The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . becomesa murderer he arrays the whole worldagainst him. The detective says,— I have seen apparent impossibil-ities group themselves about a crime,and point toward it instead of fromit. It is a rendering of the old say-ing that murder will out. Naturesforces cast out evidence, the move-ment of a muscle betrays it, a footis caught tripping that never trippedbefore, and leaves a proof beliind. Itell you, if I had the disposition tocommit crime of this nature I shouldnot dare, from what I know of th
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . becomesa murderer he arrays the whole worldagainst him. The detective says,— I have seen apparent impossibil-ities group themselves about a crime,and point toward it instead of fromit. It is a rendering of the old say-ing that murder will out. Naturesforces cast out evidence, the move-ment of a muscle betrays it, a footis caught tripping that never trippedbefore, and leaves a proof beliind. Itell you, if I had the disposition tocommit crime of this nature I shouldnot dare, from what I know of the im-possibility of eluding penalty, which isa life for a life. In Quicksands the key-note isambition and other sins which doso easily beset. In The BankTragedy it is inherited sin. Warren,in his confession, is made to say,— I am what I am through the forceof inherited traits. If I might preachin yonder pulpit I would say, See toit that your deeds and thoughts arewhat they should be, for they willstrike root somewhere. If not inyourself, then in the person of your Mrs. Marx R. P. Hatch. 175. h children or your childrens I once heard an idiotic preachersay that the soul of every child waslike a fair white sheet of paper, onwhich you could trace what charactersyou liked. I wanted to shout out adenial. I wanted to say that the pa-per was alread} written over, lacedand interlaced, as ladies write theirletters, bv the thouohts and deeds ofa million ancestors. The childhoodand training of rav brother and I wereprecisely the same ; but Joseph washonest and straight-forward, while Ilooked at everything from an oblique standpoint. On the other hand,Jessie says,— True, he inheritedthe traits that worked his ruin ; butwho is perfect? It was his part toroot out his besetting sins and flyfrom temptation instead of playingwith them as though they were toysinstead of tliunderbolts which mightat anytime strike him. We publish the above sketch andportrait from meagre facts ga
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