. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . he door, and dont you make the least bit of noise ; if youdo, I will be the death of you whenyou come out; and if you are only per-fectly still till the dominie goes, per-haps 1 will give you a little more whis-key. So she crammed Adam into thecloset just as the dominie came in atthe door. Good afternoon, madam. Good afternoon, dominie. Well, he said, I have come totalk about religious subjects. You knowhow we are all suffering through Adamsfall? Why. how did you find that oivt ?My dear sister, said the dont understand you. Yo
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . he door, and dont you make the least bit of noise ; if youdo, I will be the death of you whenyou come out; and if you are only per-fectly still till the dominie goes, per-haps 1 will give you a little more whis-key. So she crammed Adam into thecloset just as the dominie came in atthe door. Good afternoon, madam. Good afternoon, dominie. Well, he said, I have come totalk about religious subjects. You knowhow we are all suffering through Adamsfall? Why. how did you find that oivt ?My dear sister, said the dont understand you. You knowthe whole world is suffering terriblyfrom the effects of Adams fall. Oh, no; it is not so bad as that, and I have seen himfar worse. Really, my dear sister. I dont understand you; 1 tellyou thai fnv all generations to come the world will groanthrough the effects f Adams fall. Now, says she, dominie, you need not tell me anotherword. I know he has torn his trousers, and I know he hasSplit his coat, and I know he has smashed a new hat all to. adams RETUBN. STARTING ON THE DOWNWARD PATH. 10 pieces, and I know he is all covered with mud. Adam, youcan come out now ; the dominie has found it all out. Heknows it! Yes; everybody knows it; and suppose theydid not, does it depend on their knowledge whether you areruined or not ? Now let me give you another fact. People say I have noargument; that I do not use logic. Well, I draw my argu-ments from facts, and illustrate my arguments by can speak from a personal knowledge ofthe facts in the following incident; for Iknow one ofthe parties:A young manwent throughcollege withthe highesthonor; hisrecord andcharacterwere cleanand thetime he grad-uated he met with a great misfortune in having a legacyleft him of forty thousand dollars. Now, he said, beforeI buckle down to lifes work, I will see the world. And hedid so. He was of a nervous, susceptible temperament; heboarded in one of the best hotels, and commenced drinki
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