God is the judge. Psalms lxxv, 7.
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. John viii, 7.
The woman was undecided, but the better mind prevailed and she accompanied the Witch home, and the next day found respectable employment.
And still the good work goes on.
Reader, I am only narrating a small portion of this woman's work which she found as the days went by to be illimitable. Vice versa. If one possessing this mysterious power was inclined to evil rather than good, what a great amount of wickedness might be accomplished through it. God only knows how much of the good and evil that has been done in the world may be attributed to this hidden force.
Was the famed enchantress of the Nile gifted with this secret to a very great extent, and many other characters of history celebrated in their day for the influence they exercised?
CHAPTER XV.
The Witch heard of a murder trial that was going on in court and arousing intense interest, owing to the high social standing of all the parties concerned. She acted on impulse to a certain extent and, leaving her birds at home, started at once for the court-house.
On her way there she turned her attention to a case of street pugilism. A crowd of boys, ranging in age from seven to twenty, had congregated. Two small urchins were fighting; their faces were scratched and bleeding, and the crowd was urging them on to do each other more injury.
These young ruffians made a study of wickedness which is more than mischief, and this element is on an increase the world over.