The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-02

ship; the other face laughed at the easy
vow, and broke it almost as soon as
made. Both faces are under the same
hood, and may be the BETRAYED friend
lives and dies not suspecting the exis-
tence OF that second IN the shadow.
Perhaps be finds it only when too late,
and after the secrets he gave to be guard
ed as men gard their gold have been
squandered among the crowd, desecra-
ted ty thousand rude hands, defled
by a thousand coarse mouths
One face goes into folks houses, ac-
cepts their hospitality, assumes to find it
pleasant, thanks the glyer for the pleas
ure bestowed the other face, outside
the door, makes grimaces, and the doub-
lie tongue rattles of catalogue of short
comings, while its feilow-tip is still quiv-
ering with praises. This is a common
ofense, and hateful one, not having an
excuse anywhere, seeing that no one is
obliged TO go into other folks houses at
all, unless he or she wishes to do so; and
surely if he or she does go, the most ell
emental law of gratitude and good breed
| ing should refrain unfriendly criticism
| One face goes to church and makes its
prayers discreetly, the other face, to its
intiElates, laughs at the whole thing as
humbug, and calls faith the faculty of
fools. Twin-born with this is the face
that redresses itself N the fashion of the
strictest morality, the most absolute
responsibility, then goes into the city
armed with sharp practice that just keeps
clear of the law, and that defies the pri-
vate censure of those who know. We
see this sometimes in places of influence
where it should not be. A censor of
public morals sets up his throne of JUS
tlce with courage and pair of scales.
lie weighs this man, that woman and
such and such companies in his scales.
Ii he can make them weigh short he
uses his scourge without mercy; if very
indignant, he unsheaths his sword and
makes an end of the concern altogether.
But the other face? The other face
grins to its familiars, and the other
tongue says, 81 made so much and so
much by that ;" the other hand is held
out for bride, and the most notorious
offender of the batch, if the richest, gets
off scott-frec by means of the bridge OF
gold judiciously built This, too, is an
experience not quite unknown among the |
sons OF men and the guardians as well as
censors of the public morals.
In fact, we may say that under almost |
every hood may be found two faces
more or less developed Sometimes the
face is very small and retiring, and some
times it is full-heshed and prominent; |
sometimes it comes but seldom out from /
the dark shadow and sometimes it is as
often to the front as that which seems
to be the original. One face to the gull
lible world and another to the inner self |
which is not deceived; one tongue to
you, the dear friend and dupe the /
other of you, the castigated acquaintance
and the victm-so the world goes round, |
and truth, lying at the bottom of the
well, is the hardest thing to be found,
though sought for so continually. Still,
if we cannot fish up that truth as bod
lily presence precious to us, we may re-
frain from carrying these two faces of
ours, those twins unlike, beneath one
hood, and we might take care to keep
our tongue single.-The Queen.