Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-09-10

able founded on every dav lite-wa real
nothing about the moth r. 1t says nothing
ab1u. go.ng home TO her. | think sic was
dead. | think she hal died OF a broken
hear. at his wanierings. or perhaps he had
zone into dis patton from the fact he could
not remember a loving and sympathetic
mother. A man never gets over having lost
MS mother. Nothing said about her here,
tr. he IS hoaies OK Tor his fathers house.
He thought hr wDult just like 70 90 and
walk arolnl the d pIace- he thought he
would Just like - 70 All sea IL Things were
a. thev used 10 oe.
Many a man. after having bean off fora
long while, has gone home ani knocked at
the doc ani a stranger has COM. II Is the
old ho.neSteat, BAT astra1g ger comes 70 the
door. He fnts out father Is gone, mother
; : gone sni brothers aai sisters oil gone. |
tank this youn. rnn d the text said TO him
SELF. Perhaps father may De dead Still
he starts to fnt out. He IS honesick. Are
shere any here to- lay noncs!ck for God,
houesIch for he iv-n2
/ viii tell you OF two pr Ii GALS, the one
that 20, tack an the other that did not get
back. In Richmond th-re Is very prosper
X young man "aniere 4 OH from u7aI mona.
He vanierei very .ariHto sin. They heard
Of HIM often, but Hs vas always on the
wron. trace. He would not 20 home. At
the door OF that, beautiful home one night
there VS. great ou,cry. The young man
ni the house ran down AM op-n.i the door
TO -@e what wa. the matter. It was mid
night. The rest o. tue family were asleep.
TI-r- = n. u = 49, "hiliran ~ this
pro 4lgaI yOuuI ul1I. ne iacG was ne n1I
come hone and driven them out.
lie SAID "Ou, OF this house. Away with
these children. ! VIII dash their brains out.
out into the st&mar' The mother gathered
them up AMI fled. The next morning the
brother, "A young man who had staid at
home, went out To fin this pro iiSal brother
and son, AMI be cane where he was and saw
the young man wandering up and down IN
froit of the plac. where he hal been stay
ing, and the young man who hai kept his IN
tegrity said u the older brother: Here,
what ,.oes this mean? What is the matter
with YOU Why do you act in this wayE' The
p~roligal .v5kel at him AMI said: "Who am
!. Whom do you take me to beS,
He sal /. You are my brother NO, l
am MOI. am a brute. Have you seen any
thin- OF my wife and children? Are they
dead, / drove them out last night in the
storm. | am a brute, John, do you thi AK
there is any help for me, Do you think |
will ever get over this Ifs Of ~dissipationg'
lie said, John, there Is just one thing that
Will stop this The p~rotiyal ran his finger
across his throat and said: That will stop
1t, AMI I'll stop 1T before night. Oh, my
brain; | can stand it no ~longerr' That prod
igal never got nome. But | will tell you OF
a p~roiiIal that did get home.
III III country Two Young men SC9TCe l
from their fathers house an went downto
Portsmouth. The father could not pursue
ms chlldrrn; for some reason he could not
Leave home. AMI s. he wrote q letter down
to Mr.. Griffin, saying: "Mr. Griffin, | wish
You would 90 and see my two sons. They
have arrived in Portsmouth. and thew are
going to take ship AMI gong away from
home. wish You woulI persuade them
back Mr.. Griffin went and he tried
TO persuade them back. He persuaded
one TO go. lie went with very easy
persuasion, because h. was very homasick
already. The "ther young man said: II
will nor 90. | have had enough of home.
III never 90 home "Well,7 said MIR.
Griffin, ''thcn il You won't 90 home I'll get
you IA respectable position on a respectable
ship NO. you WON'T said the prodiga.;
no, YOU won't. | am gOln5 as a common
sailor that will plague my father most, and
what will do most to tantalize and worry
him Will please me best"
Wears pas>etl on and AR. Griffin was
seated N his stu " one. day wnen u message
came ohlin saying there was a youn, man
IN !rone on a ship nj the dock@ Young man
con !emnel to Ieath-who wished to see this
clergyman. Nr. Griffin went down to the
deck and went on shin boart. The Young
man SAID To hin, You don't know me, do
YOU No. he said, Il don't know you"
why, don't YOU remember that young man
you tried to persnode to go home and he
wouldn't go" "Ol, yeS,' said Mr.. Griffin;
are You that man%' Yes, | am that man"
sail the other. Il would like to have YOU
pray Tor me. | have committed murder and
| must die, but | don't want to go out Of this
worlt until some one prays for me. You
are my fathers friend and | would like to
have you praY for me.
Mr.. Griffin went from judicial authority
to judicial authority to get that Young
mans pardon. He sept not night nor day.
He went from influential persons to infu
entail persons until III some way he got that
Young mans pardon. He came down on
the dock, and as he arrived on the dock
WITH the par!ol the father came. He had
hoard that his son under a disguised name
had been committing crime and was going
TO tp put 70 death. So Mr.. Griffin and the
father Went on ships deck, and at the very
moment Mr.. Griffin offered the pardon to
The. Young man the old father threw his
arnlsaround the sons neck and the son said
'F"thtr. 1 have done very wrong and | am
velN sorry. | wish | had never broken your
heart. | am Very sorry" ''Oh,' said the
father, don't mention it. 1t don't make any
difference now IT is all over. I forgive You,
my son, and he kissed him and be kissed
him ami he kissed him.
Today off r You the pardon Of the Cos
pei-full tardoa, free pardon. / do not
care what your CRIME has been. Though
YOU say YOU have Gnmitte | a crime against
Got, against your oXn soul, against your
fr'ioW man, against Your family, against
IN" gay ot III :-tneat, against the cross OF
hrlst-wEateyer your crime has been, hers
! pardon. tut par ion. AMI the very mo-
inent YOU take that par ion Your heavenly
rather throws h1> arm, about YOU and SAYS:
My son, | forgive vou. 1t is all right.
You are rs mucn IN My favor now as if you
hat never >Inaat.' On. there is JOY on
earth and 10Y IN h"av-ni Who will takt
the Fathers embrace
Uses of the Umbrella.