M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-03-16
gEse Vice OF intolerance.

maui luSlT appeaTahcC III NeW Lug
land.
Fines, imprisonmChts, and stripes
were literally employed to suppress
the rising sect, but these measures
were iutirely unsuccessful. The Qua
kers continuing to increase in nun
bers and enthusiasm in the year 1869
the Massachusetts Bay Government
began to lntlct the penalty OF death
nn the members OF the sect.
On the morning Of an. autumn day
that had witnessed the martyrlom oil
two men Of the Quaker pelsua0lnn, a
Puritan settler was returning home.
The traveller quickened his pace when
he had reached the outskirts OF the
town, Tor n gloomy extent of nearly
!our miles lay before him. The au.
tumn wind wandered among the
branches Of the forest, whiriing away
the leaves from all accept tho pine
trees, and moaning rs ii it lamented
the Isolation OF which it was the in
strument. AS the traveller emerged
from the woods into an open space,
his ears were saluted by sound
more mnurnIul than even that of the
wind. 1t sounded like the wailing OF
sCme one IN dire distress, and seemed
to proceed nom beneath lonely iiy
tree, III the center ut an urcultlvaiud
field.
The Puritan could not bit re,ncln.
ber that this was the very spot which
had been made accuroed, a few nours
before, bJ tine eulion VI the Qua
Eers. wnusc bodllshld been thrown
together into ole hasty grave. beneath
the tree Oh which they suffered.
"Methinks the voice is like he
EalinE oi child; some infant il
may be, whieh has s,ruyed from ia
mother llo therefore lett the natb
and walked toward tho field. thounh
now 60 desOIate, its soil was pressed
down and lramplei 10y the thousand
footsteps ot those who had gathered
to witness the spectacle of that day
all oi whom hal now retired, leaving
tho dead to their Ionliness.
The Traveller ut length reached IN,
hS.troe,' which t:om the middle, M
ward, WAS covered with living branch
es, although a scahold had been cree
tod beneath, and other preparations
made for the work of death
Under this unhappy treo. which in
alte; times WAS believed to drop aoi
son with ite dew, sat the one SOLITARY
II ourGer over innocent blood. IT.
was slender, light clad, lite child,
WHO Iearrd lis lace upon u hillock oil
iI:dh turned and half frozen earth
and walled bitterly, and in suppr,s IS
cd tone, Is il his gricf might receive
The punishment oi crimo.
ihe Puritan, whose approach had
been unperceivcd, laid his hand np
IN the chiId's shoulder, and said. |
" Dry your eyes, my boy, and tell me
where your mother dwells." The
bog hushed his Nailiny at once, and |
turnsd his face upward, to the strang
or. 1t was Il pale, bright eyed coun |
tenance not more than six years olt;
but sorrow, fear and want had de-
siroyed much o. its inIannle express
sion. The Puritan seeing the boys |
trighte led gaze, enjeavored to re as |
sure him "Wbal!-vou do not fear
to sit bcnea'h gallows, on new
mAde grave, ard yet you tramble at
u friend s touch. Take heart, child. |
and tell Ine what is your name, and
where is your homeW "Friend," re
piled the little boy. in q sweet, though
Ia|tcring voice, they call me lorahim
and my home is here" The Puri.
tan replied, II am fastening to
warm supper and bed, and ifyou will
90 with me, you shall share them!"
Il thank thee, friend. but though be
hungry, and shivering with cold.
thou wilt not give Inc food and l1dg
ing" replied the boy. My father
was of the paop'e whom all men
rate They have hi! him under
this heap pf earth, and here is m
home" The Puritan, who hal laid
hold Of little lbrahim's hand, relin-
quished it as if hs were touching a
loathsomc reptile God forbid. said
he, TO himself, that | should leave
this child to perish, though he comes
OF an accursed sect Go we not al
spring from an EVIL root! Ara we
not all in darkness till the light doth
shine upon us9 lie shall not per'sh
lie then spoke bindly to lbrahm;
who bad again hid hia face in the cold
earth of the grave. "Was every door
in the land shut against you, my
child, that you have wandered to this
unhallowed spot7" "They drove me
forth from the prison, when they
took my father thence" said the boy,
H. .h> o.oyud ,uau Uonn