The Republican journal., 1869-05-27
WHAT SAVED PHILIP LEE.

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whisper, through which the mother-love ran
deep and strong like the under current of a
river whose surface seems calm. Death was
very near, she felt his icy touch, but the moth
er-love was only dcepened and strengthened
by his presence
'.My poor child" she said again. kissing
his face tendcrly, 'who will love You when /
am gone,"
''Where are you going, mamma - he asked
wonderingly
II am going to the land have told vou
about so often" she answered. u want my
little boy to promise me to always be good
If YOU are when you die you may come to that
land, too; l shall be there and your father
You promise, don't you?'
| Yes mamma" he answered
Don't forget it. When you are tempted
to do wrong think whether God is looking at
YOU or not He will be; He always sees what
we are doing. And think thatif you commit
wrong deeds you are building up Il wall be
tween us that will get 50 high in tirac that
YOU cannot climb over it to Get to me. Every
wrong deed, every bad action is Il stone in
the wall. You won't forget Your promise,
Philip,
'No, mamma he answered hardly com
pretending at the Time what she had been say
ing to him.
She kissed him again and again, With yearn-
ing tenderness. Then She lay very still and
quiet for a long time. Philip thought she
was going to sleep.
Some one lifted him from the bed, at Last
and took him away. In the morning he went
to his mother room for his morning kiss and
greeting. But there was no pale face on the
pillow. Something covered in white lay by
the open window. lie went to it and raised
the covering. His mother was there, but 50
white, so cold and still that he was trighten-
ed and commenced to weep He could moi
comprehend the great mystery of death, bul
ii aWed and terrified him.
The Years went by and Philip Lee was
man Sad years they had been lis lot had
been cast in evil places. Bad companions
had thrown heir pernicious influence over him
and led him in sinful devious paths. Nokind
hand had been held out to restrain him i'll his
downward course-nO kind voice had WhiS
pered TO him of better way. except some
times, the voice of his angel-mothcr. But
with such evil influences about him, and no
one to point out higher way tor his feet to
follow he had not needed the reproying voice
and his promise was well nigh forgotten. The
memory Of the night when his mother died
came back to him sometimes, but his rough
life had 50 hardened his better nature and
duled his finer sensiblities that il had lost
the power to touch him very keenly. One
I day one of his companions came to him with
Il base proposition in his heart. which he un
folded to Philip. and asked his assistance in
carrying out his evil design. That day mi
i old man had gone to the village with several
cattle which he was to sell To- cattle dealer
t living in town, for a considerable sum. In
some way Philips evil-minded friend had
found out all this, and proposed to waylay the
old man ON his road home and rob him of his
money. At first Philip was firm in his refusal
to have anything to do with the matter. But
after much urging on the part Of his compan-
ion, he consented. and it was agreed that they
should meet at dusk III n piece of woods
through which the old man was to pass.
Night fell. Philip Lee started of for the
place of meeting, with Il strange sensation
at his heart. What was he going to do? Conn
nit robbery The thought WAS horrible
Suddenly he thought OF the promise he had
made his mother Years and Years AGO How
far away those pure Years of childhood seem
ed now to the sin hardened man. 70 be Al
ways good He had promised that. hut how
fearfully he had gone a>trav from the path Of
right and noble manhood. He thought of the
wall his mother had told him about. and lc
t wondered if it was not too high already lur
him to climb. Could he scale it if he tried
: He remembered so very many wicked deeds
and wrong doing> that had stained his past
life, that it seemed to him the wall was terri
hly high And the deed he was about to com
J nit would that not he a mighticr stone than
all the rest which he had pun in the Wall--thr
, Grim black barrcade which he had reared be
tween Heaven and his own soul, How plain
ly the memory of that evening Years ago,
,. came back to him lie could hear his mother,
low, faint voice, and see her white face, tr2ul
. ed in shadows, he could smell the scent OF
h lilacs through the windows, and see again the
: golden brightness in the west. And all the
time 'still small voice. within kept SAYING
1 The wall is very high will YOU max, il
h any higher?'
q Il cannot | 1cW pot do this wicked deed ''
he cried, II am bad enough for almost every
thing, but not quite low enough for Hdt!
He had not stopped, while hr was thinking
Of all these things, and when he made the rr-
f solve to have nothing to do with the proposed
t robbery he was very near the place of mor'-
I inc which his companion had designated.
Il will 90 and tell him what I have dc,,H.
mined to do" he said.
He went on and found his companion wal.
ing for him.
II was afraid you had backed out, Wa the
greeting he received. Il didn't know hul
the old man would 90 bybelore YOU got here
! Il am not here to help you, Philip answer
ed. firmly, ~ have c0ncludcdto have nothing
to do with the plan YOU proposed. aud have
come to tell You So"
: 'EUOl. tlltu LHt Quiet NtpIHlullN IH I
think what you might gain by a work"
"And think Of what might lose" Phillip
answered, and turned away
There was no robbery committed that ni@hl
With no one 10 confde in or depend upon
for assistance the young man who had propo,-
ed the scheme felt unwilling to proceed. CON
sequently old Mr. Stanley went home with
his money unmocsted. From that time there
was a change in Philip Lea change torthe
better. He had left off his rough way of lv-
inc, forsook his evil companions and became
a better, nobler, truer man.
Indiana and the Fifteenth Amendment.
INDlANAPOLIs, MAY Is. All the Democrat.
members of the House of Representatives. rN-
cept two resigned this morning, leaving the
House without quorum In the Senate 1t
rOl-call this afternoon 81 members answered
to their names. The doors We're locked and
absentees sent for. Pendingthis proceeding,
the Constitutional Amendment was callen up
and the vote taken. Although the Democratic
members present announced that they had
sent in their designations to the Governorthi9
morning, the Lieut.. Governor ruled that the
Senate had no official notice of their resi- gnl-
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