The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-09
from the 81. Louis Democrat.
ASimDIe StoFV

I TIE simple story Of John Hefsrnar
teaches Us that honesty and patience
are sure to be rewarded. un,,re eo-eibiv
than that great moral lessen eould hs
impressed on our minds by = didaeti-
cal discourse.
John Hefiernan was poor Gov
when he entered the establishment n;
Goldstieks & Money bagS: but he
brought with him eertIfieate frnm
his Sunday school teacher, say sng that
he was an honest lad, who could ieart,
more verses and forget theIa quicker
than any other boy in the class. His
employers were obliged 10 test his
honesty in various ways, Gut he stOcd
the test nobly.
When Mr.. Money bags saw him p!ei
up pin from the floor he WAS sweep
ing, lie thought that Johu might be
guilty OF taking things, aud dropped
5 ten cent shinplaster in the same
place; but John honestly swept il out
without noticing it, and brushed il in
to a corner, where he could pick II up
at his leisure. Then Mr.. Money! %
oyerPaid him his weekly stipend BY
the amount OF one dollar, aud waited
to see what the boy would Do. At the
dead hour Of night the Moneybaes
household was aroused by the furious
ringing Of the bell. The old gentle
man put on his dressing gown and de-
scended to the door, where he found
John Heffernan, with tear ia his eye e
and 8 dollar bill in his right baud.
John declared that he could not rest
in his virtuous couch, after discover
ing the mistake, until il was rectified.
why didn't you keep it," asked
Mr.. Moneyuags. 81 would not have
known that had overpaid you- y
..Keep 1t go sxelajaard John. "I4it-
tie do you know Of the preeepts that
were instilled into my youthful breast
by my sainted grandmother. But /
confess the temptation was strong
one. l was saving money to buy a
Bible for my widowed mother, and had
accumulated fifteen cents. With this
dollar could have completed the pur.
chase, and l admit l looked at it with
longing eyes. But honesty triumphed
over temptation, aud virtue IS it own
reward" ("
Keep the dollar for your honesty"
said the benevolent old gentleman.
buy your Bible, and be happy.
would. ask you to marry my daughter,
and would take you into partnership
in the usual way; bat It happens tina I
my daughters are all sous, and you
must excuse me for the present."
John went home, his heart swelling
with the consciousness of having done
his duty and made dollar clear
The next day he invested that dollar
in chukaluck outfit of the bsnighted
young heather in the next alley.
Young Heffernan was then prOmot-
ed to desk, and five dollar bill was
once placed tsmplirgly t. within his
Ieaci-; but John Was secure in his
honesty, and wash { certain the bill a
good Gre. Then he was put in charge
Of the bank deposits aud his character
for honesty was established.
One day, when he was going 10 the
bank, he looked at ths note as ususl
and discovered that lie was the bearer
of S., 900 in currency. He then knew
that the time lad come for honesty
and patience to be rewarded, and he
stuffed the bills into his pockets, and
took the first train for the west. He
Is now one of the most prominent res
idents of the Pacific slope, where he
has already bought a country seat on
the coast, and expects to buy q seat in
the Senate. But he still preserves the
outfit that gave him his
start in life, and points with pride to
the bank ticket, which proves TO his
children that virtue has its own re-