The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-22
SELF-DENIAL.
"A Od161pt Father Who Died 70
His Children,

"A O010Ct Father Vino Died 70
His Children.
During the latter part of May of chis
year (1S92), / was the guest of friends
m the city Of -. The home wns 80
pleasant and the surroundings so ut
tractive that we forgot the perpetual
|dr;zzifng rain that bade us stay in
doors. Through the wide front win
Tdows we looked across narrow street
TO the beautiful park, where the snow
balls and lilacs were In bloom. Our
conversation was interrupted by o
messenger who came In haste to call
sway my host, who Is a physician. The
face Of my hostess, which had been full
oflife snd animation, suddenly changed
and look Of sadness was plainly Wis
ible. Il was the first time had ever
seen her thus, and my eyes must have
iasaed question which my lips were
too courteous to utter. Some persons
are skilled in reading between the
lines, and others are possessed OF q
richer power of knowing what q. friend
wants 70 ask, and answering n fully.
when you have not uttered word.
A"f was thinking" she said, 'ot tho
many Who are denied the pleasures Of
Lie, the thousands who cannot even SEQ
pictures OF 1t, much less visit the greet
w0ld's fair. Your profession calls you
TO consider the condition of the sick
ana The poor, but have yon considered
<hs world Of sorrow that Is within the
ADlM walls Of the prison2s ;. q
I waD wondering at the sudden
change that had taken place In her
uuaunesSwondering how she happened
10 get On this theme II must have
fbesn because Of the errand ON which
her husband had gone forth
YeA"I replied, as Il realizing that
my part OF the conversation could not
lbe cOnducted simply by thinking. '.snd
y am glad that you have introduced the
subject since I have beard that you
have Tor years taken q deep interest In
= the unfortunate. But pray tell me how
you get 80 readily from the worlds fair
TO Ne Bridewell and Sing Sing"
'N readily enough. I hove thought
out. but have not uttered the connecting
links. You have been admiring the
park The flowers do not bloom for the
couv1chR The lawn is not dressed for
them. The fair Is not held for them.
They @e dead to all the world out
side their gloomy prison homes, and
oven sometimes dead to their loved
ones here"
! had often seen my friend at table
presiding gracefully, In the social world
where her power was Acknowledged,
In the house of devotion where the
trembling prayer was uttered, but
never had seen her whole soul looking
out through her features as now. MAY
tell you OF case that has deeply In
nerested me?" she continued, and With
knt waiting for reply rectted to me
hnhstantially the following story OF q
nDuvict'S self deniai
". --- was o man o6 ardent nature.
BE w@ happily married and became
the father Of two children The daugh-
tess bad grown In strength and beauty,
md no prettier sight was witnessed
hhan 10 tie evenings when his wife and
1ift1e ch31droh sat with him on the door
step. q walked along the smooth path
waya b the park. The wife and
mother 6ickened and died. Some time
SITTER hes death the father had dtf3-
Guilty With man who had IN some way
nf1sndeA him. Whose the fault was
DO not know, but In q hasty moment he
Haised hds hand and struck cruel blow
that telled his brother to the ground
End baighted all his own hopes for life.
rhe victim was borne to the hospital,
where, after few hours suffering, he
hted and the assailant was held for
lna1siaughter. Much sympathy was
expgcased for him, and for time 1t
seemed e though he would be released
But when the trial came he was con-
wCted and sentenced to Imprisonment.
for twenty years. The sentence may
have been just, but sometimes Justice
ls terrible. The little children, aged
Ave and three and one~half years, found
q homo In our society.
You never saw such children (eOcept.
\ of course, your own(. The oldest re-
hemhled the father. DARK, piercing
eyes, and hair that would not be out
rivaled In its glossy blackness by the
rsvom's wing. The younger must have
rsscmbled her mother. She was per-
fect blonde, with curling hair and we'll
vhaped nose, and pouting lips that
seemed to be dewy with mothers
kaaa; merry dimples were about her
p1uz2h e. though laugh had been in
Aerupted and fingered there, ready 10
break forth again. Her forehead was
ncver eqpaled by the finest marble
model chat came from human soul and
band. Her deep bloc eyes spoke forth
= world OF pleading tenderness as
bhouQh esking for something to take
Tho QinoS In har eorl ri N Ynotherss love