The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-15
HIS ENEMY's SON. Il

nave 10 ieave ms place and 60 to the
poor farm. But la know but its jedg-
ment ON him, for sourer old critter Won
won't find in days travail. and basida.
tbsv eav he a,,, !. ,,a,h,., -. ~
a scoffer. and tno,v !. 80. - s..s,sA 80
a cbrrcb Cow n..rs ". - '-s luz
,sS... ~ 800 tS ne'enpor' JUS
n" ior 'na' Tam y was once purity
"eh " no. ana now me- the last Of EN-, is
IN q iair way to become q pauper. 1t
shows us all that the way of the trans
gressor is hard"
The subject of the daacon,s remarts
came stunning down The dus,v road n.ss
the deacon, - Wall ana - p'.e,
AMI :. !. ,,.,a.., ,,..,s ns Snu proau
~. 49, ~ io..oiA ,so'o HOUSE aiinoso ma
aen amUpg tnerankiy growing bushes and
49, Jos an. my ola man eneereo the house and
'nMg wy uoor narT'
nssressor ne muttered. well,
slanssressor ana the Lord'sa-pun-
,snin w LOT ny SINS my measure o. pun
~. !. U.s. - orusnsa uown ana runnin over.
-, ~. = alh ~ eauie Ior lncks been agfn
s osesS sunoo sppny snrew me over and
a,man su us ons VINO roDned me and was
E.' ~ on'ny, inan unu boy. don't
~. "a NJ y m n no oyerpersuaded
nol, anu suesS ner IoiRs wouldn't let her
WIZ, ma,s ' ,oa me. ne was younger and had
ihore money IMAM me. always hoped to
t,cs g., th;s ,ron,a S su .nefe s.n NO Jus
| Aha oitv ana III. -. ~ aplospsrih ~
sar,, Fn,h. ~ ~ ~ " sne poor
and that tha Soyn, Iawv0 aap IN u nyssil,
| foreclose tba r,a-t,a -. a.. ~ risnV 70
WAS foo e.sv ,,,t,, ~ "a "e . NE ialner
| "a sas,,,. = <, ~ 80. ~ YETI pie naro.
The tears ,ysro rnnn "ou'a Urea ureaA.
mans cheat. 80 ~ ,. uomn 'ne Ola
| sbook ,vith sohs s ni.heu trans
place that ha NO, io.' " M Muon u
r.nS 90 ~ .a. ~ was ie"yln8. Inc prlght
roo,,, ,,,;.h ssssns sun showeu poor, pare
bera "a n'I go ssa' puhones oi. NERDS hanging
IN wall 49, a.. dnu ~, see.chine rom wall
~ ~ d Ma Eyer 'he 'iny sooVe were strings
HIt,s a apmes
j.. ,,o,s seseh w. ne sara dreariiy, and
80 nj Na'y,r ~ ou0 10 tne shed and
ar,L,s n a,, noss NJ, ~ poor, wornont, mis-.
co., -" =. o as my in1, anu She seiecnnen
80 ~ oa ELI, - ~ AieI DuI nes az
ha IT,. y VIZ w pfoSAae for MIN While
IA MAY. nau ~ .he lorsa ana Iastaned tho
~ ..on'" afounu one wretcheu BEAST and
49, w, :" ~ iI~ chs mousse When ne
$3.50 -sneno no'se pehinu Dim, as II.
"a ons was oreeping s0eaithliy over the
= 49,, III o IN, peroa ieariuiiy thae |
, nah hau peeh Kiiiea az tne tavern few
as sn.s pei're' anu 'ne murderer mad
ri"
.,,. LIS Anes a snook VIII Terror as ne turned
,,o, anu saw crouching IN dark cor
nor M nal witn White lace and burning
49, .ne man Shrank closer 20 the wall
ao 'no oia n'an approaoned. Ihere was
!ast neho ehough ior Joseph badger to see
ohao naggard race, ana as MS eyes rested
apon ~ us heare teapea withln him. he
t ahew 'nat iaoei nc mad seen 1t hundred
AnSs. ~ was we nee or that mans and
Sophys son. ihstinctiVeiy he knew why
Sopnys sou was crouching in the she'd
He mao kllied the man In the tavern and
was nioing rom justice. Well, he had
come 10 the wrong place this time.
Inc Stranger raised his head and said in
y hoarse Whisper: I'm hungry and sick.
you'll have mercy on me and give me
to eatP
, why should have mercy on you, John
1rayr' said the old man harshly. YOU'RE
murderer. You've killed man"
mo, no, " the dry, white lips faltered,
They're hunting me for 1t, but didn't
40 IL; 80 heip me God, ldidn't. Don't let
'noiu @ho ihei
You're lyin," was the contemptuous
answer.
See, Pm hurt. I'm wounded. They
'hot ut me. I'm starving with hunger and !
lying with thirst. You are an old man.
You will die some day, perhaps soon, and /
t won't make your dying hour any easier I
% remember you refused to he merciful - ,
Merciful! What had this old man, re- g
,arded by his neighbors as one out of the 1
old, to do with mercyp He who had 1
'rooded over his wrongs and longed for q
'engeanoe on his enemy-why should he 8
pare this manP 1.-THE sins of the father s
hall be visited on the children" To give
hat mans son over to justice would be
ight. To neglect the opportunity Of hum
ling his enemy would be wrong. Perhaps r
here was reward offered for the capture Il
I the murderer and he Would obtain n :,