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tru~t ill the woru of Ilis wift,-thc child in that
of his r:.\tber-tLc Inother ill that of her daughtl'f-or
tlll' ~i::;terill tL..\l of lLt:r brother. ConfiJencc
ami lwppin('f';:O; eould hayo 110 plw.:t"".
Even Ilope would not Lc kft ~hintl.
:\"0 we.mler tlJ:lL th~ linT is reganlt.d as WIlt-graded
:l. charnctC'r. Long :'g') diJ he hcgin to
go f1stmy by ll.ot kt.eping up the distiuctk.n
between tIlltll and fnlsehooJ, 80 tnat he soon
became not only unable tf) r('}'Irat the :-;1ll1e
story twice ill the sanll~ way, uut f(.ady to ndd
one (~in:Ulllstanc6 ;Uid another, until now he
(',an tell a point blank lie :IIJJ lIot blU5h. If
tllcrc he deeper dt:gnHlation tkm thi~, 1 :o;('arcely
know wherc to find it. Whata prOCt'sg hus
all th(' while beell going on in the mall's own
mino. That his comfort is 11('~troJcd,ami the
ligllt of heaven ~hut out from his u01'\Om, is
only a part of the evil. Oue transwC'ssion fullow=-,
anotlu:r, until by and by he is palrahly
(lctecte(ll :l1ld known anu recognized ns fi liar.
,All hOliest and truc men cxcludl' him from
tlH'ir companionship as a nuis..'\Tlcc allli n plague.
'pot.
\\'hat is he to do a.ndwhere is be to go hi