The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-12-02
CHAPTER xvl-continued.
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"But this scheme of life had this in
1t that brought disaster to his sons
a laXness of any discipline related to
their spiritual and mental develop
ment. When we were corrected or
punished it was fc~ conduct which af-
fected his comfort or dignity, never
for a thing which affected the develop
ment Of our charactsy.
1--WE had abundant money to sped.
1t was Il part of our fathers eg5tism
that we should be young swe!:s, and
we were early in disorder;y ways.
Richard had a genius for cruelty. A
normal boy is likely to BIS thoughtless.
bat Richard was inventive in his cru
elites. 1t was brutal He liked to
tear things to pieces slowly, a fly IT 1t
was all he could catcD-a grasshopper.
IL field mouse. I haG a faithful little
dog which Richard staked u in the
ground and killed BY vivisection. l
saw the little animal when it was
breathing its last with its bowels ex-
posed and its lungs laid bare.
Orchard destroyed birds nests for
pleasure. IL liked to cut n leg off n
hen and see it stagger about vainly
trying to walk. He MANNED dogs. He
tortured cattle and horses. He killed
a fine carriage horse by driving it to
death purposely to see how long 1t
would live under the treatment he
gave it.
81 doubt that I was a more lovahle
child, but ut least I did not have the
attribute of cruelty. l was not only
younger hut 1 was weaker physically.
I was sensitive to a degree which made
me an extraordinary victim to Richard
when he cared to express his tiendish-
ness to or upon me.
1--WE were getting into late child
hood should say that 1 was about
fourteen-when Richard began to use
his inventiveness in cruelty upon me
directly. AS soon as he had a taste
of the delight which came from tor
menting me l had no further peace.
II remember with a still agonized
vividness my experience in finding a
snake in my bed. He had put it there.
He used his superior strength to tor
ture me physically. lie dominated me
spiritually. He made life a hell, such
II hell as life can he made only for q
child by miStreatlncnt, when reality
has not starkly asserted itself, when
proportions are not established and
when illusions can be kindly or hide
u.s..
"Richard and I grew up in this fash
ioil, I in terror Of him and his malevo-
lence. When I was fifteen mother died.
She had been IN Cnassertive mother.
Circumstances and conditions were be-
yond her strength of mind or body. but
skc had been a friend. and I missed
hFr cruelty. It was really a terrible
loss at a time when l much needed a
friend.
GAS we grew older Richards dia-
Eollcal habits became only shrewder.
not less assertive. He contrived the
most ingenious schemes for my tor
ment. He Inundated me whenever
possible before other boys and, better
Cor his purpose, before girls.
"My father put us out to school to-
gether, and this suited Richards pur-
pose admirably. How l hated this
thing that bore my name and my blood !
It became an indomitable hate. 1t
exists to this day. No human being
ever was so hated by another as my
Brother Richard was by me-and IS
IL to this moment and will be hated
while a breath remains in my body.
"Wllen I was eighteen my father
died, and Richard and l inherited the
estate under a trusteeship to continue
until l was twenty-one. Richard was
then twenty. In another year he at
tanned his majority. He was profligate
and wild, a heavy drinker, a coarse,
cruel boor, a liccntious young ruffian
who had suffered twice in actions
brought by veal; and unfortunate
girls.
ut irritated him beyond expression
that he had to wait the slow process
Of my coming of age before he could
come into his share of the property
His constant demeanor toward me was
violent. Several times l tried to estab
lish the reasonable relations which
ought. in convention, to exist between
brothers. 1t was quite hopeless, ant
my hate for this boor came to be ar
insane passion, 1t remains as a pas
sion now.
II may not be able /. satisfy nyont
that this was the inevitable conse
quence Of the treatment given me. bu'
could If I were to elaborate the de
tails-or merely state them. However
my purpose is not so much to indie
my brother as to record my own trl
umph--to assist the commission of
crime which has been Of intense salts
faction to me. n crime in which I hav'
maintained my culpabi]jty with 10.
Plans to Reunite Gypsies.
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