Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-19

"Whst greater wrong can woman do
to man than to bring him into the
world without n name? All, you can
think of none! Well. let me tell you
that there is n greater, deeper wrong
than even that. 1t is to bcqueath TO
him tho heritage of sin aud crime.
That | have done"
Mr.. Mitchell now found the story in
crcasing in interest Preacher Jim
was study which had attracted him
more than he would have believed pos
siblc Now that he was to be en-
lightcnrd as TO the mans hcredity he
was douhly attentive and hoped that
the woman'S strength would hold out
to the end of her narrative.
"Thc sin is handed down to him from
both of his parents. for in case like
this the woman must be culpablc as
Wcll as the man. though heaven knows
that, if Innocence and ignorance can
ever be Il good plea. then | might hold
myself guiltlpSS. The crime is from his
father. who was Il beast. Remember
what tell you and mark it as the
truth-he was a beast. cruel, selfish
beast"
I'm what way did you learn this?
Was he brutal in his treatment of you?
Did be offer you Violence"
"lie would have had I've dared but
he WAS II coward and afraid to rouse
me too far. Some men bluntly tell II
woman: i have grown tired of you.
All is over between us. Goodhy. These
are brutCs. but they are not towards.
My lover was Il cunning Schemcr. and
he plotted TO make me so disgusted
with him that should myself sever
our acquaintance. In this he succeeded.
He told me tales that made me look
upon him with loathing. 50 that | grew
TO hate myself for having loved HIM
Was not that the cruelty of a demons
Tell me something of these dreadful
tales il you can remember any"
''Iiemcmhcr any, have forgotten
none. They have been the SpoctorS Of
my sleoplcSs nights and the tcrrurs of
my drunken sleep thousand times
He told me how he loved to see suffer
Ing. how he would visit slaughter pens
In hear the poor animals shrek in
death. He claimed tina once Ii" had
chopped Il boys finger of with hatch
ct for the fun of seeing il jump from
the force of the blow. Many. many
other stories OF the kind was forced
20 hear but there is one which | have
lived over in hundreds of dreadful
dreams. There was once murder tai
which was the great sensation of the
time. He was then only t. years of
age. Bear that in mind. II" read all
the accounts of the trial and gloatcd
over the horrible details. The man
was convicted and hanged. and he
tried to see the execution. hut in that
he was thwarjcd. But his lust for
blood was bound to be app"aSed.
zone day he summoned some school
mates. all Younger than himself. and
took them down into the collar of his
house. locking the door that uouo
might leave. Here he showed them
poor little harmless monkey which
l." charged with having * ii its mate.
Then he proclaimed himself judge, ap-
pointed u boy Ia he district attorney
and another to he tho lawyer for the
monkey. Tn" others were formed into
a Jury. The boys. looking upon the
proceeding as sport, entered into tho
spirit of the play. ana Il form of trial
was enacted. the verdict being against
tho poor animal. The judge immc-
diatcly sentenced il to he hanged. At
this the boys thought that the play
was over and wished to leave the eel