must they leave to other men the full
hiiment OF high duties, the pursuit and achievement
OF OF moral excellence! Would you think it unseemly
IT, at any atter'perod, you heard the one urging on
some conscience the necessity of rectitude, or the
otner advocating the beauty of benevoence9 or must
tney conscious that their transgresson has lowered
tnem forever never presume to hold themselves
''My dear Mr.. Ellison" eaid nv aunt. LOOKING
with surprise at my guardian, who had certainly
warmed into unusual energy-''I think we are wan
derIng from the point Such discussion as this
VIII not do Mabel any good, but rather HARM if
understand you to mean that we not materially
affected by our 4ransgressions. 1t is strange doc
'flne, sir, and very dangerous one"
MY dear triend,' returned my guardian gently
1ar be IT from me to say that transgressons do
not materially affect us | do not want to gainsay
your view of the lifelong humility which human
beng should feel for criminal act, but would in
troduce nope, and not despair, into his mind don't
think the plan on which society goes of Judging the
character of man from individual acts or single
alterations is just very often such acts are not fair
representations Of the life even the nature of the
man. They show, indeed, what he was at that mo-
ment but it may be that never before or since in his
existence did he will he experience such another
Yet perhaps he is condemned by the world and
Stunned as lost character How bitterly hard for
that man to do his duty in life o.
NO DOUBT said my aunt, it does bear hard in
particular cases but it is the arrangement of Provi
dence that the way of transgressors is hard"
" am not speaking" returned nv guardian " of
the habitual transgresso:, but of one who like Ma
bel here thinks life spoiled by single act of moral
evil, and is treated if it were So You speak of
Provldence'' he continued with smile: an in
stance rises 10 my mind where an aggravated sin
was committed, and yet the sinner far from being
doomed to obscurty and life long remorse, was spar.
ed all reproof save that of his agonzed conscience
was distinguished above others, called to Gods most
sacred service, elected to the glory of maryrdom If
remorse were in any case justifabe, if any sin
should unfit for rising above it for doing good
in his generation, surely it would have been in Pc
ter,s case But we know that story. My dear mad
am'-and MIR. Ellison, laying his hand on my head
! looked appealingly toward my aunt desire to
| speak reverently; but think you, after Christ's
charge, even John, Abdel, like disciple as he
was presumed to say feel that he could new
er esteem or look upon Peter as he once did This
is what is forbidden us-to look upon men as fallen
| below their chance of recovery" My aunt was ST.
lent, but could see that she was impressed. AS for
me, felt as if load were being slowly lifted off
my heart and it swell with passionate aspiration
to recover, with Gods help, my former standing
and press on in the upward way And would not.
through life, be tender and mercfu to the pentent
|
my guardian. it is because my own experience fur
nishes with proof of how low an honorable man
may fall and how far the magnanimity, or rather
justice have been advocating may enable him to
rise again. and try and work out to his fellow men
II know that he can not do so to God-reparation
! for his ofense, May tell you a short story o.
Certainly" said my aunt but she looked unea-
silly toward me.
"Let Mabel stay aud hear me-" said Mr.. Ellison;
the lesson is for her to learn and my story will do
her no HARM
He took few turns through the ROOM as if col
lecting his thoughts and then began. If my read
ers wonder that, at fourteen, my memory retained
the details of such conversation, let explain that
many times since then has this subject been renew
ed and discussed by my guardian and me.
TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT
| HURRAr SHAxoN.-The lager beer spirit of
true democracy fairly frohed at the nozzle up in
Rhineand, recently, Hans Perikens and old Baum
! ginerhoff got into dispute which illuminated the
knOtty subjects of political discusson-cear as mud
" Hans, dell you sub-tig; you knows noting"
1" Yaw,' says Hans
"Yaw," adds the old man, you knows not-ig, too
Now you skin nit yer eye
| "Yaw."
"Aun you be shleep nit your eye shut open, dat
way for de tam poll-ish-ners uey tell you, Hans dat
de free soil is good; OATS lie ~
! "Yaw."
"Aun den de odder felIer he says de Maine law ish
good OATS anodder lie too, de same"
"Yaw'
"WaIl, den de odder Teller, he tell you de wing
ticket ISL good; OATS anodder lie, too"
Yaw," said Hans.
&c Den de nodder Teller, goesh to you, and kom and
he say vote de 6dder ticket NIT anodder name DAT
ish lie, too
"Tonner and blixen" cries Hans, in disgust
" what der deifel ish lie ticket vot vote ell -
" Bah you know noting too, Ghost like mine old
pigs NIT the sow. Now | tell sometig; you vote ash
do ash vote these fve.and-twenty years.
"Yaw."
"Vote for old Sheneral Shaxon, nit de whole tick
ct, and nothing shorter"
Hurrah for Shaxon ," cries Hans.
" Dat ish right, Hans--hurrah for Shaxon kon
git some beer -
And Hans and his political mentor scattered into
lager-beer saloon, yelling
" Hurrah for ShaXon 7"
Six hundred ships said 10 have gone around
; Cape Horn since the discovery of gold in California
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