Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

carry out this belief in full. Murders
 have always been done since the first
 man wuz born into the world, and so
 let's abolish the law agin it. ruther
 than have it brought into contempt. i Let's call the roll in the Rogues' Gal
 lery and when they are all lined up before us, asEssm n very polite how few murders they could git along with l durin' the comin' year and feel con- 1 fortable, and as if their personal lib- 1 erty wuznt tempered with. And so with stealth and kidnapin' Be real ! peticular about that. find out for sure i 1ow many innocent little children they i would feel they must drag of for ran.l | som. Be very polite and genteel with ! em, for some on 'em are. our guests l from foreign countries. penal colonies and such, and they might feel real hurt if we insisted on fewer murders md assassinations and kidnapins than
 they felt free to agree to. For per- sonal liberty is precious to 'em And they feel that they must shoot and stab and drink and steal and kidnap pr they hain't havin' their rights"
 "Oh, shawl" sez Jack, you know, Aunt Samantha, such talk is absurd"
 Indeed it is," sez I, and it is the
 ogical effect of what you approve on."
 But he kinder shrugged his shoul-
 eers as if to throw oil my powerful
 arguments, and sot of for Serbia with
 his head up, but as I found out after.
 wards with sad heart, for he loved Lucy dearly, and felt bad. for loved
 lack and Lucy, and wanted 'em to be
 happy and l knowed he wuz goin' in
 jest the veH direction to find lastin'
 onhappiness, and hoped he would see
 where he wuz and make a change. And whilst wuz washin' up the dishes
 entirely onbeknown to myself broke out a-singin:
 Whilst the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return"
 And Josiah thought wuz practicin' for evenin' meetin', and he tined in too and sung the hull him through. We sung 1t to the tune of Balermy.
 Well. if you'll believe it, John Wad- de Allen come back that Sunday afternoon changed man, struck to his soul jest as sure as Paul wuz on the way to Jerusalem. He come back a different Jack. jest as different as day is from night He driv over to Lucy's and apologized to her, and told her his idees had changed entirely on the Christian Sabbath He wuz d. ways enthusiastick and energetic. He took her to meetin' that night, and told the minister he wanted to fine his Bible class; Lucy was a member of it.
 But how can you?" sez the astound. cd pasture: you so far away"
 I'm comin' home to live" sez Jack. I've had enough of city life"
 He had to go back to the city to set tie his affairs. so he went the next day, and he told me before he went how his idees had changed about Sunday amusements. and for pretty nigh . month I went round with my inward head held high, my inward neck craned up stin with pride. for felt that 1t wuz my eloquent talk that had converted Jack. and spoze now that It may have helped.
 But I guess the main thing that, converted him wuz what took place at that ball game. knew they'd had big row, and more'n a dozen had been dragged on to jail, and one man shot in drunken quarrel and disabled Tor life. leavin' his big helpless family to struggle on in poverty. and three boys mangled and broke up in the ball game. and two or three run over by the trottin' horses. and a general Pandemonium let loose as it usually is when the personal liberty of roughs git their full recognition I knoved that. but that vuz so common at such public Sunday games where the evil element from all the towns about con gregate. and liquor runs free, I didn't pay much attention to it
 But after Jack and Lucy vas mar. ried. which took place the third week after. Jacks ps and ma comin' home joyful to the veddin'. Lucy told me that Jack had met that Nev York girl that day. She had come with big ex- cursion party. and she. havin' cut loose from all Puritan restraint, was, staggerin' round sith cigarette ins her mouth Naudlin and silly. she eel costed him, and he turned his hackl on her. turned the grzys round an1: driE back He see what fsxhio1a11e beliefs and freedom from rest11nel might lead fo- His early trainin'. h1Dy loves. his thoughts and early a1p1nI ti0ns come russsa' back oa his beafd as the waters of a mountain spFing1 that have been damned ID hy tirt a11l gravel will when sot free gush a1pag1 and clear fhs path before # of 1s16 md weeds.
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