Show GOOD FOR EVIL BY BT E r 1 trowbridge RIDGE 0 oh mother only look look here beel saw said george ashland who had just returned from school and wasi was i standing by bis mothers side his face flushed with anger I 1 mrs ashland looked up from her work george was holding hol dizig out before he be ane of his hii school books the cover of which wa was ver very y much much soiled I 1 I 1 see here mother soe see what william W illiam benton bendl dl did idi exclaimed george as hi hs s soother mother looked up he knocked cocked this book boak I 1 out opt of my hand just as I 1 was ivas stepping over a mad dv place and lie he did it on purpose too the little rascal 1 I will pay him for atone it one I 1 of these days I 1 I 1 mrs alra As ashland liland looked sorrow sorrowfully fuRy not at I 1 the book but at Georgew I 1 bose countenance I 1 fell before that glance for it told him that his mother was more sorry for the feelings of anger and revenge to which he be had bad given gin utter utterance ance than for the injury inbur y done to his benok but george was still too angry w alth william benton to be really sorry for what he hail bad said so when his mother calmly told him to give the book to her he did so and immediately left the room in a few min minutes his cousin james came to play with him and the injury done to his book and his anger against against t Wi Will lllian nan were i both soon forgotten james jamea remained until it was nearly time for george to go to bed As soon as he ha hadlett had left mrs ashland called her little son to her and holding up the book wo before re him said see here is your book looking look as clean and nice as ever it was only me the coyer cover I 1 put on tho the oth 1 er day that was soiled I 1 have replaced it with another and the damage is all repaired now my son do you think this wa was 8 worth getting quite sa so angry about I 1 george blushed as he replied 1 I dont know as it wits was mother but it was very fi provoking evoking r to be treated in this way by ail wil liagin rn I 1 no doubt it was do you know what led him to knock the book b ook out of your hand had N ou donean done anything athing to biml N no 0 mother nothing atall at all if I 1 had he be would have been bee n more excuse able and I 1 should not have been so angry 11 1 I thili think k something iii mut U st have occurred t to 04 put him very much tn aoh out lot of tem temper P er pi he be would not have treated trea tied you so spitefully for I 1 never considered william an ill tempered I 1 or malicious boy and this i is the first biffi I 1 cul buky you too have had with him cili 1 ni was vexed enough replied george land and I 1 know very well why lie he was sob so bux tn it was no reason vh chy y he should knock the book out of my mv hand band I 1 what occurred to vex him bim so much several leaves are torn out of his speller i b and definer tho the lesson to dav was torn o out so that william could not study it and he missed almany so many words that the master 1 kept him after school and an d he was terribly terrible v demea about it I 1 it seems then the that william felt disturbed and chafed chafee because the lesson was torn out of his book and he was blamed and disgraced in an fn co consequence in this state of ro annd I 1 nd be ws was tempted to feel fee I 1 enva and ill will t wards towards 0 you yoju becas I 1 you were better bett eroff 03 thop than himself in this respect nd he yielded to the temptation NOW william W did very wrong and I 1 am not going to justitz irim him but alas itis it is very easy fo for r envy and ill will towards those who are better off bir than ourselves to creep into the thA urnah heart and many maby older and wiser than poor wilham li ham am have yielded to the temp temptation taVion anit have indulged in spiteful and ill ia f feelings towards r 44 4 4 0 others for no better tea rea soD ithan T that these individuals possessed certain privileges and advantages which were denied to them you know that the q I 1 lz F fay P i i oi I 1 p parents ar ants of william are tery ery poor think of ho how many books toys and means of happiness you you enjoy ea that be does not if were in his place you Jou might on some occasions ca be strongly tempt tempted led to ao indulge ift bi envy or ill w will ill tow towards irdi those more savored favored yourself ft i s I 1 I 1 V q never thought lof of all this before I 1 I 1 am ioro I 1 was so angry with william he did halfe a gi greald ea put tit hi hinr of oft k allihn wor mor la p t mi t wit when ken I 1 amol effly 4 I 1 geography and left it oat under thil the r tree irie z all 11 so that it was bythe by the r mini kin 1 I should felt very badly 1 wa I 1 could and 1 I a 0 feil I 1 liams bianas pa reste to bay him a I 1 in T place flintom flie tom doneit r 1 1 I then you baab quite aites giyen tip your revengeful feelings towards william 1 I 1 J 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 p E 1 I 1 I 1 IL aes mother kotlier indeed I 1 have ao 40 I 1 should u asat injure him for done tome that isyou are not now disposed to render it er him evil abr ei evil ws as kotil were a afew hours ours ago agai but you know 8 bible says we ma must re return tu rn gooi booi for exil evil cannou Can you further and do Si Biam anae me kindness in return forthe wrongs he has done va you 01 i I 1 I 1 what can I 1 do for him mother if vou really wish to do him a kindness it will not be long before too jou will find filid sp an opportunity george ti I 1 melin depth deep hotch then I 1 looked ab tia to his in mother with bright an d haape sm Jebe said ji f 11 1 I have hare WA fast thought ni other what team I 1 oan do for williami I 1 will my him a speller and definer with the spending money V I 1 have by ifie me I 1 had rather spend it as n this way than in any other annd then william will be able to td study all his lessons arid and will not ha have re to stav aba y after 1 1 1 I 1 the next night i george asked permission to po go to the s store and buy the fhe nevi new i book for william Wil lunn his request was readily gram granted raving obtained the book he be went directly direct lv to WilHam shouse and placing it in his hand said very kindly Y i 1 t hera Herey will William iam is a now speller and oer definer which I 1 have bought fior yoa wy mith wi my own money I 1 felt sorry for you last night was s kept after I 1 school bebau because ad the lesson leago was torn out afi your book now nawl you can stub study IT eyer every y lesson leaon i c is wil willinia linin looked at G george earnestly for a moment then dropping 0 into a chair ay the side of a table he placed his anthe tame and ed aloud ib b i t wh why v william said his mother what vis TO tile the milter matter with 7 you oa Is this the way you i thank master G george e orge forhia for his beautiful present pies enop 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 but gaorge knew know very well what wha was the matter with william Milliam if 0 im bis mother didiot did not find and he hastened out of the house without giving him time to recover himself I 1 to thank him for his gift will ramdas not a bad boy As mrs ashland had sui said dhe he was not malio ioas but he possessed a mind of keen sensibility rr ile he had bad areles rily left his book where his little baby sister had got hold of iland it and torn out or muff mutilated several deveral leaves here and there ile he had bad wanted a fiew now on one 0 very much but his parents could not afford ao get ahn another that summer I 1 william was a studious gum boband prided himself on getting a perfect lesson the lesson of the day be for foie 8 was misi missing irig from his book and wha was therefore imperfectly learned william felt eek greatly vexed at missing several ards voids find and still more vexed when he he witt was kept after school for it he stated to 0 o his teacher t the leaf haaf containing the lesson had been bee n torn from froin his book by bv his little sister but he voas was dismissed with a baia MV reproof r bof for being so I 1 ca careless relesa as to leave the book in hr her way ind and this ill timed reproof was not F t all calculated to allay his irritated feelings be left the school house feeling viat out of humor with his teacher acher tb with himself 4 arid and with all the w inthis in this state of mind id b he overtook georgia ashland going home with his speller and definer winder his s arm how clean and nice bice iv it looked no leaves had bad been abstracted d from it it was a mo ment when evil passions w were ere reigning I 1 trl tri um indis in his soul he tel felt t andi and Spiteful towards george just because b hs book was whole and his own was n not ot he yielded fielded to the tha sudden instigation of his evil temper and knocked the book from under onder georges arm juat adlle us he was passing over a muddy spot I 1 i I 1 he was vas sorry for the act ack as soon a as a it was done ile he bad beell sorry for it and st it had made him unhappy ever since when G george eorge returned good for or evil and bought him a new book in the place of the old and torn boin one his bis really noble nobl heart ebeart was almost broken to think of the wrong he had done the influence of a right action is ia often felt long after the time of performance its this proved true odthe of the noble not act by which george returned good for evil its beneficial was ab long felt by the giver and the that receiver of the gift I 1 I 1 1 if gaorge was ever afterwards tempted to indulge thoughts and purposes purposed of re revenge he would think of abia incident and aask himself if it would ft not beauch be much betterto better to return good fo for r evil T i i when william was tempted to feel envy or ellwill ill will toward those chose more p prosperous than himsel he would recall the time when he be knocked george Ash lands book into the mud and he did not forget how bow heartily ashamed he afterwards was of his bis conduct conduce george and william were ever r after good friends friend s I 1 and remembered the jesson learned from this occurrence georee gartee was tausha the he folly of reve revenue nae and william 4 the a wik wick eanes i s of envy ad ami ill fh natura IM N bevan eust I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 |