The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-23

that he forgot his dignity. "l'H warm you!
he exclaimed, 'You young vagabonds III
warm you, and snatching up cane, he |
commenced to beat the child.
"Open the door SIR" ne cried to the SER
want. The man did SO, and the Judge, CIV
ing parting blow to the child, showed him
out He fell heavily forward and rolled
down the steps.
Judge Percival was startled for moment,
lest he might have killed him, or broken
some of his bones, but he was treasured by
the child saying:
.sOh, for Gods sake, for your own sake,
| let me in"
| The Judge turned to his servant-"Go,
sir, at once for policeman, he said. "See
that this young rufian is locked up for the
night, and tomorrow | shall find a servant
| who will keep my house free from such con-
tamination.''
Judge Percival assembled to his drawing
room. Some few distinguished people
were to dine with him this day He felt an
noyed with himself, but doubly so with
.the young vagabond," and the servant,
who had witnessed his loss of dignity and
want of humanity, for he was in the habit
of reading in the papers of the humanity of
Judge Percival, until he actually began to
believe that he had some such commodity
about him. If he had, all the better, for it
never gave him the slightest trouble, and
people seemed to like that sort Of thing.
So on his annual visit to the assize towns
he always made it a rule to shed tears when
passing sentence Of death on o fellow crea-
ture; and truth to say, in God fearing,
Bible reading, Notwithstanding England,
he had plenty Of such work on his hands.
but he found no bad effectfrom this little
sympathetic weakness, as it never inter
fered with his appetite afterward.
In the meantime, the hall porter fastened
to find policeman to arrest child for be-
ing criminally cold. AS he went on his
charitable Grand he passed the child, lying
at the foot of the steps.
Course the brat" he muttered, 81 will
lose my place on his account. l hope the
old brute has killed him. Serve them, both
right"
After a little, he returned with police
man.
Here is no vagrant," said the police
man, swinging his lantern round about
"Well, he was here minute ago. Mas
ter knocked him down the steps, and | lief
him lying here when went after YOU
That's queer enough" replied the other
There are no signs of any one having fallel
down these steps, nor are there foot-track
on the snow from the place where you SO,
you left him lying"
What's to be done,' asked the porter.
"Oh, nothing; I'm not going to hunt at
ter a wagrant ON such night as this. Doe
that gal, Sail. live in your family still.
The porter winked.
"After the sergeant passes," continue
the policeman, IL may drop in upon you"
'Do so. All you have q weakness
that quarter"
j, The policeman placed his hand over til
- place where his heart had been before h
entere1 the force; since then it had bee
petri6ed into twenty horse power of pei
ty cruelty.
Judge Percival sat at the head Of h
sumptuous table All the delicacies tn,
the season could SUPPLY quote from tt
morning Post of the next day-wel
q. there.
no He was supported on his right by
oil Right Rev. Bishop; but you are not to SUI
no pose that he was like any of those 10,
nj vulgar Bishops that you read of here, ira,
cling far off into the woods to visit son
It poor, brave missionary priest in his sol
an tary home, making him feast on the brea
,ss ing his scant blanket. If you have forms
lie to change it at once. No, no; my Bishe
~ had a seat in the House of Lords, hur
nv dred thousand dollars a year, two palace
n3 carriages, horses, servants, &C., SC, al
~ as for woods, why bless your innocent nos
n there was delicious wood cock in those a
ow joining the Episcopal palace in Il
ev country.
cb The Judge was supported on his left
i've q young Lord, the son of an Earl He W
Ssh n high-spirited. fast young fellow, and if
light jest escaped him, it was beautiful
see the benign smile the Bishop reprov
os him with as he gently shook his forcing
Tho al the offender. Was not this q we'll br
Mo improvement on the rough, bold manner
zen which his predecessor, Paul, was wont 9
reprove the brethren"
,,v 1t is unnecessary to mention who I
in other members of the company were,
400 cause my story has nothing TO do with the
ian but must tell you that before sitting dos
val to dinner the Judge asked the Bishop
ha, ask blessing, and the Bishop did SO, kee
q ing his eyes religiously fixed on the tur
tho soup.
as Now can you believe, after all have Il
the you, that Judge Percisal felt anything /
his happy comfortable; that, in fact, the TO
AIRY of the pauper child he had driven fro1,
tful door. rose like Banquo's ghost, and thou
. to it did not push him from his stool.
ind destroyed the pleasure he would otherw
have fel: at entertaining so dis,inguishe,
mis-, company, and took vway all his Iest
but soup, venison and wine.
can AT length the conversation took tn
Z. which gave him an opportunity to seek
Per- consolation of the church
ged Yes. said the Bishop. ..those news
and pers and cheap publications-proof of
enlightenment Of the age, forsooth-are
coat ruin of the masses. making them discs
ting tented with the position Providence
thai placed them in
his Now the Bishop could with great jus,
ing complain of this, for no one had ever he.
him murmer at the position Providence
soft placed him in.
arm II really. my LORD replied Judge P
riyal know not what society will come