Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-12-28

When ne mad taken quarter of a dollar
twice from his employers till to buy his
way into circus
Could those deeds be now called vii
lainy? Pshaw, They were the raw acts
OF an uniformed animal. mollusk, a
timid. wistful child. He had put temp
tation under his feet long ago and re-
solved never to lie nor evade nor to take
mean advantage, and had lived up to his
second life till frankness and courage
were as natural to the great surgeon as
to his faithful mastiff dog.
Yet he was not giving anybody else the
chance to reform. His son was the off
spring OF that earlier hfe-not this sec
ond and better birth of the upright man
in the slippery lad
Could he say that his were not the
traits which had descended to his child7
Could he again lay upon womans,
an erring woman's, head all the weak
traits of his boy and reserve to himself
rectitude he had this instant found three
exceptions to?
All at once feeling of pity for the
erring boys or women came into DR..
Pierce Stielson's perception, peeped into
his heart and fingered there.
He began TO feel glad that he had
committed two thefts and one dastardly
mean act, else he would be above mag
nanimity. As hlameless father he
could not forgive his child.
As thief, thief upon the cross of
pain and woe, he could look over into
the kingdom of thieves and almost think,
"Ye poor Robin Hoods of the world. en-
ter into my paradise
As recreant cousin to his older plav.
mate, he now could forgive Peter. who
denied his master like perjurer till re-
proved by the Growing of the wanton
bird
Dishonesty might be congenial. he
reditary, but 1t was the most general Of
offenses. How had he dared to liken it
TO Cain spilling his brothers blood, or
the fell incendiary's destruction Of house,
city or ones country?
He. the anatomist. the materiallst.
who had traced the folds of the brain.
the exact workshops of motion. memory,
speech, love. ecstasy. felony-was he to
drive his son away for an act he would
forgive his dog:
The weaker the son. the greater should
be the fathers love.
The gnawing torture Of the doctors
heart seemed 10 feel the sejatlve com
fort OF this counsel. and far beyond his
sons offense he almost felt forgiveness
for that one which had dealt him the
fouler blow.
'Oh, man! Oh, embryo, Oh. fellow
laborers and coyeters upon the planei!'
the doctor thought, like prayer. For
give each other. Let me by charity be
come d god ami cast ont every hate"
His sister entered "a grim woman. dis
appointed in love. She took his head in
her lap and sat upon the floor.
Pierce, l am ashamed Of myself 10
have called YOU thief. lou are all
have left; Arthur has gone"
They sobbed without hope. Il was long
before the doctor could even repeat.
"Gone."
Yes, he admitted it all. \ woman
had fascinated him. To make her a pres
ent for Christmas he took off that old case
Of tools. He says he cannot look YOU in
the face"
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