Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN THE DAltK.
an innocent and unsuspecting girl should be secure
from harm, under the pinion of that corrupt and
hypocritical Jesuit."
"Good gracious, Squire 1 you can't be in earnest 1"
exclaimed Fanny, with mingled surprise and indignation.
" Why not i"
"I thought you claimed to be a free-thinker, and a.
man of no religious partialities I"
" Well, what of that i"
" Why, I wouldn't wonder so much to hear you
speak so if you belonged to some Protestant sect."
"With regard to the Bible, Miss Willow, I confess
myself a skeptic. At the same time, however, I've
long been constrained to believe that Protestant-Christianity,
whether human or divine in its origin, tends
to improve our race, benefit humanity, and promote
the virtue and happiness of society; and deeply do I
regret not being able to say as much for Romanism.
With equal care and impartiality have I observed the
fruits and watched the tendencies of that system.
From all I can see and learn of Popery, I'm compelled
to pronounce it evil, and only evil; everywhere
and always working mischief; at war with
light and opposing liberty!
" It is not becauseDupin is a priest that I denounce
him; on quite different grounds do I distrust and
detest the man. I've abundant reason to believe him
a villain! I know his character, and long have
watched his conduct; he's a prodigy of iniquity full