Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-07-16

sYou re very much mistaken, was the
prompt reply, Il intend no such thing NJ
errors corrected out of bank. This is the
Erule: and it's as good on one side as an.
other. The banks made the rule and lei
them abide by it. Didn't this very telle,
make a mistake Of fifty dollars last winter
and refuse to correct ite know a good
MANY instances of the same kind. Now
I'll turn the tables on him, and he'll under.
stand how he feels.
sYou're wrong, depend upon it, you're
wrongs" answered Watson. The teller
refdasd to correct the mista khtecanse he
did not knoWsit TO Be such. But you know
that you have received $500 not your
due. and that the loss will fall upon the in
Idividual who committed the error"
@You need not talk to me, Watson, /
know what L am about. 1 just wanted
five hundred dollars, and the money has
come in the nick of time.'' 7e ss a
| Wheeler was in earnest, as his conduct
proved. He kept the money notwithstand.
ing several persons, who came to know the
fact, urged him to do what was right
But it proved Of no benefit to him, for he
lost it all, and three hundred dollars besides,
in an adventure made in one of his en-
ployer's ships, before the year was out.
About this time the firm in whose SER
vice he was, discovered that system of
speculation had been going on in their es-
tablishment, but were unable TO trace wrong
to any particular clerk among the large
number in their employ. Whole pieces of
fine and costly goods disappeared mysteri
ously, and on various occasions the cash
proved to be unaccountably short. Under
these circumstances council of the firm
was called, and the matter taken up seri
ously.
Il am afraid" said one during the inter-
view "that the young man in whom we have
reposed so much confidence, is not innocent
in the matter" .5~
sYou don't mean Wheeler2' inquired a
second member of the firm, with marked
surprise. -
IL do" was answered. e..
impossible" -.E ~, So
$50 I would have said yesterday. But
heard something this morning that has al
together changed my opinion Of him."
"What is it!'' .--ss- -=....
"You remember the adventure upon
which he lost SO heavily?"
1Yes."
sWhere do you think a large part of the
money which he bought the goods sent out,
came from? %
sHe saved it from his salary, presume. !"
: 81 believed the same. But now I learn
that on one of the checks we gave him for
a quarters salary, the teller over-paid him
five hundred dollars.'' F.-.7.......
'sAnd he KEEP, il9'' .......s..
s.Yes.'' -.
Then he is not honest ..-....,
'Of course he is not. The act is Just as
dishonest as stealing.
But are you certain of this? -.
John Philips told me so this morning
Philips was a clerk in the establishment,
and the real delinquent in the matter un-
der investigation. He had become appri.
sed of the act of Wheeler, and rightly
Judged that to give hint to his employers,
would be to turn their attention from him
and fix his guilt upon another, if his spec
ulalions were made the subject Of the in
vestigation as he had every reason to be-
lieve was about to be the case.
sCan we believe hIm?'
He SAYS Andrew Watson knows it to
be the case
Watson being questioned fully confirmed
the fact. Other evidence was added, es-
tablishing the matter without doubt
1T won't do to retain him in our employ
ment.' said one of the firm.
mo. But who would have dreamed of
suspecting him9 1t is we'll we have not
yet carried out our intention of establish
ing house in Cincinnati. With him at
the head Of it, as was designed. We might
have sustained heavy loss"
Not the slightest evidence appeared a.
gainst Wheeler. Still there was the fact
Of his dishonesty in the matter of the check
before the eyes Of his employers, who were
suffering loss from some one about their
establishment. Their determination, after
long debating the matter and viewing it on
every side, was TO inform him that they had
no longer need of him. Nothing could
have astounded the young man more than
ILLS duuUuuC6tllGut Wu6u IL was Hluu0.-
His inquiry into the cause of his dismissal
was not answered truly. Something about
the necessity of reducing expenses was al
legged and that was about all the satisfaction
he received.
Being most excellent salesman and in
every way competent of taking charge
of business, Wheeler received the offel
of situation at thousand dollars year,
as soon as it was known that he had lef
his old place. This offer he accepted, al
though the salary was two hundred dollars
less than the one he had been receiving.
In the house from which he was dis.
missed, Wheeler had been employed fol
ten years. He entered it as lad of fif
teen, and had always acted so as to secure
the confidence and respect of every men,
Der of the firm. His expectations in life
as far us business matters were concerned
did not go beyond this house. A branch
in Cincinnati had been for some time nm.
der contemplation, and il was understood
that he was to have an interest in it, and j
was to be under his charge. His disap
pointment and modification were, there
fore, extreme. He knew that the caus
assigned for his discharge was not the reo
one, for business had never been more &C
tive; and had he possessed doubt on thi