PREJUDICE. 79

Truth Triumphant. a

It sometimes happens that people living

in thé same town or village, without any

good reason, contract a dislike of each other,

and when they’teet scarcely speak to each

,other: they are cold and distant, and by

degrees get into the habit of thinking and
speaking ill of each other.

One day as John Sawyer and Allen —
Highsted, both ‘of whom lived*in the village
of Tintonex, met each other,—the former
addressed the latter with a pleasant salu-
tation, which was*received with a”cold look
and a silent tongue. When one of his com- * .
panions, Seth Mead, asked Allen why he
treated John thus, “I do not like him,” »
was the reply.

“And why do not*you like him?” said
Seth. »*
« Because I do not,’ say8 Allen; “and
what is more—because I will not.” .
But this, is unreasonable,” said he -
other. .

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