Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-28

| lock his sa.s. What mast be nov dot
Must be open the door and Just take
Iook at all the money wi int Many q
ROY would say: oh, il is no harm "
take look, il don't take any thiagf
Bet what does WiIkind say3 j will
tell YOU. He says: 81 viii not even,
open the door Of the safe. win not 80
IN the way Of temptation pray TO
God every day 70 lead me not into
tenn ptation; how wDald be- forgive me i
I we're to lead myself into itT Sayfns
these things 70 himself, be quickly
praaaed the door on tbs safe, locked 1t,
and placed the Key under the mat He
went hons thanking. God that be had
kent aim from the sin Of stealing. The
next no.asng he opssed the Office, tock
the key. and handed Il to the employer.
| Not q word was said, not a,question AK
ed ne aonsy.safa- was eaEefuIIy ex.
amined. The gold and silver pieces aud
and the bank -notes, we're carefully
counted 1nd It vas found ti4t all, ska.
untouch@fs
Two years wers spent b Wilkind in
the rope factory. His employer tried
many waysto tess bis honesty faithful
ness, and purity Of character. But VII
kind remained pure and angisldisg 20
the last. s
The work was hard, and be felt die
posed a. change hi& place Of business
ACKNOWLEDGMENT in O Jewelry store. The
| offer VISA good ono and he accepted y.
HE preEi0Rs temptations prepared him
| 70 sndufe strong trials here. He was
an excellHnt judge Of precious stones.
Noone ever took etone or jewel Of
9ny kznAsEe the store that he could not
tsItalmoaE instantly whether h was good
Or not. @- - d7 .
| Z One day stranger came Eaand open
cd a IifGin box. He took ous a stone ia
the shape of a heart. ii was very beau
dful. lie asked the iexslse What he
would give him for Ia, The ieweler ex.
amined u and ssid: !. Five Dollars"
VI cart take that z wae lhs replyfYI,
lhink il fH a. diamond, add II il Is, lila
worth ten thousan dollars, However,
/ will rxa the riak aud take one thous
sand DELAYS for IL -
aCant give Il, sir. II looks like an
| ordinary crystal heart, and 1 mnas not
run ang riaks We rs sometimes de-
cei n bsiving stones." 80 z,f,rO
WiIdnd heard thswhole conversatiou,
and bore IN mind the offer Of the ssran. :
ger ID spli bis jewel Tor a4housand dol
lars. The ieweIef said: W. 2
3 "Coma here, Wiikind. Iwanl you 10
Cell this aifangsF what his jewel is worth
| 10 IA. ~
l. WiIkind looked &c Il q moment, and
knew ID was q real diamond. lie did
not want 10 injure Ills employer, aud yea
he mus tell tho truth He declined at
s6rst to PSye On answer. But his employ
sr insisted. Finally he made the follow
ling reply:
1This 10 O pure diamond. Even the
Queen has no, better one. The,sgsp-.
ger says he will take ono thousand dol
lara IL 10 worth twenty times that
much"
The ieweler seemed TO feel dreadful
TO think that Wilkind should give such
an answer The stranger would not sell
his diamond then nc any price which the
jeweler could give, and he at once left
the store with bis jewel in bis pocket
Wilkind felt badly when he saw what an
opportunity his employer had lost but
DO coald mot help its he must telTthei
| truth. a aalaH aXky
The three years wers gone, and vii.
kind turned his ateps homeward. lie
was received with great honor AS soon
aa his father and mother sew him they
said, fesfi 90 gfaH sEswaihna
+" You have stood the test. We have
carefully learned all about you. We
have laid our plans 10 see that you con-
tinue honest and upright, and in every
-caae w. have found that yon Remembered
| the Instructions which you received al
home We know that you worked in the
rope factory, and IL was we who request
cd the proprietor 10 leave bis key IN biz
/ mopey-safe We learned about you
when you went into the jewelers. store
We secured the offer for you to 20 there,
and the jeweler watched you carefully
for our sake. Welcome home again
In the midst Of your severest trials you
have had our prayers. Also the Savior
has haan praying for you that yoa might
be delivered safely out OF your tempta-
tons Here 10 little proof Of our love.
You shall be our heir when we are gone.
You are worthy of your long line of an
| ceatorsi"
As they said these words they handed
him a little box. He opened s.it-Ana
found within the same crystal heart
AlneHCShicb he woald not tell false
hood.