cold touch grazed them both as they went。
Yet they had heroic virtues to balance White Lies in the great Judge's eye。
A wholesome lesson； therefore； and a warning may be gathered from this story： and I know many novelists who would have preached that lesson at some length in every other chapter； and interrupted the sacred narrative to do it。 But when I read stories so mutilated； I think of a circumstance related by Mr。 Joseph Miller。
〃An Englishman sojourning in some part of Scotland was afflicted with many hairs in the butter； and remonstrated。 He was told； in reply； that the hairs and the butter came from one sourcethe cow； and that the just and natural proportions hitherto observed； could not be deranged； and bald butter inventedfor ONE。 'So be it；' said the Englishman； 'but let me have the butter in one plate； and the hairs in another。'〃
Acting on this hint； I have reserved some admirable remarks； reflections； discourses； and tirades； until the story should be ended； and the other plate be ready for the subsidiary sermon。
And now that the proper time is come； that love of intruding one's own wisdom in one's own person on the reader； which has marred so many works of art； is in my case restrainedfirst； by pure fatigue； secondly； because the moral of this particular story stands out so clear in the narrative； that he who runs may read it without any sermon at all。
Those who will not take the trouble to gather my moral from the living tree； would not lift it out of my dead basket： would not unlock their jaw…bones to bite it； were I to thrust it into their very mouths。
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