Milford chronicle., 1885-03-20

The vounR man stood, with folded
or1os for some five minutes, his eyes |
resting mon the floor. Then he sank |
intH the chair from which he had arisen,
and soain rested his head upon his |
hand. Better thoughts were struggling |
for entrance to his mind, and better |
feelings for possession OF. his heart.
There was a strong conflict between
GOOD and evil: the first conflict OF the
Rind that had occurred for year, and
fine most vigorous for many years. All
tbe rIans for this, his first great sin
against the laws of his country ana tne
rights and property OF his nelghbors,
had been well digested and tho course
of action settled, and now there occurred
a brief space between the fully arranged
intention and the act; and in this pause
reflection came. He tried hard to
tbrnst these intruding and unwelcome
tbongbts from his mind but the more
he tried TO obliterate or cast them away,
the more vividly did they present them
selves.
stiU throughout the house. Most OF
tbe boarders had gone to bed, and the
Ionngers in the barroom below had, one
oftar another. retired. The very silence
seemed to give these better thoughts
mower over the young mans mind, ana
make It more difficult for him to thrust
Them ont. Just as this conflict was at
its height. and the unhappy object OF 1t
was fighting with all his strength
against the inAowing good impulses, the
faint cry of a child was heard coming
through the silence from a distant part
of the house. Involuntarily ne nesl'
tated-it was continued-but soon there
arose A sweet voice that drowned the
child's unquiet murmur;
nHnsb. nv babe lie still and slumberi
HOLY angels guard thy bed
Heavenly blessings without NUMBER
Gently falling on thy head"
Back. back through years OF SIN ana
suffering did the mind OF Charles Bur
tom return with electric speed. He was
a child again, and he heard only his
D,otber's voice singing to him these old
-goyds in the old familiar air. He was
kneeling by her side-he was lying OF
bar boson--he saw her bending oVel
him as he lay in his little bed-he tel
her kiss upon his cheek-her hand upoI
From this dream Of innocence ant
love slowly he awoke to the stern anC
oy,,oI veoIity of the present, and tn
strong # ron man vas bowed, and he wept lik'
" Gniib: 4 tpouobt Of e eee evil he was to com
Nit 9itted across his mind and causeS
him to shudder; he turned from II WIZ w
a feeling of horror. he c0uid hoS ~ ~
away from the impression tnat ms inosLl y!
er was near him and LOOKING inUo IN
heart that was so full Of evil influences
Not long did the repentant young ma
remain in the room where uau .
, lately agreed with an accompL 10
daei of crime. With q small bl 8
his hand he stole quietly from the Ii, 8
; X a N bour before he was to be at I
WARY sfe,eaIlne y --ilred hastily to tn
: W .oliy ~ axo aenouncing cOiporaIIUli's'
D,s5 wa9er, ,,,,,sboJ ImG oA ITO them, expressing
] ntu ntmdst 'sH strengt m A4s pulled 1a6l6sJ an
: landed lust abase the falls. A mile trol
r Jeffersonville in a dense piece OF wooc
: for which he made direct, he found tW
horses tied. Mounting one Of them, b
Q picked his way through the forest an
{ vas soon upon the main road, and on h
n wav IN Indianapolis. Here he RENAME
Il for a few days, undetermined what 70
Z. or Which way to proceed. On tne Sc
b ond day the newspapers brought lnteli
d gence of an attempted robbery OF a stol
v in Louisville, with the apprehension
e the robber in the act of cutting throue
Is fbe wall from an adjoining vacant buli'
It inc. The account stated that the poll
n had been watching the movement OF Il
n fellow. who was an old offender, for son
r 5ova and that he had an accomplic
,t who from some cause or other, desert
t. him at the last moment. -
/ When Young Burton read this
n conld not but tremble at the narrow
n cane he had made, nor help blessing tn
+ roamoTy Of his mother which had COZ
Is to him and saved him Just as he "
% ahout to commit deed that would ma
h wrought his hopeless ruin.
n Six wears from the day his son le
a. home for the last time Mr.. burton
ceived a letter from him dated Galel
er II was the first intelligence that d
n, come to him since that unhappy sepal
m fion. It's contents we're brief, but sat
Or factory to the present well-doing OF t
10 writer. Duty, not affection, had Q
s. IDENTIFY prompted the epistle. In Wrltl
Fl The son had felt too deeply the e
le and suffering into which he had fall
on account Of his fathers harsh tre
at ment to write with any thing more tn
in 4 cold and explicit formality. There v
j. one expression in the letter which 81
the father both pleasure and pain.
We was this:
er INV mothers memory saved me WI
nd 7 was on the brink of ruin.
We Mr.. Burton answered this letter "
10 a warmth and tenderness that softer
of the Young mans heart toward him.
ar wear afterward they met. A vel,
he thrown over the past, and neither nf
ok has since withdrawn it.
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