The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-01
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Fathers
Love.

Nan Patterson, the 'Florodora"
girl charged with the murder of
Caesar" Young, has been dis
charged. For the second time, a
jury has failed to agree as to her
guilt or innocence, and she will
not be required to undergo an
other trial. The prosecution has
doubtless concluded that it will be
impossible to convict the defen-
dant and so the state is to be saw
ed additional expense, while the
public is to be spared further re-
cital of the details of this dis.
graceful affair.
But there was one satisfactory
feature to the long drawn out
trials. That was the devotion
displayed by the distracted father
toward his wayward daughter.
When, during her first trial, Nan
Patterson stepped from the wit
ness stand after having passed
through the ordeal of a relentless
cross examination, the old man
put his arm affectionately around
his child and said: "You did
splendidly little GIRL" When the
Jury returned with the report that
it could not agree, the newspaper
dispatches say:
The father of the accused, who
has been by her side ever since the
trial began and whose tender care
and devotion to her has been the
most touching of the trial, tried
to comfort her, but his saddened
face and mournful expression rob-
bed the words he uttered of force
and meaning as he said: "Don't
worry little girl; it will come out
all right YETI
II Some one has said that the true
test of love is the Willingness tt
endure and suffer for another
that it is the suffering element
that measures love, and that char
acters that are great must of ne
cessity be characters that shall b'
willing, patient and strong to en-
!, dure for others; that "to hold ou
! nature in the willing service of an
: other, is the divine idea of man
hood" Unquestionably the aver
age parent would successfully,
meet the test, even as it was me
by the father of Nan Patterson
o Children seldom appreciate tn
!, parents love. Doubtless MAJ
u Patterson has learned to appreci
$ ate it, just as many other way
! ward girls have learned it in tn
past, just as many other girls will
learn it in the future.
No human pen can accurately
describe that love. 1t is wonder
fully elastic, and as child afte
|, child is born into the family, Gov
} ers them all, giving the same POI
tion to the newborn, while lessen
} ing none of that enjoyed by tn
! others. The good mother VIII
I when asked which of her childre
she loved the best said "The ON
who is Sick" pointed out in
) happy way the only difference
, parent can feel in his attitude te
I ward his children. We love bes
; "the one who is sick;'' we low
I best the one who is crippled j
B body; we love best the one VIII
? has some weakness, for which h
! is not entirely responsible; W
D love best the one who has fallen
Z even though he fell as Nan Patter
) son fell, even though the doors O
Z society be closed against him, eve
, though all but the hope of heave
, has been denied him.
''Don't worry little girl, it wi
) come out all right, yet" said Ma
J Patterson's father, and with a
I of her faults, she was his s'littl
, girl" then, she is his "little girl
now, and she will be his s'littl
. girl" until the end. THE faithful
father best remembers his daugh
J ter as she was when indeed a lii
I tie girl. Although she has grow
, into womanhood there is always /
; the fathers mind a portrait of tn
little girl in frocks; there is al
} ways picture of the little limo
cent playing-or praying-at tn
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