The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-04

nnmtle veoi e.. b,l 70 his Cod
with the wrelca thai | bad dc IDOL
but n ;ew moments ago to make my
S II, by the u sappropriatl,ii q my
employers money, and si'4l haunted
however, by the relief it could 90
tain Tor me-, would not quite give
way to The feeling Of repentance
viii h was knocking for admission
at my bro st. Ihad huff decided
to tn away Nt' rayiye these pe't,f
Thoughts IRON im,elNnind, when J. Cd,
served som thing moving IN a SINAI,
CRIB that was placed at the side ana
toward the foot of their bed. Its
occupant, n grondchild, whose pa
rents, they had informed me, were
dead, awakened probably by It's
crandfather's voice, rose up, looked
around, and settled down upon its
knees, and clasping its little hands
as its grandiathers we're clasped'
and looking upward out through
the window ut tho moon, whose
bright light fell upon its darling:
face, began moving its lips as II
trying to repeat the words. No
thing 50 Ike an angel even met my
sight. The grandfather began the
Lords Prayer. He repeated word
for word, his tiay, silvery voice.
sounding in sweet accord. l could
not turn away, nor any longer re,
81 the better emotion which L had
hitherto kept down. A rush OF re
pentant feeling passed. through me
with IN effect that shook every hDrc
| fell upon my knees, and with
tears streaming from my eyes, JOIN
ed in the concluding words oil the
prayer.
| need not say / changed my
mind with regard TO the money. l
passed Il quiet night and rose carly
fastened away toward my journeys
end, so as to give myself the least
possible time or opportunity for
changing my now-iormed resolA-
ton. In handing the package to
the agent, | said to him, mat rs
there vas money in it, 1t might as
well be opened m my presence to
see that all was correcl, &c. He OF
course discovered the error, and
handed me back the amount that
was over, with which returned
home and delivered it up TO the
proper owner in due time.
It was fortunate for me in every
way that I pursued the course l had
adopted. 1t appeared that the
money had been obtained from the
bank after bank hours, in the ab-
sence of the teller, from one OF the
officers. There was no loose money
on hand of the larger denomina-
tions, but there were sheets of..thou-
sands and five hundreds signed by
the President and Cashier. Either
two sheets were picked up in mistake
for one, or the wrong batch o!sheets
were selected from, that il, thou
sands were taken instead OF live
hundreds. The notes were hurried.
ly clipped, strapped, and endorsed
"$5 900" without recountlng, and
so enveloptd and handed over tic
me. The bank bad discovered the
error, and no doubt was entertain
ed but that the missing money was
with me. Whether l should have
had the face to withstand the impu-
%tation, even with the apparently
undisturbed condition OF the envel-
ope in my favor, is more than L can
say, but | doubt it.
But the notes, in pursuance OF a
precaution, still in use in some
banks, were payable to the order oil
one of the clerks, and had not boen
endorsed by him. I could not,
therefore, have used them, or If so,
they conld have been traced back to
me. I found, also, that the mum
bers had been carefully ascertained
of all I had taken with me, and
thus another chance of detection
existed. What an escape!
Upon returning and entering the
couuting-room l handed the sur
plus back to my senior; with fee'inq
somewhat of pride, but mixef with
other feelings not easily described,
Ny precaution of having til
money opened by the agent in my
presence was Sighly commended.
and the possibility of his misappro,
priating the undue amouut-as very
it'll, personal knowledge of him
was possessed by the tirm-was
duly discussed. What was said on
tbs point brought bushes to M
cheeks.
In course OF time my senior ac'
countant was taken into the firm
/ Was put in his position, and hs
salary. l SAVED money, finally goi
into business on my own account
and am row, as you know, rich. !
never forgot my farmer host and
his grandchild; but at the death o.
the farmer Look charge of The boy
He is now my partner and the hus,
band Of my daughter.
Drunk.