Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-07
Knocking III VAN.

lhe following sad incldent-tOl. by
an eyewitness Of the scene, in Pniladel.
phia-will recall 10 many readers the
thrilling picture given in the twentieth
verse CT the tdird chapter Of Eevela-
tiOn.
Directly opposite the narrator's
dwelling stood the house Of d ricn and
unprincipled man. by day it was as
still as prison. but at night it was the
haunt of loose company and the scene
OF revelries and dissipation.
Occasionally, in the daytime, the
face of q beautiful young woman would
appear at one of the windows. The
window, in fact, seemed to be her loiter-
ing place, for she spent much of her
idle time there, sitting behind the
partly closed blind.
There WAS no sign that she enjoyed
the luxury around her. Her face had
the hard, drawn expression suggestive
of "paioted misery" Her position in
the rich mans house was guilty one,
for she had abandoned pure home to
live on the wages of disgrace.
One morning, while she sat in her
usual place. a carriage stopped at the
house. A gray haired man got out Of
it and knocked at the door. The young
woman saw him with start of surprise
but she did not STIR from the window.
Rigid and pale, she looked down
through the blind lattice, watching
every movement. but making no sign.
The old man piled the knocker long
and loudly-till the neighbors noticed
him and wondered. But he knocked in
vain. No servant would open the door
without the mistress order. She kept
her concealment and silently looked Oh,
till the visitor went away.
An hour later. the same carriage
stopped again. The same gray-haired
man knocked the second time at the
door. The same unhappy face looked
down upon him through the lattice
bnt there was no answer to his call, and
in grief he went away.
A third time that day the old man
renewed his visit. The pale watcher ut
the window watched him as before,
without relenting. without responding.
He turned slowly away and in tears
was heard to exclsim, 20 Emily
Emily! My daughter, my poor. dear
daughter
That father had travelled long jour-
ney on his sad and eager errand. He
had traced his erring child to this house,
and waiting until her destroyer was
away. he had hoped that she would SEE
him.
She knew his errand. Her heart had
beaten moro quickly as she looked
down upon his gray hairs. Her pale
cheeks and rigid mouth told of con.
tlict within. Perhaps the old love of
her pretty, wayward childhood, that
had seemed dead for many u day, came
to life again, and pleaded for him, and
for God. as he stood there at the door
and knocked. But enslaved and help
less-with eyes from whose troubled
depths looked forth ruined soul-she
let him go without wcrd or sign.
Do you pity that old man going away
to his childless home, heart broken
and alone? Yes; but more to be pitied
is she in whose soul the horrors of q
life of shame must find their home, and
over whose pathway hangs the gloom
of an outcast's DEATH Youths Com
panion.
Mr.. Bradlaugh makes q Sensation.
The honor Of dividing the interest
OF English political circles with Mr.
Parnell belongs at present to Mr.. Brad
laugh. 1t will be remembered that
more than year ago Mr.. Bradlaugh
declined to take the oath prescribed by
statute for members of the House OF
Commons, and posed for time as the
marty r champion of liberty of con-
science. He was afterwards admitted
on his affirmation and took his seat, bu.
the Courts decided that his admission
was illegal. This decision entailed Oh
him q heavy fine for every time lie had
voted while illegally occupying his
seat, amounting iu the aggregate to
/ several thousand pounds. Mr.. Brad
laugh appealed to his constituents for
reelection, and was again returned to
the House. He then offered to take the
oath as q matter of form, but as he had
previously declared that he dit not
consider an oath more binding than a
mere pledge, objection WAS made. Fer
several months his case has stood thus.
He is regularly and legally chosen
member of the House, ready to take
the oath prescribed by statute, but il
not allowed by tho House to do so. and
therefore is not member of that body.
Mr.. Bradlaugh has entered the House
several times, ana has been removed
by order of the Speaker. Last week he
attempted to make a forcible entry, and
had to be forcibly thrust ont Of the
lobby into the street by several s.al.
wart policemen.-lNew FORK Chronicle
The shameful delays in the punish
ment of criminals were never better
| illustrated than in the case Of Nathan
Orlando Greenfield, who was accused
of numbering his wife. ut Orwell, o..
wege Co., Oct. II, 1875. He was tried
and the jury disagreed. A second trial
resulted IN verdict of guilty. Then
began the writs of error, appeals. and
all that sort of thing, until the Courl
Of Appeals ordered new trial on ia,
score Of technical error a new tria
was had. with q change of venue tc
Syracuse. and verdict of guilty was
rendered again. Then Came another
legal battle, and in all there were five
stays of proceedings and reprieves
Last Friday the man was hung, five
years and nine months after the com
mission of the crime. That such Case
should be permitted to drag along in
this way is u disgrace to our laws, and
deserves the death-penalty of nearly al
its force as deterrent from crime. II
is said that under the new Code such
delays will not be possible, and every
good citizen will hope that this will
prove to be the fact. A law the execu
tion of which can be avoided for 81
long time. is only half a law New
York Examiner.
RASPBERRY JAM.-Take equal weight
OF red currants and raspberrles, or some
take one-third currants and two.thirds
raspberries, and of sugar, three quarters
of pound of best loaf. to each pound
of fruit. Cover the fruit with the sugar
over night, and the next day boil all to-
gether slowly for an hour, skimming
if necessary. Put it in small jars, and