TWO WINNERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 13

TWO WINNERS.

[ There was a man, It was said one time,'; ■ W!u> went -iHlrsy In Ills youthful prime. I Can the Lrala keep cool (led the heart keep -, nulet ... When the blood la a river that's rnnnln*rlot? ' Anil "boys will he boys" the n\i folks say, \ Anil Hie man !> liettcr -who's had his dor. ■ The sinner'reformed; srd the preacher told I Of the prodigal son who came buck to the i fold, ■ And Christian people threw open tho door, • With a warmer welcome than ever before. ■ Wealth and honour were his to command, , And a spotters woman save blm her h-intl. ' And the world strewed their patbwnj- with blossoms abloom, Crying, "God bless lidye, and God bless groom!" 'ITiero was a maiden wfcnirp.nt astray Tn the golden dawn of her life's yo-ing day. She bad more passion and heart than head. And she followed blindly were fond Lore led. And Love unchecked Is a. dangerous guide To -wander at will by a fair girl's side. The. woman repented and turned, from sin, ,

But no doer opened to let her In. The preacher prayed that she might be forgiven, Hut told her to look for -mercy—La Hearer*. For this la the law of the .earth, we know: That tbe woman Is stoned, while the man may go.

A hraye man wedded he.* after all. But the world said, frowning, "We shall j " not call." JU,A WIIEELEC WH.COX. I