Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10

said, Children outgrow them
! But they grew with Harry's growth,
and strengthened with his strength.
| Had the first small sins been punished,
had serious talk and reproof been ad-
ministered, all might have been well /;
but the unhapy child, while his person
was daintily cared for, and his comfort
so fondly considered, he was morally as
entirely left to himself as any little
street beggar.
TO be sure, Mrs, Rose taught him to
pray but she never explained to him
what that mighty bending of tho knee
meant. TO Harry, it was a mere repe-
titon Of words.
She went to church, and would have
been shocked had any one suggested
that she did not know the Ten Com
mandments; but she never taught her
boy that Thou shall not steal was a
divine command, either theoretically or
practically!
She never did. And so Harry Rose
grew up a handsome boy, educated and
accomplished, but with no knowledge
of his own falling. The family verdict
was that Harry was perfect, and he
agreed in it fully and with this opin-
ion went with the highest recommeuda-
tions into the counting house of "a
W.
Harry's father was not rich man,
and Harry's salary was sufficient to
supply his wardrobe and furnish him
with amy proper recreation. But the
boy had tastes which were expensive,
and disposition to dissipation. Always
sly, he did these things away from his
parents, but he could not manage with
ont money. He had stolen from his
parents at home; now, in a position of
confidence, he was enabled to rob his
employers. He began with shillings
and ended with a hundred dollars.
There, detection overlook him. The
firm kindly forgave the boy, because of
his yonth and his parents grief. Mr..
Rose paid .he money back, and Harry
pretended penitence; and even now, he
was not reasoned with as a great
sinner, but as one who had been very
foolish.
SO young yet said Mrs, Rose to her
husband. He really must have forgot.
ten he had no right to it, and then he
meant to put it back
And soon Herry was in another situa-
tion. The story of his crime had not been
made public, and again he was trusted
and now he seemed trustworthy. Years
went by-he grew to be man and mar
red. He was placed in the most conf
Dental position in the house. Vast sums
of money passed through his hands. He
was respected, admired and beloved, not
for brief space of time, but for ten long
years. When man OF thirty, with the
responsibilities Of father and husband,
Harry Rose was one day missing from
his place Of business, and from his home.
That he had been toully dealt with
with the first belief Of who knew of his
disappearance, and the excitement and
sympathy was intense, 70 but in a few
days the truth was discovered Harry
Rose was deaulter to an immense
amount. He had committed robbery,
which stood almost alone in the annals
of the history ofcrime. And this was
only the cl,wax to course of deceit
and depreciation commenced with bis
FIRST year III the establishment.
He escaped. His plans had been art
fully laid, and the money was about his
person. Detectives were set upon his
track in vain and in foreign land he
lavished his ill-gotten wealth in riotous
living, while his parents and his young
wife suffered all the agonies of shame