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

Eyes, SIR
ANYTHING wr"ng?"
IL find two rrrors.'
All lr, me >er.'
TIE lad hanIcd his employer a long
dill that had been placed on his desk for
examination.
Here is an error in the calculation ol
ten dollars, which they have made against
themselves; and another error of ten dol
lars in the f"tng."
Also against themselves 7"
eyes. sir"
The merchant smiled in way tina,
struck the lad as peculiar.
"Twrnty dollars against themselves
he remarked. in kind Of pleasant sur
prise "Trusty clerks they must have ?
Shall correct the figures 2 asked the
lad.
No; let them correct their own mis-
takes. We don't examine bills for other
peoples benefit" replied the merchant.
1T will be time enough t" rectify these
errors when they find them out. All 5"
much gain as it now stands
The boys delicate moral sense was
shocked ut SO unexpected remark. lie
was the son Of poor widow. who had
given him to understand that to be just
was the duty Of all men.
Mr.. Carman, the merchant, in whose
employment he had been for only few
months, was an old friend of his fathers,
and person in whom his mother reposed
the highest ntiIencc. In fact, James
had always looked upon him as a kind "f
model man; aud when Mr.. Carman agreed
t. take him into his store, he felt that
great good fortune WAS in the way.
"Lct them correct their own mistakes y
The words made n strong impression "n
the mind Of James Lewis. When first
spoken by Mr.. Carman. and with the
meaning then involved. he felt, as We have
said. shocked; but as he turned them
over and over again in his thoughts. and
connected their ntterance with II person
who stood So high in his m"ther's estima
tion, he began t" think that perhaps the
thing was fair enough in business. Mr..
Carman was hardly the man ,a do wrong.
In a few days after james examined
the bill, a clerk from the house by which
it had been rendered called for settle
ment. The lad, who was present, waited
with interest to sec whether Mr.. Carman
would speak of the error. But he made
no remark. A check for the amount Of
the bill as rendered was filled up, and a
receipt taken.
is that right :" James asked himself
this question. His moral sense said No
but the fact that Mr.. Carman had so act
ed bewldered his mind.
1t may be the way in busines $50
he thought to himself" but it don't
look honest. | wouldn't have believed i,
of him."
Mr.. Carman had kind of a way with
him that won upon the boys heart, and
naturally tended t" make him Judge what.
ever he might d" in favorable manner
81 wish he had corrected that error, y
he said to himself great many times
when thinking. in pleased way, of Mr..
Carman, and his own good fortune in
having been received into his employ
ment. at don't look right, but may be
it's the way of business
One day he went t" the bank and drew
the money for a check. In counting it
over h- found that the teller had paid
him fifty dollars toe nnrh. 81 he went
back I" the c"unter and told him of the
mistake. The teller thanked him, aud he
returned 7" the store with the conscious
ness IN his mind Of having done right.
The teller "verpaid me fifty dollars. y
he said to Mr.. Carman, as he handed him
the money.
Indeed" replied the latter, a light
breaking over his conntenance; and he
hastily counted the bank bills.
The light faded as the last bill left his
fingers.
"There's no mistake. James" A tone
Of disappointment was in his voice.
"Oh! gave back the fifty dollars
Wasn't that right I"
"Ym simpleton!" exclaimed Mr.. Car
man, "don't you know that hank mistakes
are never corrected! II the teller had
paid you fifty dollars short, he would not
have made it right"
The warm blood stained the cheeks q
James under this reproof 1t is often tn
case that more shame is felt for blunde
than = Crina II th;. ;re<ano> tho lof