The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-12-14
WORSE ENEMIES THAN LIONS,


penis is warmed 10 life in vour bosom.
You hate that Erhman. Well. who
is most injured by Your hate You'll
make him feel it, lie can never know
1.-THE of III" evil consequence, Won
Will experience from that bad passion.
nav friend. Have YOU ever heard the
old Spanish proverb. that - Curses. like
chickens. come home To roosl - # So.
II wer" well for YOU to ponder it, mean
ing
Perkins is an unhappy man. WHY q.
l. he in extreme poverty No: his
basket and store have been lately in
creased. wear by wear J. he in aliiic-
ton. No; the finger ef death ha~ not
Vet rested On any of his household
treasures. WHY, then. i he unhappy !,
Because enemies I" his peace IRE kept
alive in his bosom-encmies that de-
>trnl more than lions and tigers Bad
thoughts, You mean Yes: evil
thoughts against his nei.hbor, Poor
man tie l. in the strange delusipE that
all generous thoughts and kind deeds
toward others will be 50 much abstract
ed from his own endowment He does
not comprehend the meaning involved
in the act of lighting ncighbor's can
die. Light and warmth are not dimin.
ished. but more widely diflused. Per
kins would laugh, snecringlv. at the
man who spent half an hour in plant
lng 4 tree from which he had no hone
of gathering fruit. Yet. while the o,her
FELT a glow OF pleasure in the act. he
would be unhappy because a ueighbor's
tree bore better fruit than his own.
Such a man was Perkins He rarely
smiled, except at some practical Joke
played oil Ia the ANNOYANCE of some
body he did not fancy ANYTHING like
this he enjoyed amazingly. At home
he was usually silent. moody sort of
a man. greatly ANNOYED by trilles. and
more disposed 10 interfere with his chill
dren's sports than to encourage playful
ness and bilarily Their noise and rest
leSsness disturbed him He loved his
wife about a. well rs a man like him is
capable of loving ANYTHING outside of
himself; but ne never studied how 10
give her pleasure. and was easily fret
ted, IT, through her neglect or forget
iulnesS, his comfort was in,erfered with
IN the slightest degree
Mr., Perkins had neighbor named
Ehrman. who was, from some cause,
particularly offensive To him and vet
Ehrman was an unobtrusive man. and
more inclined to think well than i'll of
others. Perhaps this was the reason
why Perkins did not like hitn-sor good
and evil are in natural antagorism. II
81 happened that the pleasant grounds
Of Perkins and Ehrman Law side bv
side This gave the former occasion
for much caprious and ill-natured oh>cr-
walton of his neighbor, whose doings
We're the subject Of thought and COM
ment far beyond anything that he
imagined
One day, in passing homcward. Per
kins called at Il neighbor'-. and said to
him, - | believ. I'll take that yellow
rose you told me YOU wished 10 sell.
I've been thinking since ! saw Won YES
rrrday hat il will jus; match the one |
have in the oval grass plat hv the front
door, and produce a very fine effect
Don't You think Soy Two dollars is
the price YOU asked
IT. too late now, Mr. Perkins" re-
turned the neighbor. :" sold it is Mr..
Ehrman this morning"
You did" The countenancc Of
Perkins changed instantly.
Yes; ! understood You t. decline
taking it =
You didn'; understand any such
thing" NJ Perkins was already par
TALLY blind with passion.
Beg your pardon, said the neigh
nor, with very natural Indignation -,
" | did 80 understand YOU And when
Mr. Ehrman called This morning. and
said he would ike to have it for the
roscry he was making in front Of his
house, | sold it to him wiihou, 4
thought Of your desiring 70 possess it,"
Hes making ro>crv. Is hc!-
Humph' that's because talked Of il.
Il don't know ANYTHING about that.
Mr.. Perkins though its nv opinion
that MIR Ehrman never heard of vnur
intention
" We'll, ! know that he has heard of
il. He couldn't have helpcl knowing
NV purpose, because spoke Of il to
half a dozen people And ne knew |
wanted this very rose Bat. he'll be
sorry for crossing my path. Now mark
my word for it -
In this temper Mr. Perkins turned
his steps hcmeward. his mind so full of
bad thoughts that there was not room
FOR a single good one to find entrance.
"Oh, Edward" said Mrs Perkins.
IA she met him al the door There was
q smile Of welcome on her face and
gladncSs in her tones. for she he'd some
thing very pleasant, to tell her husband.
But the moment her ewes rested on his
face. her countenanc. fell and she re-
manned silent
Not word of greeting passed the
lips Of Mr. Perkins. nor did single
harsh line of his rigid features relax.
.Jo>tling his wife almost rudclv. as he
passed by her. he went through the
house into the garden beyond. with the
manner Of one who had some desperate
purpose to accomplish Taking up u
spade, h" returned through the house
to the ornamental grass plat in front,
where stood large yellow rose bush,
the buds of which were fall and almost
ready To break into blossom.
What is he going to do? Not de-
stroy, in an outbreak Of selfish passion.
this beautiful flower because nelrhbor
whom he does not like has become pos
sesSed Of one equal in heautv. No:
not 80 bad as that He knows that
transplanting the other rose. a, this
particular season. will check its growth.
II he cant he the owner thereof. he is
resolved that his rose shall he far more
luXuriant. and so means L. give il an
extra share Of culture His purpose
now Is simply to loosen the earth about
the roots, 50 that sun, air and dew NAV
penetrate more freely. This he designs