The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-09-27

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thousand dollars at the bank, he woul,
bring the amount t. his employer and l.
him do as he pleased with the money.
Let people look after their own mis-
takes" said Mr.. Carman.
james Lewis p"ndered these things i,
his heart. The Impression they mad.
was too strong ever to be forgotten. IT
may be right" he SAID 70 himself, but h.
did not feel altogether satisfied.
A month or two after the occurrence o
that oank mistake, us James c,n,nted oveI
his weekly wages, just received from Mr.
Carman, he discovered that he had beer
paid half Il dollar too much. The frs
impulse of his mind was to return the
half dollar to his employer, and it was O,
his lips to say, You have given me toe
much, SIR when the unfortunate words
Let people look after their own mis-
takes flashing upon his thoughts, mad,
BIN hesitate. IT, hold parIey with evi
is in most cases to be overcome.
Il must think about this" said James
as he put the money into his pocket. "ll
it is true in one case, it is true in another
Mr.. Carman don't correct mistakes that
people make in his favor, and he can,
complain when the rule works agains,
himself"
But the boy was very far from being
in a comfortable state. He felt that tl
keep that half dollar would be a dis
honest act. Still he could not make ur
his mind to return it !; at least not then.
James did not return the half dollar
but spent it for his own gratiication.-
After he had done this it came suddenly
into his head that Mr. Carman had onIy y
been trying him, and he was filled with
anxiety aud alarm.
Not long after that Mr.. Carman re-
peated the same mistake. James kept
the halfdollar with less hesitation.
- Let him correct his own Mistakes
said he, resolutely that's the doctrine
he acts "n with other people, and he can't
complain if he gets paid in the same coin
he puts in circulation. just wanted half
a dollar.
From this time the fine moral sense of
LC"l 10 was OIuubCu. IlC tbdu tHkeIl
AN evil counselor int" his heart. stmulat-
ed spirit Of covetousness-|atent in al
most every mind-which caused him to
desire the possession of things hey yond his
ability to obtain.
James had good business qualifications,
and $" pleased Mr.. Carman by his intel
ligence, industry and tact with customers.
til he advanced him rapidly, and gave
him before he was eighteen years Of age
the most reliable position in the st"re-
But James had lea ned something more
from his employer than how to do bus-
ness well. He had learned to be di>hon
est. He had never forgotten the first
lesson he received in this bad science; aud
he had acted upon it not only iE two in
stances. but in hundred, and almost
always to the injury of Mr.. Carman. He
had long since given up waiting tor mis-
takes to be made in his favor, but origin
at-d them in the varied and complicated
transactions Of large business. in which
he was trusted implicitly; for it had
never occurred to Mr.. Carman that his
failure to be just t" the letter might prove
snare t" this young man.
James grew sharp, cunn,rg end skilltul;
always on the alert, always bright, always
prompt t" meet any approaches toward
II discovery OF his wrong doing by bis
empl"yer, who held him in the hi ghes,
regard.
Thus it went on until James Lewis was
in his twentieth year, when the merchant
had his suspicious aroused by letter
that spoke OF the young man as not keep
ing the most respectable company, and as
spending money too free y for a clerk on
u moderate salary.
Before this time James had removed
his mother int" ii pleasant home, for which
he paid rent of four hundred dollars :
his salary was eight hundred dollars but
he deceived his mother by telling her that
he received fifteen hundred Every COM
fort that she needed Was fully supplied.
and she was beginning to feel that after a
long and painful struggle with the world,
her happier days had COME.
James was at his desk when the letter
was received by Mr.. Carn,an. He look
ed at his employer, and saw him change
countenance suddenly. He read it over
twice, and James saw that the contents
produced disturbance. Mr.. Carman gave
Il glance towards the desk, and their eve,
met; it was only for moment, but the
look that James received made his heart
stop beating.
There was something about the move.
ments OF Mr. Carman for the rest Of this
day that troubled the young man. 1t was
Plain to him that suspicion had been
aroused by that letter. Oh how bitter
did he repent, in dread Of discovery aud
punishment; the evil (which he had been
guilty! Exposure would disgrace and
ruin him; and bow the head Of els moth.
er, it might be, even to the grave.
!" You are not well this evening"" said
Mrs. Lewis, as she looked at her sons
changed face across the tea-table, and no.
tced that he did not eat.
"My head aches."
Perhaps the tea will make YOU feel
better"
"Pll lie down on the sofa in the parlor
for shor time"
Mrs. Lewis followed him into the par
lor in little while, and sitting down by
the Sofa on which he was lying, placed
her hand upon his head. All, it would
take more than the loving pressure of a
mothers hand to ease the pain from which
nc was suffering. The touch Of that pure
"and increased the pain to agony.
DO you feel better 2" asked Mrs
Lewis, after she had ram ainoa s....> -"