The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-06
SIMPLE JUSTICE.


Joshua rycrit'o was very jurt man.
Be prded hlmscif npun II and carried
himself accordingly. n there were dis
quite between his uoighhors, he, Ike Solo
mon, was always called IN 20 settle 10,
shich DO did indiscrmiuatcly and with
Justice. IL was his pride and tho boast OF
ais neighkOrs thai be had never In the o.
years ct bis residence IA Blankyllle failed
~ show the utmost Justice In each and
avery particular. ,nut there came time
sben justice and Joshua Eyeritte refused
20 acknowledge each other. This was when
ais young and only daughter wished 70
Tod. Jenny Evoritto was very sweet
and pretty girl, and it was not surprising
shat Harry Eldridgs. young, handsome
and apprecintye Of feminine beauty,
should fall in love with he- or that she
should reciprocate his affection. Now,
among Deacon Eyeritte's other qualities
and pcculiarjties which were not few, he,
like other men, having Ills full share OF
these latter, were All unoomfortsbly strong
will and a still stronger dislike to city peo-
Pile In general and city young men In par
ticular. Harry Eldridge was from the
atty. That, therefore, was sufficient cause
In the deacon's opinion for his refusal TO
sanction a marriage between him and
Jenny. In vain did the young girl beseech
and entreat her stern sire to relcnt, ap-
pealing at last e. his love Of justice In
hopes that the quality upon which he
prided himself might win him over. But
here the deacon was more inexorable than
over Justiccl Was he not exercising it
now I'm its fullest dogreef Was it justice TO
allow 1nc eirl 20 throw herself swsy upon
. city whippcrsnapper2 Decidedly not.
That was injustice--rank injustice. Ho
would never be guilty Of such an act.
but, father, love him." pleaded the
girl as with clnsped hands and wet eyes
she stood before this arbiter OF justice,
seeing no signs Of releiN Dg in the hard,
set face before her ana Which grew harder
still at these words.
Lovel What was lover A hallucina-
sion, q mere idiosynorasy Of the human
mind, feversd Imagination, excited by
something pleasing to tho eye. delusion
which soon vanished when the object
/. which oocasioned it departed; sheer nom
sense, Of which young people were prone
60 be guilty once In their lives, but which,
whom they grew older and therefore more
sensible, they would soorn 10 indulge In.
Thus reasoned tho stern old deacoh, send
Ing the young lovers to the depths Of WOO
by his set refusal 10 their pleas. But 'love
will find way and laughs mockingly at
locksmiths, even though they be In the
form OF a stern deacon. In this case love
cunningly turned the tables against this
Eutocrat and used his argument to its own
advantage. The attempted assassination
Of q millionaire by an anarchist his
ownership of vast wealth being the cause,
gave love Its victory and the deacon his
defeat, he having expressed himself very
-, al. L.. L.. -
the lovers. maintaining it an outrage and
declaring that n mans savings were his
own, be the accumulation an honest one,
and which any man with spark Of JUS
tice would acknowledge.
You, then, believe that what q man
saves is his ownP questioned Harry Ell
bridge, while gleam Of triumph bright
ened his eye.
Most certainly, sir; most certainly"
replied the deacon. What a man saves
IL his own decidedly, and no man, sir, no
man has right To believe otherwise"
The lovers exchanged glanocs, snd few
minutes later were deep in a whispered
converse behind the barn.
That afternoon Joshua Everitte and his
daughter drove down to the sound, she
with the intention Of taking q dip and he
OF Watching her. Scarcely had she donned
her bathing suit when Harry Eldridse ap-
peared upon the scene similarly attired.
He however did not 60 into the water,
but seating himself some little distance
away and out of sight Of the deacon
watched his sweetheart as she SWAN and
foated about as light and graceful as
swan.
Suddenly she threw up her arms, and
struggling for moment sank beneath the
deacon to al fpA n h.
ed forward as fast as he could, just as she
rose second time, struggling ss before.
The poor old man wrung his hands IN de-
epair, but no ono was in sight, and he was
on the point Of going into the water him
self, despite his rheumatism, when Harry
Eldridge dashed by, and plunging In
reached her just as she rose for the last
time and amid the cries of her father
brought her safely 20 the shore. Joshua
Ev6ritte, after assuring himself that sho
still lived, srasped the young mans hand,
begging 10 know what he could do to re-
pay him for his noble act.
"Give your consent TO our marriage, as
your daughter now belongs TO me-" was
the answer
"Belongs to you, s'rl How SOP" de-
mAnded the deacon, himself again at these
words
Dld you not say TINS morning that
what man saves IS his owni" reply
which caused tho dcacons face 20 grow
purple as he hoard his own argument thus
turned against him, but he had TO answer
"Yes"
Then" wickedly continued the young
man, don't you think, as i saved her life,
che rightly belongs to mof" And Joshua
Eyorltte, with his love Of justice, was
forced TO acknowleduo that sho did New
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