The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-08-19
Gbe Gimes, Mem Bloon1felo, 1pa.

the whole situation was one of extreme
discomfort to him, he one day express
ed his wish to Mr.. Redding to leave,
although his agreement did not really
terminate for two years longer. Mr.. Red
ding would not hear of this; ; but of course
he could not force Mr. Phillips to stay if he
would rot. However to avoid losing him
and being deprived of his services he Of
fered him from the next month an increase
of fifty per cent. on his salary, if Phillips
would give up his old contract, and bind
himself to remain five years longer. That
gave the matter new turn, and Phillips
full of thanks went on and now worked
with redoubted ardor for the discovery of
the thief. He even gave up the association
of his family circle and did as Mr.. Red
dings had done for long time previously,
slept in the warehouse. But when week
had passed, and during that time the rob-
berries had still been going on, despair came
over him as it did before over Mr.. Red
ding. He gave up all hope of being able to
discover the thief and openly spoke of the
regret he felt at having signed the new
agreement.
So Mr.. Redding came back to his former
plan of dismissing all his clerks and enga-
ging new ones in their places, and he was
on the point of carrying this out when his
fellow-partner, who had been in the South,
returned. Being informed how matters
stood, and not agreeing as to the step pro-
posed by Mr.. Redding, he took the bust
ness into his own hands, holding each in
dividual clerk responsible for the goods
which were specially under his control.
This worked we'll for few days, but soon
the goods began to disappear again, first
from this then from that one, and he had
to report losses. At this now the clerks
protested and the partner felt himself as
helpless as Mr.. Redding and Mr.. Phillips
had been before him. 1t was now quite
apparent that if there was any suspicion
allowed to rest upon one of the clerks as
being guilty of the robberies, it must also
be extended to all who were deficient with
their goods in the department So now
they returned once more to the idea of
making general change. The partner
gave his consent and ten clerks were forth
with dismissed and ten others appointed.
In the mean time was requested not to
relax my exertions. The firm paid me
most generously for my past services, chiefly
at the instigation of Mr. Philips, who laid
much stress upon the fact that although
all efforts to get hold of the thief had thus
far been Of no avail, they had to thank me
in that Mr.. Redding and himself had not
long since given the matter up in despair.
After so many fruitless efforts, l now
became most anxious to effect something
decisive, for l did not feel despondent
about the affair. For although had been
in error all through, it did not indicate
that should not succeed, although it
piqued me to think that /, who had gener-
ally been successfully in my exertions, had
not been able to find a solution to the
present case. Nevertheless j had already
experienced many cases where the discov-
cry was delayed even longer than in the
present and was made at last-shall say
by accident.
However, three weeks after the events
thus far recorded, the light began to
dawn. Concluded next week.
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