The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-21
THE DAILY DISPATCH.



GEORGE HA1M0N=
Yes. soliloquized Georxe H.,m,., 81
nave m0sey: hhe will nor allow NJ h;ghs.
salary will make him suffer for i,.r VS.
George was clerk in the store of Mr.. Hal.
George and his employer, relative "a -
crease in his salary, and had resulted Is !. r.fa-
sal to enlarge his compensation.
1T was hard times Mr.. Hale remarked, and
he really could not afford IT,,
Georges salary had always been sufficient
to meet bis demands, but he was to be married
soon. and he needed funds to defray his we'd
ding expenses.
George, we regret TO say, was somewhat
addicted TO the wine cup, and was under its in
nuence when he made the above threat. He
was not fairly intoxicated, but was rather
ieverish and excited. A companion entered.
Why, GeoFge, said he, what is the matteY2
You look desperate-what is 10 paw
WITH - ''.e " pay
Come, come, you must look on the bright
side ofthe picture.'
NO moralizing, Joel must have money!
.lnyenta patent pill, or rotary churn.
'Pshaw! don't tantalize me-
Has Mr.. Hale reduced your salaryl'
'No-don't talk to me now!
George now tried to think of plan whereby
10 obtain the requisite funds, and be lay awake
the greater part OF that night, in contriving a
scheme to defraud his employer.
As he went TO the store next morning he
called at the post Office to get his employers
letters and papers, as was his custom. One
letter was heavily and carefully enveloped, and
George knew il contained money.
Aha " he said to himself. here is what l
want
Turning off into an obscure street, he opens
ed the package. 1t contained one thousand
dollars, which George transferred to his pock.
ct book.
A letter from his father, which he had moi,
before observed, was now read. 1t was full OF
solicitude for his welfare. 1t warned him to
shun all vice, and to walk in the paths of vir.
tue and piety. 1t said-'Every morning at
eight o'clock, we assemble round the family
altar, and always remember you, my dear
son =
just then he heard clock strike eight
A strange feeling passed over him. The
struggle commenced between conscience and
vice, and we are sorry TO say that the latter
prevailed.
Did the money from Baltimore come this
morning = inquired Mr.. Hale, as George en-
tered the store.
NO, sir was the reply.
W uCdIs "Ddt Suutl 90 1T was promised
to-day, at the latest, and wanted that thous
sand 10 pay note.'
4 have friend,' said George, from whom l
can borrow five hundred dollars for you, if you
wish it,
Do SO, if you please, said Mr.. Hale.
The next day came, but five hundred DOL
lars were still wanted, and could not be OBJ
iained. The note was protested. Creditors
became alarmed.
Il suspected it, said one.
'And just laid in a new stock, too,' said
another.
The first step down hill had been taken, and
it was with difficulty that MIR. Hale regained
his former position.
Mr. Hale wrote to the Baltimore post.mas-
ter, and the next day brought him his letters,
one from the person from whom he had expect
ed the remittance, and one from the post mas
ter. From these he learned that the letter bad
been mailed few days previous. Mr.. Hale
went to the postmaster in his own city, and laid
the matter before him.
There is some foul play here,' said he.
Let me look at the mail-bills,' said the
official.
He found, on reference, that the letter had
reached his Office, but none of the clerks knew
what had become of it. The impression was
that it had been placed in the wrong box. The
news spread through the city, and many re-
marks not very fattering to the postmaster
were occasioned.
During these scenes of anxiety, George was
married, and made bridal tour to the Falls
The first emotions Of fancied bliss destroyed
the bitter remembrance of his wicked deed,
but conscience only inv gorated herself by this
silence and suspension, and now tortured bin
the more as he was returning to the city.
gloom came over his spirits, and his pleasure
was turned into pain.
When within fifty miles of home, while stop
ping at L--, he enclosed two hundred and
fifty dollars more of the stolea funds in let
ter, and directed it, in disguised hand, 70 Mr..
Hale. This letter he handed to boy, and
gave him dollar TO carry it to q post office
about eight miles distant.
The next day George returned 10 the store,
and found that MIR. Hale had received two hum
dred and fifty dollars of the stolen money.
sWly.' said the astonished merchant, it's
from c., too, and not word OF explanation.
wish knew that wiring
The intelligence soon spread through the
city. and it was now fully believed that through
carelessness il had been put into another per
sons letter box.
A plan for detection was formed. and they
determined to closely watch oil letters, and, II
DnSSlDiG.
Ter arrived, the direction of which very much
resembled the one addressed to MIR. Hale. A
warrant was issued, and the writer arrested
and brought 10 the city. They also brought
with them boy, who stated that gentleman
had given him dollar TO take letter TO the
c. post Office, and that the letter was ad
dressed TO Mr.. Hale. He had given the police
a full description of his person, &c., and they
were going to make search for him..
George heard of these facts, and hastened
home. telling his wife that be must hy. She
urged an explanation, but after hurried en-
brace, he left her and aed-no one knew whi-
ther.
Ii was fifteen years after the sudden and yet
un.rnIaioed separation, that Mrs. Harmon res
moved 10 the far West to live with her uncle.
Hsre she became acquainted with Mr. Day.
He y as q man OF about IS or 40 years. and II
WAS arrange that one who had such an appa-
renl distasie for society, should linger in her
oresence a. he did. He was much respected,
and Mrs. Harmon, WIN believed her former
husband dead. recipfocaied his feelings. She
yielded her hand 10 SE Day, and finally be-
came his wife.