The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20
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grccs " ialsehood just ~ there are dii.
ferent colors and degrees II otlcr sins.
There Il, blackcst u ~, The male vo.
lens hypocri.c and slaalerer. who eau
twist truth into falrchood. and false.
hood into seeming truth Aud then
thcrc II the downright Liar, who falsi.
iies on purpose 10 deceive. There II an.
other downright Liar not quito ~ had
---he falsiiics from love of tho marvel.
lons. and a burning desire tp appear
what he IL nut S'mc people lic because
II IL their disposition 10 deceive. Others
lic because they lack tho courage Ia
tell tho truth. Aud, thcre arc o.hor
lies sometimes called White l.ies---
which are mere lirs u convenience. In
their uttcrancc tllcro Ii no u,il intent
They arc told just M man whisks all
iNpclimcnt from l,is path with his
walking stick, They arn told 10 sayc
trouble of explanations u. perhaps, 10
avid relrimanl, Al ii,st 4 lie VI this
Kind n,ny not seem very s'tfnl thing.
but. nnf rluna,cly for tho missai,lc,l
mortal who cnscrsaius tho pretty sin,
\ IL one that dues ~, improve upon
acquaintance. Like many another
evil which NIGH, 10 mentioned. II i
'kel, 10 grow to alarming proportions
AMI consequences, There In QUO s,to
gronnd--anl only ono: Truth Abso.
lnte T,uth--anarr every circumstance
aud on all occasions.
Sarnl, Powers believed herself 10 Do
\ truthful girl, shc had not tho div.
position u Willingly deceive. Had II
been plainly insimatci to her shat shc
was Liar shc would have been shock.
ed beyond measure, aud yct her ru.c
II life IN this respect was nut pure and
answerying. N wc shall 400.
Sarah" said Mrs. Powers, coming
into tho room, ono winter morning.
whore hor daughter sat, did you sec
anything cf ! twcnsy.do bin On tho
mantcl.shslf last evening"" Her voice
and manner showed that shc was IN.
pleasantly exercised.
~ twonty-dollar billf" repeated
Sarah, with open ayes. "No."
You didn's 80 anything that look.
I'd like onsy''
Like ! twsnty-dollar billl Certainly
not.
II certainly lefl hin The sitaing-room
on tho 1helfi and | know that sss tho
largo glass lamp down on Il. 70 that Il
ahoald not blow away. I forgot all
about Il until thIs morning. o. l must
nat loco IL -
but. mother, twenty dollars Il not
sach largo sum. !"
"Ordinarily, ne, my child, bat ju.,
now II h considerable Your athcr's
accounts do not balance 10 fayorably
this ssason ~ hc had anticipated. In
fact. Sarah. hs cMnnct possibly spare
me any moro II ho II 10 meet his bank.
paper. 1rWhcre can that bin have gene
tof--An'l ] promised Nlrs. Julkiu. III,
dollars to-day ---l,o yon think Ii could
l'ossibly have got knocked IN And
blown away
We may a. vol rcnark lust here,
that Sarah Powers hal been i,ine.
Falschool WAS not certainly In tho
heart u tho young and sunny.iacc,l
GIRL but hcr tongue had spoken |. The
facts werc simply these.
On tho previous evening Robert
vcasic hnd cal cd 10 visit Sarah.
{ Robert was clerk In tho ntorc ni
Powcva X Dunbar, and was Sarah !.
aceeptsd lover. Hs had displayed
qualities of hcAa and heart which hal
recommended him 70 Tho favorable
consideration u Tho parents. and though
10 wsa poor. yet hs bad business tao,
and snorky. II was understood by
ihs earsfsl father that shero should b.
no formal engagement :. present. j
Sarah remembered thss shs and Rob.