The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-02-27
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"a very Il Just, dedoitisp,,' y. :;rspIisd
1ltto Clayton. r., i4' 1T j. one Of tho advantages
|et dison4epion that ,he who docs nat dsd
p.' account in i .psJ decline, IT,: But
q'steslsa i :. thing Of another. kind ;sia
implies, not q :eoppodity ,xeh.pe red,
bat a tax lmposed-in which e,se 70
pp.ay reasonably ask to look at the war.
rant
The two vrestlers had entered the
ring, and Clayton had actually closed
with his antagonist. The table sat
with gaze rivetted on the cembataots-
only Miss Martindale looked dom.
Perhaps she had stake in the result
which she was unwilling to betray.
Mr.. Dixit felt that now, if ever, he
must shake OF Cl"yton's grippe. The
trial vas not only one Of skill, but Of
strength. He could not trip up thi.
! man he would lift him from the
ground, and threw him. "a diota:
tor,' be cried, "do,s not stop to *.
plain: He wields the power Of strong
mind over = common one"
"But he must FIRST prove himself
l
strong He must, At least, hage bis
army and police, to put down question.
If not, We may suspect him to be only
a staggering. And, even ~ stage
king, be must know how to act muies.
| IT,, otherwise We shall SEQ at once thu,
bisidianonds are glass, and doubt if b.
have paid the ssupers who bear up hi,
cotton velvet"
9TH. i insult !" exclaimed Dixit.
| 'sNo,"" -rejoined the other. "lf you
b real monarch, it does not spply to
you if = sham one, yoa made the .p.
plicatien yeurself."
,,"Ha h.! ~! from the table ia
general elasped hands and eyes that
.postrephissd the ceiling, on the part ol
Lady Ursuls.
"sir!" shouted Dixit, forgetting all
decorum in bus excitement, "thers are
opinions that No do not .n.wsr, be-
cause they outroDge Us. Thsir safety
Iieh not in their strength but in thei,
repulsiveness. They do not conquer,
they disgust. Your pleas for crime were
of this kind"
"My pleas for reforming criminals
you should say"
"The same thing, sir. I know what
this spurious philanthropy comes to-
Eyes, yes," from Lady Ursula, be,
arms extended in wonder and dc.
light.
~ know what it comes to-" Dixi'
went on. ut means sympathy with
wretches, and indifference to society.
You would abolish hanging, Z don't
doubt r. -
"Clayton smiled.
! "And trust, iastead"-hsre Mr.
pzit,s snssr WAS witbssies-s'to eda'
cstlon-tqthe gradual results of moral
influence"
"Perhaps so.'
"Ha !! ha ha you admit it And,
in the neautime-mark, gcntlemen-
in the meantime, I might be murder.
ed !" ,
"Perhaps so; no great reform was
ever effected without some tlifling iB.
convenience at the beg,nning."
The roof did not fall in; the walls
did not give way. If they shook
/ it was with the laughter of the audi.
ence.
Mr.. Dixit had before rssembled
Coriolanus in putting down tho mob.
He was now dispossd to emulate thai
! illustrious Roman when driven into
exile, He stood at bay with the rsvol.
ters. ~ disdain: alike, sir" said he
"your coarse efrontery and the t.st*
Of your admirers. 1 beg to decline Civ.
ing any further encouragement to sitt'
er."
He spoke. I confess, l softensd tt
the great man in bis disgrace. H,
looked it 10 tie face proudly. 81
baoish you!' VI. the thought visible t'
al, as he drew his coat around him
IT WIS only . coat but tho seton vouli
have suited toga. He turned ), h
strobe away ; he gone!
f.. A solemn pause.
'.And this il whit you have broush
upon us !" burst forth Lady Ursnla t.
Olnyton. "On your accout Mr.. Dix
it will withdraw himself from Us all.'
II" "P.rdon me; I scarcely aspired t.
Ebs q public benefactor." J" returned Clay
ton. :. = -. :. -'..'
Here the tickle public hilariousl,
testified to the merits of its deliver
or.
"Sir," continued Lady Ursula, Will
bitterness, sneer is not an argument
It il easy to be inpertinsnt but
want to hear reason. What have you t
say2"
"That he who has lady for his ep
ponept, leses, sveo if he wins"
."tMsrs evasion, cried his fair ad
Everssry, vshemently. II ask for an an
|svsr.. Please to: forget thatI am 4
lady !"
"Ou the contrary, madam, I an
sore yon will assist me to remembe
ti{:"@': !. :. : ..-~.
| Clayton said this with 40 accent 9
eoaEtteous, and boy. 20 profound, .h.