The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-22

III bluplo WOTuSy 80ntcnCeB Cn8CS tnOugh
smooth, must have seemed 70 him cruel
"a the ,r-creet blads. HIS ch',a~c-
were beautiful Hs would do anythlng
tor them. had found homes for them
where they would be treased with care
and tenderness. All that wealth and love
could do for thsm would be dona. He
drank in my words with eagernes- I
said that in twenty pears when he
would be released, those children
would be women They might be
wives and possibly mothers. ruu.
name stands IN the way Of their snc-
cess Gan You givo them up and never
know them again, and let them be for
ever ignorant Of their fathers sad
history His features were settaed
He did not weep He turned away Q
moment and bowed his proud head on
his hands. Then he turned and said:
"a raging fire burns within my brain Z"
told him not to be hasty In his de-
cision He.might wait until tomorrow
and give an answer. Tomorrow
Why should volt until tomorrow
True, they are all that Is left on earth
to me now, and can he nothing to
them but q disgrace The name gave
them has been tarnished- Shall I COM
pei thom TO boar II stfll? Tell my
darling children that their mother died
when they were babes. and that their
father is dead-that he died for them.
l shall never seek to know them. Their
father Is a convict now. Give each
one OF them rose for me. Often did
their mother and gather flowers for
them. Give each OF them rose, and
when these flowers wither. their father
will be no more to them-no more for.
ever"
The face Of my friend now fully re.
fected her soul. Tears of sympathy
ran down her cheeks as she finished
her eloquent recital But there came
a smile almost of triumph as she af-
hrmed: believe me, sir, there are
noble hearts throbbing behind the
prison bars" I confess that my own
eyes were dimmed Thus ended. as
suppose, the story that had so deeply
impressed me.
Three weeks later I stood in my own
pulpit In Chicago on Sabbath even
ing. The incident seemed so well
fitted to illustrate self-denial that I re-
lated 1t, but with less Of feeling than
when heard It In private converse
tion. At the close OF service stranger
came forward. and, extending his hand,
said: ''sir, was deeply interested with
your discourse tonight, and, 1 may say,
thrilled with the incident Of prison life
that You related"
Yes" said I 1T was sad ssofy, bat
teaches us that an natures are not ig-
!. noble because they wear the convict
garb."
II hove q personal interest In this
case, > he replied. 1--WE have adopted
the youngest child into our family. II
seemed hard that we> who had been
left TO mourn an only child should have
another come into the home, the child
of stranger, and that stranger q con
vicA We took her only for 4 day, but
she won her way 10 our hearts. My
wife's mother, lady Of eighty yeasl,
was with US, and she decided the caae
for us this wsv: She took the darling
on her knee and asked her u she could
sing. The child answered that she
could and would sing for her. In a
sweet . vodce a. you ever heard she
sang the old Twenty-third Psalm. The
Lords my Shepherd. ri not want
The lady of eighty pressed the littfe
one TO her heart and said: Darling
child, your faith must be rewarded
This is your home- Ny con. take her
as your child; take her for what God
has taken, and while she lives let he.
never feel want which 2ou can "a,
ieve.'"
And II our story can be retoA 10 en
other generation, Il may be tha& some
soft hand will lay rose on the grave
where rest the ashes OF the convict IA
ther who died to his childresS Nv. r
Meloy, d n. in United Preshyte1tan