Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-10-18

nave mad men swear at me have be-.
man dance around me as if possessed Of a
ueViI, and spit his foam IN my face but i
never found man | would give up. Itmsv
take long time to reach his manhood bu,
ne Is not a brute. | think it is Char
DlcKens who says: Away up a greas I..ar7
P-iir OF stairs, III very remote corner, easily
passed oy, there ls door, and OF thet dor
Is written " Woman" AID go in tho Le,rt
ol tue Viiest outcast, away up great mar,
palr OF sIalrs, IN very remote corner, easily
passed oy. there is a door on which is VIII;
ten Man" Here is our business-tO 6nj
,hst door. 1t may take long time; but
oegin and knock. Don't get tired but re-
member Gods long suffering to US, and keen
| knocking a long time if need be. Don't
| get weary IT there is no answer; remember
MIN whose locks were wet with the dew
MOCK on-Just try it-yOu try it and Just
80 sure viii the quiyering lip and startlre
tear tell you you have been Knocking at the
| heart of q man and not of brute. It is be.
cause these poor wretches are men, and not
Drutes, that we have hopes of them. / oncs
picked up men in the market-place They
said "le is a brute-let him alone" / took
him home with me, and kept the brute"
fourteen days and nights, through bis deli
mum, and he nearly frightened Mary out of
her wits, one night chasing her all about the
mouse with boot in bis hand But she re-
covered her wits; and he recovered bis. He
said to me,-"You wouldn't think | had a
wife and child" Well, I should MT
81 have, and-God bless her dear little heart
my little Mary is as pretty q little thing
as ever stepped ~ said the brute asked
=" here Go they livs?' "They live two
miles away from here" "When did YOU
see them ast?" About two years a0o. {"
Then he told me his sad story. 1 sasd.-
Il on must 90 back again" al must not
90 back won't-my wife is better with
out me than with me! / will not 20 back
any more; l have knocked her, and kicked
her, and abused her; do you suppose l will
90 back again ?" went to the house with
him. l knocked a. the door, and his wife
opened it. 'tIs this Mrs. Richardson ?''-
"Yes, Sir" "Well, that is MIR. Richardson.
Laughter. And, Mr.. Richardson, that is
Mrs. Richardson: Now come into the house."
They went in. The wife sat one side OF the
room, and tine " brute" on the Other.
waited to see who would speak first; and a.
was the woman. IApplsuse. But before
she spoke she fdgeted a good deal. Sic
pulled up her apron till she got bold of re
hem, and then she pulled it all down aga.a.
rher she folded it all up c,oseiy and jerked it
out through her fingers an inch a: time. ;ri
then she spread it all down again; and then
she looked all about the room and said,
"Well, William % And the ''brutc" said,
"Well, Mary?" Laughter.l He had
large handkerchief round his neck, and sde
said, ''YOu had better take the handkerc.isl
of, William; you'll need it when Jcr g
out" He began TO tumble about Il The
knot was large enough he could have u
tied it if he liked; but he said, &c Will you
unite it, Mary?' and she worked away =;
it; but her fingers were clumsy, and she
couldn't get it off, their eyes met, and :.
love-hght was not all quenched; she opened
her arms gently, and he tell into them. Il
you had seen those white arms clasped about
his neck, and he sobbing on her breast, and
the child looking in wonder first at ons and
then the other, you would have said. "It Is
not q brute; it is MAJ, With greas 6Ig
warm heart in his breast"
l tell you it is a glorious work to get
ut these hearts; 1t is glorious work to plGJ
upon a man,-to play upon him till you
make him sing,-aye and sing sweet music,
too John B. Cough.