Show the awer power of kindness fir CHARLEA DICKINS DICKIS 3 enough la in the quaint old town ol of larnzo rough by all this bustle to today day V along the bedge bound roads m well lend to it barta chains ArIsclo st or of mory deso crits 1 I IOD bra are jogging abong filled with ith country mou moo and hero here anti and there the carlo look OF or ELM straw w bonnet of some fornal a mccu occupying dying it obear placed homem but behind them cout rants galy with mith the dark coats coat or if gray ay iy aulock frocks of tho the front row from every cottage of tho the suburbs feline join tho the st stream roarn which A aich rolla oo on through tho the streets till it reaches the ihu ci ustle the ancient moat lariat team with dacre and tho the hill bill opposite n nautilla nau tilly ll 11 7 tile the I 1 quiet ulet domain of a or two two 0 of ape peaceful mehul alp cheep partakes of tho the surrounding egita tion ion the voice of tho the multitude which fur rounds uio the court house undo like the murmur of the pon BOH till suddenly it I 1 w mined to lo it A sort ort of about john went the terror of tho the surround mg country tin tile grid and burglar hia hall boon been found guilty I 1 what la Is tho the sentence it k staked naked by n hundred loioco tho the answer Is transportation for life brit there wax was ono pt Anding aloof on oil tho the hul bill hour iti inquiring quiring eyes inan lored over the iho crowd crova with ith indescribable Ang angnar Nah whose pallid check grow crew moro more and more ghastly at every denunciation ot of tho the cut cul ant and who ubo nieu bon at last tho the sentence was pronounced foil fell upon the gree green mamard arward it WM tho burglary BOD when the boy recovered from his hia swoon it w as aa late lata in ill tho the afternoon ho he man w an alono alone the inimical fain tinkling of tho the sheep bell tied had replaced tho the sound of tle the human chorba of expectation and dread and jesting all was peaceful bo could not 1 tand w by ho he lily lay there feeling so eo weak find and sick aide lie iio raised lair himself tremulously anti anil looked around tho the turf VM unit cut rind spoilt by the of many feet act all his ht life of the I 1 livic lva few months floated bo before oro his memory ili hia residence in bin fathers colel with WILL ruf nit finnly comrades the desperado de sperato schemes acho inca he be had board ry an lie ho pretended d to bleeg bleep on hn bar dottl tied bed their expeditions at night ked and add them their belay returns tile dem a of hm his fathers capture his huiqun IS n removal ill to im tho the house boum of sonic some feofil file 11 in the ke town owna the iho court the trial tho all so condemn tion lion tho the father hod had been a barah and cruel parent but lie ho had bad nob dot positively ill tho boy of the great nod and merciful i father of tho the fatherless the child know nothing redeemed doomed himself alono alone in the world yet grief WAB man not bin big pervading pena dinc feeling nor the blaino of boag known HA tho the son of it a trion port lt it waa which lach hurried burned turn him he thought jt nf tho the eta crowd d m lach bril pomo to oa ecat upon tile nta fathers agony he jarred to cestr them to pieces picco and he be plucked a handful of grans upon which he be leant oh that ho be nero n era n man I 1 that ho be could pua libb thorn them all all tho first arst the iho constables constable I 1 tho the judge tho the jury tho the ono one of them especially a chergi clergyman man named lo 10 legion ton who hod bad given ilia hia evidence ovid enco moro more positively more cleara than fill all the others oh that ho he could dr do that man it some injury but for him hi bi father would not lai lao a been I 1 bad and I 1 convicted suddenly it a thought occurred to him am hi 0 yes with wilb fierce delight 11 I 1 know where ho be laves he faid to him wit I 1 I 1 he bo has tho the farm and lingo of 1 tin 0 ad 1 I will mill go there a at t once it Is in film dirk I 1 will do u I 1 heard m father say cay be did to the aquire yon yes yes yea ho he burn bum for it ho h I 1 beat get no moro more fathers transported to procure a box of matches as an era baoy sy look lisk and that as all tho the preparation the boy mado made 1 I iho he autumn WM far advanced A cold wind was waa be beginning to moan among tho the almost lead leadless leas truex and george moats astr teeth chattered and his hia ill olad clad limbe limba grew numb dumb as lie ho walked along the fieldi leading brading to lucky its a dark night abia fine wind a ill fan the ibe flame wooly nicely ho he repeated to himself tho the dork clork was striking nine but nil all was wa qu quiet biot lu as midnight not botn a soul stirring not a light in the pani linage iago windows tri dows that he bo could ho he dared not dot open tho the gato gate I 1 lest est tho the click of tho the latch should betray him a be softly ollin bed over but scarce Solf had ho he dropped on tho the other bide of tho the wall n all before uio the loud barking of n dog startled bun lie ho cowered down behind tho the hay bay rick scarcely during to breathe expecting each instant that tho dog would aaring upon port him it 11 w was bamo bomo an timo time before the boy dared to stir and as an bin courage cooled hm big thirst for revenge somewhat nhat also till ill ho he almost determined to return to Lom borough orough but ho he won wall too tired loo cold too han hungry besides the abo woman would mould bent beat ILIA him for staying out to 0 o late into what could bo be dog do f hem should aronld ho be go and As the sense of him bu lonely and forlorn condition returned so 60 did ins aby tho the afaf affection nto remembrance of his f lie ar hui him hatred of lis lia his bu desiro desire to satisfy his hia I 1 nud and once more courageous through anger ho be rose took the los bot from ILIA ida pocket mid boldly drew ono one of them ackois the kind nand paper it flatbed ho he OLD atuck ek it t bust hastily y in a the stalk et n k agai tutt which ho he rested it only flickered a little and went out la in go great artey trepidation young west once moro more grasped the abo whole of the remaining matches roat choa in ia hin but hand valid and ignited grated thorn them but nt at tho the same camo flatboat tho the dog barked ila hears the gate open a step la Is clean to him uio the an matches atch c 9 are extinguished and ilia abo lid lad me make kest a desperate dep crat effort to cacano but a strong land knud m as a laid oil upon hia rua nud a deep calm voice inquired ant nashat can have urged ou on to ouch anch it crimo Theo calling loudly tho the gentleman without hiu hill hold bold soon eoon obtained the help of some forming farming men who earn coin a aesch with thew lauters till idl baui the iho bartu of they found foiled no alices nothing at nu all but tho band I 1 fat of 04 0 half consumed matches the lad ad had bail dropped find and lie bo all ia the time anno stood from ailing blin and occasionally struggling beneath the iho firm but not rough cough grasp of tho the who held bold bun bial at hot tho the moo mon were told to return to the iho house awl anil thither by a different path it ROB an george led bcd till they entered a ii nall poorly furam bed loom tho the mallm fill books all the bright tanno ol bi too we rese arral to 0 too anxious gare or of tn co litis lit Is the no clergyman lit I 1 P lamp nal and nr voyed hr his attentively the 1 b iams lia BVM nero a era fixed on pio 00 ground tf hill mr w and ored front bill palo farn Tes to hui his mcinty reg a tiro through the letters of which tin tie could discern tho the thin limn aroa bold or fear fail ebos lit at laid d by 07 at tho the long silence bor or looked up op there WM no something so BO 21 in ui tho the strangles stran goes antig look that tho the boy could scarcely arcely tc bilici 0 that 1 be efto really the iho luau loan obeso evidence bud inanity to transport bih big falbel ci it AL tile the trial he bo bad been unable to too MO ho ri lice face rind and nothing PO go kind had river over gazed n upon pon him bun his proud bid bad feelings more lr caily looking you yon look half Pta starred anid air ley left ion 11 draw near dear life firo fire you yon or can ril oil down dow if on OD abal alood is it bilo ila I 1 of I 1 I 1 et 1 ion ton on an and d mind you answer mo me iho he truth J I 1 am ain not a but of course can c in anally n iland you over to justice if you yet will not ilow roe me to benefit ou oil lit in my any own way may georgo george still till blood anatol tit tufting ting liis hill cap in ili his at fin goris arld and with wall RO much motion depicted to lu his hia fao that tho the good in still mow DIOIO I 1 navo no DO to dodou do you tin thing but go yowl 4 my poor ile boy y look u annb n ur me ma and an wc it oi cannot 0 tru inet t nio me you u 1 I tied need m not aled enta ho he thus thair fright I 1 only indo dodro to licar lee the abo talo late of innery your appearance ind I 1 rates to rollers it it 1 I 1 can hero here tho the young culp culprits cul priti rV heart bort moto liim bim ans thin tho the man choso hoa house ho he hod had tried to bum on whom here lie be lai n to bring ruin and perhaps donth death I 1 i was VM it a onam spread for him to lend lead to 9 but n bon ho he looked on tint that i countenance ho he felt that ll it VM V M not corne como in my lad all tell tile mo nil all urge 1 had ol 01 for cars heard little be but ua and curses and ribald jesta or tho the thieves jargon of his hia fathers fo thora associates nod and hid bad been acon constantly fad and p I 1 wiled but bat tho the bolter better part of oc lili ilia nature was nob I 1 mill at those words from the oin mouth of cf hm big ho he dropped on ILL lila s 9 onil find Clag clamping ping his binds lindia tried aap to k but could only sob ile iio had and not ept bifero during that lay iny of anguish and now his tears forth so 0 o freely hlo hie gricia was 0 o passionate an aji lio half knelt halt on tho the floor that tho good raw ebat must bouat buys its course ere calm could bo be restored the oune poni tont attall wept nihon a knock knack u an hoard heard at tho the floor door mail and a lot indy i y entered it M As the c loru mons wife ho he her au AS hbo abo noliea how or ho he had koo imo acceded m iab tho the u icken man in the be jail fail iro ilia told me replied mr bir leyton 1 l that ile ho had bad a soft aou been anto tormented linn jilin move more than ills bis indeed bli Ills mind was 80 0 o respecting tho the auth t but ho be ans scarcely ablo to under viand my exhortations ila iio entreated trial me wilb ill mug energy to save buts rai from roch nuch A agoni life alfo av ft he no had bad loi lod find kato give roo me the th address of a m oman in hobo house IS lio le C it I 1 WM was however unable to and th tb bli boy in of 0 many earnest inquiries pill ful you hear bear his bl name 2 asked the in affo ifo 1 I west the aaa reply at the mention of his bin narno the ho boy to sob ob breathlessly he be berd tile iho arcouet of his fathers set request or of ilia clergy mans job to fulfil fulfill it lie ile started up ran cannot the and mored to lo open it mr leyton restrained him 1 I yea voi must not ce cealie cefi alic po lio ac ai I 1 cannot stop atop horo bum I 1 cannot beatr to ti i lausi 0 t on let mo me go TO I 1 r I 1 ibo he lt ad mill t it hit wi wilola wil cl loll and shook himself alay auay ia liy ity I 1 intend you nothing hut but kind I 1 ne acu A new tie NY hood flood of cf tc acara era gt bcd forth and ani to orto 1191 at mud mid his robe 1 bailit on acro era searching for mo me t to 0 help me inc I 1 in an tr to I 1 rig to burn bum you in yo 0 brings I 1 cannot bear it ho on b anc f and rill cc colored ored lis bia faeo with botu both his hl haud there WM min a lon for mr an and a mrs mra le leloo too were aa w much moved as aa it alio 10 boj bo i abo hbo he una unx A as bowed do donn n with all bannio ino all aud a penitence on I 1 fence to in which well hitherto ho be bad been a i strong st rioter r at lint axt the asked want I 1 could id IS bavo ve induced 3 ou on to commit much inch A crime rising suddenly in tho the excitement ot of rem remorse olse gratitude rind mid ronny many other feel col now to lo him ho be for and then lion told hla his story ito iio tainted ilia III R t 61 bw ban nin hill hia a ills his ocl a r his hia burning anger at the terrible fate of big only parent oud and hill wage ago fit tho the exultation of the crowd im big desolation on recovering reco Nering from hin him swoon bui bin thin for the attempt to satisfy it it io ile dipoko with untaught child like bim ahn l m attempt in ato to suppress tile hie cre lions which y overcame him when ho he ceased tho the baily battened baat bute ened tied to the crouching boy and soothed bun with mith gent gentle leuOrda worda chevery 1 ho very tones of hor her voice were new to bun they pierced bin ht heart moro more acutely than the ibo fiercest of the till brai dings end and of his old oom core pi niona ile iio looked on his bis merciful boric bone factors actori with boull bewildered dered lio kimol mrs mra Ley peytons tons hand then gently laid hud on his hia shoulder ile ifo gazed about like 0 ono no in a almant dro un who dreaded to wako wait m ile iio beccone faint and ito ho wims was I 1 laid of gently on a soffi and mr me saidi and sira afro ley loyton too dittli ft linn food waa ans shortly to him and arter a lima on nhan beat hlo his senses bad bo be ono collected mr levton returned to the study mind and explained holy and it beautiful things which were now new to tile neglected boy bey ot of tho the great yet 3 et loving t ainther abhor of alm ilm v bo loved tho poor forlorn coi nally with the richest and no blest bleat and happiest of the force aud and till cacy any of tho beati beatitude tudo 1 QI the merciful for they edsall obtain morcy I 1 board beard this llna story from sir mr loyton due alu a vi violt it to him la in slay blay george west wei aaa as then head bead boughman mon man to a neighboring farmer famor one of tho ilia cleanest best beat believed behaved mid ind moat respected laborera in tho ilia pariah |