The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-24
WHEELING DAILY INTELLIGENoER. MONDAY, JUNE "a, 1896

him, when lIo broke out upon mo in u
way that wns certainly not . ll'hccom.
Ing IN n man oil his yGnra mud profession.
tut, tni!' he said; "yc are over
much given, Mr.. Doll, TO speak upon
matters 20 have small understanding oil.
find more 0gg.nloat in II pngu OF lionOst
Burton than IN all tho songs OF King
Solomon-who TO my mind might have
employed himself bOtter!"
You aneak M II cGrnnl man, and not
rs M older. Sir james" | said to him,
Tor was over firm with him; know
you not TINT these things nro TO be In.
lorprotod aftor tho BpiritH"
"Diac yc. MNstur Boil, TIL 20 kCn
something about H." said he; "iill 20
arc n man with a family and no comfort
In thom-yout homo Il perpetual brnwl,
your sons either doca TINT bItc or ours
that HnRp-yOur Wits porpoiually pcov.
isli Of countennncH, acid OF ionguo-wiH
you then Dido il all m0okly rs Il sttan.
gor ,ykG that cI0ps It's tail between lcgs
and Scnrries dow tho public way whom
other mesunns yrlp. kon You minis.
tcrs, specially tho younger sort OF you
that have rolled Tests aud lnhulgonccs'
likO sweet moiaCls under your tongues;
W would take IL npOn yon TO prescribe
Tor doath wounds from your experience
OF tho aching ofyour littla fingers"
Now, during my liic. which after all
Inns been but forty years, | have found
great bcneLt In knowing when to for
bear speech. and whom TO joke inside and
lot tho angry jaw go by. This did ut
this present, knowing that like the scent
OF rosc.wutCr and balm after n shower
In June. so tho ploaInnt countenanca Of
my iriond would again be turned
upon me.
And so it proved, for in a littlo no
turned his oyes upon mo, having shut
his book.
81 pray you pardon me, good friend"
no said i: my black chOier hath infected
my heart, aud my I%ll.tompers brcuk out
most readily on them that ! love tho
most"
with TINT hc put forth his hand to
mo, and, being Of an easy heart, l took
it in mine ind was affected to tears. So
our friendship was nude up OF new, and
that never to be broken up amy more.
lilo was silent n long season, but Mt last
he found his speech.
"Mr. Boil" said bc, ~ will DO plain
with you, for %plalnness' is best among
friends. have too long lot my heart
know its " bitterness. l will no
longer make u stranger OF you. 1t Is not
my debts, as many think, that trouble
mo; for since these Enslishmen, cloth.
wcarcrs and merchants, Unphray
SpurwAy and his folk. have come out OF
Yorkshire. they have put me in q good
and easy way OF life. 1t Is that l have
nc comfort in my family. Ny wife
loves mo not, but cries out upon mo
continually that l am hard TO the chill.
dron. My oldest you have secn pursue
me TO the death; and now my younger,
10 whom | bad conveyed my estate,
having dishe rished my son Philip, is
become even rs the other. And this Is
the more bitter to inc. because that my
heart and my hope wore set upon him.
Now his brother. who is the most de.
bRuched man in four counties, has so in
fecied john that OF late no has oft,imes
come home In drink even as the other.
Tell me, was ever man 80 driven by his
own?'
Then l counseled him 10 try If there
was not yet some hope Of winning his
heart,
III will como with you" l said, to en-.
courage him, ''and it may be that his
heart may be moved by my advice, es-
p~ecially after the miscarriage OF his evil
enterpriseupon the Load Hills"
But Sir James shook his head.
"The lad is too bitterly Joined TO his
idols. Once he took service in tho Scots
regiment abroad, and / thought that
would settle him; but he was confined
in prison. and | got him delivered by
my influence with our ambassador at
the Hague. Then he was condemned to
death ut Treves, and l provided money
wherewith he bribed his %jaiIers aud SO
made his escape. | have received him
into my own house since his return.
And after all my care and tenderness it
is como TO pass oil it. that when | 90
TO my " firesidc. l know not whether
| shall get my supper or 4 musket shot
in my wnmeF
"Proyidonce may vet soften his heart"
| said, though Indeed l Jaw no great
prospect.
"Ay." replied Sir James, at may. l
thought that u good wits might do that
even better; but since l go, Philip. my
sou, married TO II decen. lass, l have
Just another mouth to feed, and it
makes no difference to his debaucll.
cries"
Nevertheless" said !, ~ will come
to Now Milns with you. Who knows
but that We may DO able 10 do some.
tLinc?"
"Weil said, mister" said Sir James;
Eye were not greatly baud on the muir,
but. let me tell you, ye were a deal safer
with n good sheltic under your hip and
tho heather aior 70 than sleeping in
your naked bed within my house OF tho
Now Minis"
Il have no fear in the path OF duty"
said /.
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