Connecticut western news., 1873-11-07
"-i Fs VOL. III.

noon she told her husband of the loss j; and then they both searched, and MT. Powers questioned his daughter-not with thought that she had deceived, but in hopes that some forgotten incident | might occur to her.. But Sarah dared not confess now. She lacked the cour- age; and she lacked the courage be- cause she was yet to realize how very small evils can grow to enormous con- sequences. ., t.
 MT. Powers returned to his store in a thoughtful mood. He knew. that his wife must have left the bank-nete un- der the lamp upon the shelf, and that it had been there on tho previous even- ing. She was not a woman liable to mistake in. memory of such matter. The only other person who had been in the sitting room from that time besides his daughter was Robert Veazie. Per haps Robert might have seen the note. On arriving at the store he called his clerk into the counting room.
 '7ss Robert, did you see anything of 8 twenty dollar bill on the mantel in my sitting-room, last evening ?"
 Il. No, sir."a4 r., ....E+ ....-
 "You saw nothing that looked like one?"
 The young man hesitated, and color ed. Then, with a forced smile,--- I "iPerhaps Sarah may have seen it. D F s.tNo,GI have asked her, and she knows nothing about it. r She saw noth- ing. of the kind. ," ,.... -:.s.,. ,-........-.. | certainly saw nothing, sir"
 MT. Powers was not at all satisfied with # his answer; but he would not press the I matter. then. He dismissed his clerk, and sat down.and reflected. And his reflections were not pleasant. .. That very evening MT. Powers called I upon MT. Se1Yidge, the tailor, to collect bill for cloth. The tailor was, fortu- nately, in funds, and he paid the bill. | With the money which he handed out was a twenty!dollar bill, of the Black- r stoase .N N0tSonGl "B0,ak, new and crisp. It was exactly such bill as MT. Pow CTS had given to his wife. 5S .f% He asked Selvidge where he got it.
 "Robert Yeazie paid it to me this forenoon" '"''''+ .. --'''t
 :" For what ?" "l '+t:.. '- @i
 :T*" For new coat.'' .,:,- r.F-t -..-s ls, MT. Powers went home, and showed the bill to his wife. She declared, in a moment, that it was the bill she had l lost. Where had he found it?
 l l, The merchant asked her could she be silent and discreet for time. And when she had assured him that she could, he told her howthe bill had come into his possession. .:' .:s ~>-'... -. e -, They, were both greatly shocked. They had not believed such thing pos isible.: If 7 Robert Veazie could be a thief, whom could they trust9 .ssyOnt the following day MT. Powers called Robert into the, counting-room again, and; bade him close the door be- hind him. There was that in his en- ployer's look and tone that made the youth stremble. r:9 --1tis sasz,- f.-- l ,s , Mir. Powers showed him the bank I note, and asked him where he got it. 7. .'Is that,the bill I gave to MT. Sel- l,s NIt is. s,' 2, .q .i -,.,5 b..
 z Robert did not answer readily. He | stopped to think. iAndowhen he did an swer his employers searching, suspic- 3iot1s gaze oppressed him. ,. .....,.- ta" MT. Powers, saw that bank-note l in the drawer with another just like it. I Happened to have twenty dollars of my own in small billsi in my pocket, and I made the exchange, taking the crisp, new bill, and putting in it's place my worn ones. Before the money was de- posted I'think you took the other one." .Tfs Robert, ]" said the merchant, stern- ly, 1T did take bank-uote exactly like this-the onlyone sawwith our money that day,-and I gave it ito my wife. She placed. it. beneath the large glass lamp upon the mantel-shelf in orlr sit ting-room: She did this just before sit ting down to tea, and forgot all about it until the following morning, and then it was gone. On that evening only you and Sarah were in the sitting-room. Sarah saw nothing it. Now what am lI to think '?'' e.... ssAre. you sure that Sarah knows nothing 2' asked Robert, eagerly and excitedly. ,y...aal 1es, < co ssShe,. declares positively that she knows nothing at all about it !'7I trust l you would not have me believe that my daughter ceuld-o
 sqf' No Ls,nol no P broke in Robert, q quickly .s,s..t Then n. he gasped and trem- "What more have you to say, Rob-
 Nothing, sir..1C E.
 ]" Nothing ?" -.-------
 # e. Nothing l',,. ,,.r .-..s s.~tr | You can leave me" .i"r..' ss And the young man went out, pale, bowed, and stricken. The merchant saw, and was sorry, It was grief to him deep and heartfelt. Later in the day he went out and told Robert he might go home. .r.'-"z
 q will send for you when I want you" naae'
 "Mr. Powers !-''
 "tWhat would you say, Robert p
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 . ",Then you may go. I will send for you when am able to see you again" I And Robert Veazie went out from the store; but he dared not go home then to his widowed mother. The fear that I came crushing1y upon him was of Sarah. Did she love him so little that she could 1 see him thus suffer and be silent? Was 1 it possible that But he dared not i think. He must wait until these first whelming emotions were passed. That evening MT. Powers and his wife talked the matter over; and after long and careful delberation it was de- cided that Robert Veazie should be de- nied the house, and, of course, that he must be discharged from the store. They would not publicly expose this his first known crime; but they could give him their confidence never again.
 And they must inform Sarah. That was the hardest part of all. They sent for her to come to them. They would have it'done at once. She came in, and sat down. l, ..a ..-. ~ ..''... .,
 My dear child" said her father, all tenderness and compassion, "we have a painful duty to perform. We must tell you of. Roberts entire unworthi- ness" .s.- --,.-.. .s -...-. '--s e. -. She, clasped her hands, and gasped for breadth What did her father mean ? | He told her the story, directly and