The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-25
A Simple Method.


copyright. 1905. by American Press Asso-
lBAf ciatlon.1
liiI am a fudge on the bench. I"
! 2 one morning when l was dfsposing
OF a nuthBcr of cases. any one of Which
! weuld' make d refined and tender heart
bleed,,oI sitW young couple, eyid96Hy
still ID. theft teens, come into the court
room, sBotf looked siillen, and the
girl WIFE especially wfetclied Both
were ? poorly ctatd,, a conseduence.. L
judged, OF dinichties between tRem2,
The young husbapd gave, every eyi-
dcnce' of being able to make living
for himself and his wife except for
some especial obstacle. The wife had
sweet face and was very pretty.
While sitting on the seat of Judgment,
sending hardened criminals to their
punishment, ] Kept my eye on this
couple. Experience told me that one
| had come TO make some complaint of
| the others treatment; but familiar as
] was with real guilt, l knew that 1t
did not belong to either. When had
| disposed of the bulk of my cases |
called the couple before me and with
out inviting either TO state the diff
Guilty between them asked sih ~
How louS have you two been mar
riedf" .,tt,,...,, 4,...,.,., .. -.
Just one, year today replied the
! girl sadly. "a dctnt,b ruo ,dsr8.d too,s
And this Is, the anniversary Of your
wedding day. You come here with
what you consider a trouble. DO you
know that you have no, tgoubleTn ~
\ There was, nojTepHo 10. hhiss ia Both
stood mutely, belEipg my statement by
the misery of thoir appearance and the
expression on ,thelr fpeea s1 9i0igd eb
How old are you" i asked the hus-
band, .,,a9f i-si OF Bn1l sWA
Nineteen. your bonpIpqu ,uI4,G ~ ;,,
"And your pfI the girl, 1.,,. ,at. YG.J
seventeen. 'fiGR Uun .lE! grn, &
What should | do with this boy. and
girl to turn their aTtngonlsm into for.
glveness and gqffegtlnD3 . Suddcnly II
came to me ns an Inspiration from
heaven. all4,....4 ,.,....
"Sit down there, side by side, and
think pleasant things Of each other.
Mind. you are not to think anything
disagreeablc. If such things come into
your heads. drive them ont Mt once and
begin again on something nffectlonate."
They did as bid them. while pro-
ceeded with the remaining cases to
come before me. still had my eye
on them and found them an interesting
study. Tho husband sat for awhile
with a lowering brow. but he was evil
IDENTITY tryllguto do my bidding, and
after awhile ] noticed that IL had rer
lhxed.' The wife apparently. found 1t
ieaaier tosthinlS pleasantly Of him, and
presently saw her steal n glance Mt
him. Itiwas anxious. pl Aadlng. loving,
His hand was on the scat and partly
4foveredbjbynhe skirts ders disaD,
pearcd from view. and anew thatiit
kIested On his. waited Al moment TO
sse II no would withdraw his. and
u when he did not knew chat the case
was won. u gllt, 1r
4 pleasurablc feeling came over my
hardened judicial heart. aud, looking
from this comparatively Innocent pair
to -reatures into whom only divinity
could inject a mite of the good, ]
wished n'iat might be endowed with
such divine power sent one who
had inherited sin and had lived since
birth in it's environment to jail, anoth.
or to the workhouse, third dismissed
with warning. Men and women,
ever children, disposed Of merciessly.
Thea when | had attended TO all
callel the young couple before me.
| sgThis 10 tho anniversary Of yOur