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An old-fashioned Card-party — The Clergyman’s verses — The Story of the Convict’s Return

           Hewasamorose,savage-hearted,badman;idleanddissoluteinhishabits;cruelandferociousinhisdisposition.Beyondthefewlazyandrecklessvagabondswithwhomhesaunteredawayhistimeinthefields,orsottedintheale-house,hehadnotasinglefriendoracquaintance;noonecaredtospeaktothemanwhommanyfeared,andeveryonedetestedandEdmundswasshunnedbyall.

           ‘Thismanhadawifeandoneson,who,whenIfirstcamehere,wasabouttwelveyearsold.Oftheacutenessofthatwoman’ssufferings,ofthegentleandenduringmannerinwhichsheborethem,oftheagonyofsolicitudewithwhichsherearedthatboy,noonecanformanadequateconception.Heavenforgivemethesupposition,ifitbeanuncharitableone,butIdofirmlyandinmysoulbelieve,thatthemansystematicallytriedformanyyearstobreakherheart;butsheboreitallforherchild’ssake,and,howeverstrangeitmayseemtomany,forhisfather’stoo;forbruteashewas,andcruellyashehadtreatedher,shehadlovedhimonce;andtherecollectionofwhathehadbeentoher,awakenedfeelingsofforbearanceandmeeknessundersufferinginherbosom,towhichallGod’screatures,butwomen,arestrangers.

           ‘Theywerepoortheycouldnotbeotherwisewhenthemanpursuedsuchcourses;butthewoman’sunceasingandunweariedexertions,earlyandlate,morning,noon,andnight,keptthemaboveactualwant.Theseexertionswerebutillrepaid.

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