The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-02-02
az EDGAR LIFE

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Once upon time a certain man wal
walking on the public highway ant
fell aafong thieves, who robbed hin
Of his money, stripped him OF hi
clothes and beat him into insensibil
ity. There he lay hah dead.
Along came a priest OF the Hoi!
Temple of Jerusalem. He looked a
him and passed on the other side
Then came a Levite, one OF those
hereditary functionaries OF the house
of Levi, learned in hieroglyphics. able
to expound the laws of the Ta1mue
and to impart lessons on the beaut.
of holiness. He, too, gave a passing
stare and went on.
Samaritan Comes Rsong
Then came a Samaritan who hat
compassion on the man. He bound
up his wounds, poured wine and OF
on them, putt him upon. his own horse
took him to an inn and cared for him
And when he.,was ready'to depart the
next day he paid the landlord and
said. Take good care OF him and
whatever cost I will pay you when
return this way"
Now this Samaritan and all his
people were despised by the Jews
They we're pot admitted to the Cove
nant. They were not Of the chosen
people of God. They were heather
They were persecuted.
Does it seem remarkable to you
that Jesus Christ, who told this story
to one of the learned pharisees OF the
holy temple. should have chosen this
despised man r-the hero OF his tale
and extolled him for his good deed
above all the eminently respectable
gentlemen who heard his voice?
Characteristic Of Man
But il was Characteristic OF the
Man who could send shafts OF truth
that pierced like Damascus steel; OF
the Man who could say in wrath to
the man who loved. the high places
OF the synogogues, The very hariots
of the streets shalA enter the gates OF
heaven before your
II was eminently characteristic OF
this great Soul, the great Teacher.
that great LiberatOr. who knew the
common heart of humanity better
than any other who ever walked in
the highways, the byways, and the
fields of this earth; the Seer who
could dig from beneath the rags of
the poorest man a golden heart and
detect the whited saepuichre behind
silks and robes and power and posi-
tior.
Once again upon q time, a pale,
consumptive young man'with the hec-
tic flush upon his cheeks and sepul-
chric cough occasionally breaking
out went on steerage passage from
Scotland to New York. He was poor
and had met little success,as a writer
of tales This young man had heard
that Fannie Osbourne was sick in
California and he must see her. for
she was to him the one great alEsuf-
ficing woman and the western star
that guided him in his trail, bark upon
the tempestuous sea of life.
Lands in New York.
He landed in New York on rainy
night. He spent nearly all he had
when he paid 81 for a telegram to her.
Walking in deluge OF rain. seeking
shelter. sick and staggering he came to
a saloon door Michael Mitchell. a
warm hearted Irishman. the keeper of
the saloon and a boarding house saw
him, caught him. helped him in. and
with tears in his eyes said, why,
mon. mon, you're sick.
Mike had no wine or oil to pour into
his wounds but he put hot whisky I'M
der his belt and made him sit down.
We will let Ebert Hubbard tell the
story in his book, Little Journeys to
the Homes of Great Lovers"
Calls kind.Hearted Wife.
Mike called through little win
dow for his wife to come from the
kitchen. The appearance of the drip
ping emigrant who insisted in his ans
wer to their questions that he was not
sick and needed nothing, made an ap-
peal to the mother-heart of the wife of
the Irish saloon keeper Straight way
she got dry clothes, from the hus-
bands wardrobe and insisted that he
should go at once to his room and
change his wet garments for dry ones.
She then prepared him supper which
he ate in the kitchen, and choked for
gratitude when this middle-aged, stout
but Warm-hearted woman poured his
tea and called him dear heart
she asked him when he was going
and what he was going to do She
knew thai he was some sort of a SUI
perior being and his answer that he
was going to see sick woman in Cali
tornia and then make his fortune in
the west invoked the Irish-like re-
Spouse. And May the Holy Mother
help ye to find them both. dear heart.
Gentle Folk Find Friends.
1T is very curious how gentle and
beautiful souls find other gentle and
beautiful souls even in bar rooms and
among the lowly-I do not really I'M
derstand it,
This sick and half dead emigrant