New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-19
"MY DARLING MARY"


(Mo.) paper, "has committed crime, ana
"rather than face his friends nc has icd-hea
I" from all-devoted friends, loving ana
"tendcr wife, and relations who once looked
"upon him as a promising youth OF sterlins
"iptesrity, whose future promised to be bright
"and p,osperous" This is pathetic and TO
mantle method Of stating that Mr.. CornweD,
as treasurer Of Home Building and Loan Com
any, has stolen $1,000 Of its funds. How
he came to do this is narrated by the af0re-
said newspaper in few words OF great eio-
ouence. "In an evil hour it is said, he
{" listened to the siren song OF sin, reyeled
" with the false gods Of dissipation, threw him.
" self into the embrace Of all the influences
"that tend to lead young man to disgrace;
"apd finally he fees from the wrath to come,
"and seeks home beneath foreign skies-a
" stranger in strange land !" 1t must DO ad-
mittod that this is pretty way OF putting 1t:
"Siren song of sin" is good. "False gods OF
dissipation is neat and classical. " A stranger
Gin strange land' would, it seems to us, be
better if accompanied by warning to the
honseholders Of tho "strange land' not to
make too welcome the fugitive treasurer OF
company, OF at any rate to lock up the spoons.
The proper thing for Mr.. COrnwel to do
after getting beyond the reach OF the st. 10
seph constables was to write an affecting let
ter. This no did; and very consoling
it must no to tho members OF the
Home Building and Loan Company to learn
that Sir. Cornwell does not propose to Kill
himself. but does propose at an early day 10
"pay up" Some people of the softer sort may
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runaway that in this letter he not only ex-
presses remorse in the finest of language, but
also remembers sadly his "pOor, darling wife,"
Good bless her, she's an angel" observes MI
Cornwel Then waxing pathetic, he entreats his
correspondent: "Pease see my darling Mary,
"and ask her TO forgive her eIring Harry.
cit has broken my heart to leave her.
eff shs wants divorce, please get it
"for her YOURSELF Could any crring gentleman
he more affectiOnate and accommodating under
such circumstances 1t really seems rough to
say anything about the money ($7,O0O) to such
a heart broken and amiable runaway. he has
crooked ideas it is true, of meam and tuum,
but his sentiments are Of frst-I1lte description
and do him o great deal OF honor. lie is SO
sweetly sorry! lie loves his Mary so dearly
His darling Mary 1t is very well for Mr..
Cornwell 10 gush in this way; we are
perfectly willing to admit that no doesn't feel
exactly comfortable, but then it must be re-
membered that no ought not to. Why didn't
he think of his darling Mary" when he WAS
listening to "the siren song OF sim" when he
was "reyeling with tho false gods OF dssipa-
"tionsn 1t doesn't make the matter bit the
better to talk about "sirens" and goods" A
drunkayd isn't the less drunken considered as
a bacchaual, and Sin il Sin, though she
sings sweetly clear to the upper G. This
choice language may humbug the world. but
weakness is weakness, and seltishness is selfish.
ness, and scnsuality is sensuality, and the Com
pai,y's money does Mt belong to tho Company's
treasurer all the same. A thief Is often melan-
choly-when he is caught. Ii were better that
he should be in tho dOleful dumps before fitch
ing that is, if they would keep his palm from
itching. If there be any "prOmising youth
reading this, any one Of STERLING integrity"
who il intrusted with dollars not his own.
aud who has also wife Of whom
he is fond, it will be wisest and
most comfortable for him and pleasantest Cor
her, il the dOmesticitles prove strong enough
to keep him out Of scrapes. Remorse is some
times Gminently proper repentance is good
thing in its way and the anguish of Mr.. Corn
well is natural and creditable; but the human
being trying to do nothing to be sorry for, and
who will run no risk of wOunding those who
love him, is a much more creditablo character
than he who sins easily and howls heavily
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