The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-06-01

And he kept ~
'leS.'
Then he is not honest
GOT course he is not. The act as iust as
dishonest aS stealing
But are you certain of this?
'Joln Philips told me SO this morning.
Philips was clerk in the establishment,
and the real delinquent in the matter
under Investigation. lie had become ap.
pIi>cd of the act Of wheeler, and rightly
Judged that, 20 give a hint Of 1T TO his en-.
players, would be TO turn their attention
from bin, and fix his guilt upon another, if
his PeculationS We're made the subject of in.
vestl2atiou, as lac had every reason to be.
Iicve was about 10 be the case.
'Can we believe HING
'lle says Andrew Watson knows it TO be
So
Watson being questioned, fully confirmed
the fact. Other evidence was added, es-
tahli>hlug the matter beyond doubt.
1t wont de- To retain him IN our employ.
ment,' said one OF the firm.
'No. But who would have dreamed of
Su>pectiug him? II is well we have not We,
carried ont our intention Of establishing
house in Cincinnati. With him at the head
Of il, a. was designed, we might have suS-
tanned a heavy loss
Not the slightest evidence appeared
against Wheeler. Still there was the fact
Of his dishonesty in the matter Of the check
before the eyes Of his employ who were
suffering losses from some one about the
the establishment. Their determination,
after long debating the matter, and viewing
it on every side, was to inform him that
they no longer had need Of bis services.
Nothing could more have aStoni>hcd the
young man more than did this announce
meat wheRsit " as made. His inquiry into
the cause Of his dismissal was not answer
ed truly. Something about the necessity Of
reducing exposes was aHrdged, and that
was about all the satisfaction lie received.
Being a most excellent salesman. and in
every way competent to AXE charge Of bu.
sineSS. Wheeler received All offer Of a situa-
ton AT thousand dollars year, as soon as
il was known that he had left his old place.
The offer he accepted, although the salary
was two hundred dollars less than the one
he had been receiving.
In The house from which he was dismiss.
cd Wheeler had been employed for ten
years.-He entered il when a youth Of IF
teen, and had always acted so as TO Sc.
cure the coincidence and respect of every
member of the finn. His expectations in
life. As far As business matters we're con.
cerned, did not 20 beyond this house. 4
branch in Cincinnati had been for some
time under contemplation, and it was un
der,toud that he was 90 have an interest III
in, and ii was "a be under his charge. Iii,
disappointment and modification were
therefore, extreme. lie knew that the
cause assigned for his discharge was moi
the real one. for business had never beer
more active: and had he possessed doub,
on this subject. IL would have been remov.
ed by the fact, that few weeks after hC
left, another clerk was engaged.
This reaction upon the youug mans cr
r0r, although he was ignorant Of the fac
that it was sure rc.action, sobcred his feel
ings very much. We say ignorant Of II,
fact. still a Thought Of what he had done
would occasionally cross his mind and sli
: latent SUSPICION Of some connection be
tween the over.paid check, ard hi, loss o
favor il the eyes ufhis old EMPLOYERS. Tn,
/ effect Of This was 10 awaken feeling Of re
grct for having kept the money. which be
came. ut length. SO distinct an IMPRESSION
as to trouble him.
/ sTbe money ncyerd;Ime any rooL tbnt'
: ccrtaiar
/ This uow'elGemcnt, which hr muir
INJURED to himself one dav. when thinkinl
over the matter, marked the progress of hi
rcprutarcc.
. About YEA. after Wheeler bad left hi
old place. the merchant in whose employ
men, he was, said 10 him one day comm,
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