[Brave Tom by Edward S. Ellis]@TWC D-Link bookBrave Tom CHAPTER XXIII 16/20
Don't be too hard on a fellow, Warmore.
I declare"-- "Enough has been said.
Now go!" He went. "You are too tender-hearted," remarked Detective Lathewood, when he and Mr.Warmore were walking homeward. "Perhaps I am; but mean as is the man, I shuddered at the thought of disgracing and ruining him for life." "But it was _he_, not _you_, who does that." "True; I know that's the way you officers of the law look at it.
But this is not the first time I have had dealings with young men who have yielded to temptation.
I think it is safer to err on the side of charity than that of sternness.
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