AFTERGLOW.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1607, 21 October 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

AFTERGLOW.

To onl abstiusoeonundiummuchsoriousthoughtl give — Why is ii. that the good men die, and all tho bad ones liv c ? Or is it wo nevci know our neighbors I.llc pci fections Till Ins last will and testament are read to his connections ? Ah, then the daily papers spread his viitues all ahi oad : They say lie was " an honest man — tho noblest work of God ;" How good he was, how wise he was, how honest in his dealing ; What tenderness of heait ho had, and what a depth of feeling ! Peihaps tho man was ono of those — ah, would that thoy wcie fewer 1 — "Who all his life giound hard and close the faces of tho poor; Who drove his debtors to despair by piematnrc foieclosuie, Then paid his pew-rent in advance, with infinite composure. Peihaps he was the. loidly " head" of somo unhappy place Called " home" by use and couitesy, but lacking all its giace, Who held his children criminals for overy trifling en or, Who pinched his household half to death, and kept his wife in terror. Perhaps ho was a lawyer deep, whoso quibbling tricks and words Helped baBO executors to rob poor Tyidows of their grocer-man,' whoso wheedling, and chicory