This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...his eyes and looked around the room. Bona noticed the clotted hair, and, looking at Viola, saw the bare spot upon her head, the blood oozing out from where the hair had been pulled. "Truly, she must love him. I will never more despise the bad, because in moments of great trials they prove themselves superior beings." ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...his eyes and looked around the room. Bona noticed the clotted hair, and, looking at Viola, saw the bare spot upon her head, the blood oozing out from where the hair had been pulled. "Truly, she must love him. I will never more despise the bad, because in moments of great trials they prove themselves superior beings." CHAPTER IX. "Always the whisky! forever the one terrible curse, dragging men down. Always the awful, soul-destroying curse--drink, from which the nation will make no mighty effort to free itself, and save itself. A.nd like a cloud before the destructive storm, it gathers force and God's lightnings." Viola was at last left alone with Miff. Soon a group of men from the saloon came kindly in to see if they could assist. Human nature is kind, full of pity, full of sympathy, but wonderfully cold, if you neither rise above nor sink below its level. Miff grew worse; his eyes opened and rolled, his legs quivered. "Can't some of you pray?" asked Viola. How many in the motley group were reminded of the prayer at the mother's kuee? How many were carried back to the distant horns, perchance to some old farm-house, yet where peace and content loved to dwell? At last ono said that he could pray. He had not forgottea--what our fashionable people have--'to kneel. The rough men took off their hats, and are we mistaken that a tear glistensd in many an eye? Why, no; it rolled down the cheek, washing a furrow as it flowed. Sober, silent and reverent in the presence of death, these man who reviled the church felt the awful presence of God as they bowed their heads. The man began to pray: "O Lord"--His courage forsook him, and he could make no other appeal. He arose and shrunk out of the room, guilty sinner that he was. Then a...
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