The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-11

became serious aolnJ OIL lrE3 r5ivfl
Something went wrong with him
about eight years ago., said Mr. Kills.
/ never got down 10 the exact truth;
but this / do KNOXVILLE firm 10 which
he was employed, as cash-keeper,
turned him adrift." adqmD.1t ,ln|
oi'Ig that sol" Mr.. Lyon seemed
TFEThat Is so, 10 my knowledge, "'rre re,
piled Mr.. Ellis. lHb 19242gc 'A3tIlh
What was charged against him.,
Cash short, IL / remember, and
not accounted for. The fact Is, he
didn't keep the best company, and
was Inclined TO be fast. He may
have gambled a little, and so got him
self involved / don't know about it
but that is the natural order, when "a
young man begins TO step aside" zy ii
80 8 ] am panied TO hear all this, said
Mr.. Lyon with a troubled air. :,
- am panied to speak Of 3it,J but
you asked me about him, aud what
else could / say. /, would notlinjure,
him for the worldTwouldn' put
straw in his way. Bot facts are facts,
! and speak for themselves" ae1odo itl
| Now, Mr.. Ellis distinctly remem-
befed that at the time Byram's good
name went under cloud, many per-
sons Expressed doubt of his defec-
| ton in anything toward his employer;
and it also came to his remembrance,
that about year .afterward this emT
j lplcyer suffered severely from the abb,
! stvactfons Of a clerk who had grown
M in the establishment, and been i'm
| biicitly trusted. But, though il was
4 on his tongue to speak Of this also, to
DIR. Lyon, 2 feeling of dislike toward
Byrani Kept him silent.
The two men parted Mr.. Ellis
did not feel altogether comfortable.
4 Was it just, or merciful; 10 speak of
Byfam as he had Hddne9 Might not
the effect of what be had said be an
/ ,iFTeparable wTongl Such. .qpestions
1 troubled him, and he could not put
4 them aside. He would have felt more
4 Uncomfortable il he had 'knowuitha
for, the past year Mr.. Byram had been
inlthe employment of Mr., Lyon. M
/ ''I had rather hear the loss of a
sbiplp said Mr.. Lyon TO himself, as
= he walked on.n9iI w0uldhave trusted
Byfam with amounted gold. Alb me !
If man trips once, who can. have
faith in him?" After, a pause, he adj
ded, II wonder what takes him into
7 this neighbOrhood2 I've met him
just about here three or four times in
!. the last few weeks. 20, AMID Ysevs'
~ q SUSPICION was already beginning to
creep into his mind. An incident, to
which he had not before given a sec
ond thought, now had questionable
Il must get down to the bottom Of
this, he said, certain hardness Of
. feeling toward his clerk gaining q
1odgment7m his mind. 'tThere is too
much ut stake" a. 4traa 4laiai4 S.
Now Mr., Lyon was rather hasty
man and inclined to take things for
i granted beyond the simple records of
!, facts. Ten minutes after llereached
his store, Byram came in, yAlioy egal
H1"Too late, sirrTtoo lateT' he, said TO
the clerk, speaking with even more
hardness of tone than he had de-
signed. faHR Hdbiaui ni Iin1 t 81
r" Only a few minutes later than
, usual, Mr.. Lyon" replied, the clerk
"A l.'fOne minute, or forty-7l said it
7 was, too late,' Mr.. Lyon spoke in a
testy voice, and turned from Byrain
THE clerk was nhurt by his employ
er's rude. manner, and went to his
"A desk with a troubled air. Three
months before, he had been advanced
to a high, responsible position, with
) an increase of salary. dsnelodi O. ~
80" What does this mean? I he asked
himself. I" What has come over Mr.
; ,Lyon2" t'''. +" ' .'
There was GOODNESS, eonstraint and
eyideEt suspicion toward his clerk, on
the part Of q Mr. Lyon all that day.
o Byram was not only troubled, but an
nOyed at this. Annoyance became
irritation Such being the state ol
: mind between employer and clerk, il
! only needed some slight cause to pro-
/ duce a rupture, The cause was, not
! far of. Sharp words, under slight
' PROPAGATION, passed from lip to lip,
i and the result was separation s-'i4
! HnOhly twenty dollars Of the YOUNG
man salary remained in Mr., Lyons
= hahd He took this, and went away
With heavy heart, and a feeling Of
3. discouragement3e ng ,tgi1 suia93H
5 What q reliefl'' said Mr.. Lyon te
: himself as the clerk retired u
. should not have had moments peace
: If he had remained. I'm Sorry fol
4 him, but can't help it. when a mar
d trips once, all4faithin him islgoned6
ell Zone day two OF, three weeks after
ward, Mr.. Ellis said to his wife:
% issWhat has become of Mrs. Estelli
; / have not seen her at the window fol-
9 some time. isia iniod 1-9W 81 h1iAu
: ia"Oh i forgot to tell you about her, ,
Y answered Mrs. Ellis, shade of pity
2 coming over her face, 'she left Mrs
i Kingsley on last Tuesday. She was
$ you know only boarder there" 10
.n why did she ,leave2" .r..trO va.
n"Her means suddenly gave out; or
became so much reduced that she