The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-07-29
A Tale by Mark Twain.


'pA NNING NnNE roININ MNNt ItollE MIL
IthL
The August Atlantic contains the tale ot + lwprl
Mills and George Benton hv Mark TWAIN, which is
rs clever 4 SATIRE Oh the s.Gtout.litv oy,r eriu.
Is that sort ot su,h has ever Received Edward
MINIS minded from hJvhoot. George Benton never
aid. Edward iroSperpd George always had To
be helped They had The same adopted parents
who left All the property to George because Ed
ward could take care OF himself So Id went IN
All things even the slrl that Edward va, engaged
to iruprpl him. aS If WAS t,.r ,lttY ia save t;rnft.
Hard times lhr,.r Edward out OF regular wak
and he rcl4psed 10 common labor awhile IuI
George .ctu.r a nOurlShlir !runk1rd We .riyp
ne last l,lt u 1h. story lrayi,i, il To rnadrs az
the Atlantic 10 .rr the tQl endowment Of The who'll.
1t lllil b.. seen that Mark IVAN is familiar with
the history OF the Dexter bank robbery.
,ra1li trtrpnr.r.p revival wo. -,.t an, avid
after ~1:ut. rol,sus stretches had BEEN ,uai. fine
chairman SAID lmpressivev, I'VE are now about
to call tuI SI4Ac!s: and think there j. a >I.ctar.
i'll >tore ion won which not many ju-this Lou.,..
will be ;tbIr ID view with ,Iry owes Vhrr ,r,s
an elodueIt u;g,. and then GruI,,n B,.ntn1 a.,
corted by a red slshed detachment Of rht t,.< nt
the Refuge stepped forward uron the Ilatt,niu
and signed th, ,tdte The air Vas r,.rrt with Am
plausc. and everybody erred for ioy Eyeryboiv
wrauk the hand of tile new convert Shr1, III,
meeting WAS over. his salary was nrl,r,,.d ,,4Nt
day. he. vas the ran, al ~. tn,yn and H. L,r,
An account Of 1t was uuhlished
George Benton fell I..ru}arly every tIlrpr months
bnt va, faithfully rescued ami yronrbt r,ti, r,.r,.
time and GOOD Situations were tGlud for I'M
Finally he was taken aroli.i The ruuntrv l,nfl,r
!ng as 4 reformed druukarl. and he hat great
houses and did an immense. a1loupt OF GOOD
lie was 80 uoplIar AT home and So trnstrd-
during ms snli.r ,ntpryll,-that he wa. rai,Ird ,o
u,. tfc r,.,ln. IN r,rir,rii.l rit1 Il ra+ I,r,.
>gul Of money At The bank lil.,i,fy rr4..lir.
was brou.,bt "a hear tn s,y4 Nm Tram HI. ro,,
,p,ucc. Of the f,rrer, and If was rarii,ll,. .nr
tcSsfuI--hp VA, sent upr for onll two wears
" hen AT tine end of a v,Hr tho tir.i.... af,rts ,f
The. benevolent we're crowned win success ana
n, emerged from the urnitarIiarv with a t,ardon
m his Durkat tha Prisoners Fritapd s,cIaiv ,,n,
him at the door sjtht ,tIa,ioI and a rn,ttrtahl.
salary anl Hi In. ,tb,.r hnnrvulrnt n.,iI can,n
t,r,y,,rJ and ,.v. Mn, Woo. .rc,,,r,,,,r..n, a,,J
beIp Edward Mil. I,d on,. ,I,,,lirI H. th, pri.
oncr's Friend society for A ,jtuatiou when in DIRE
need INT thp uue.tion ,.lIay. vnn h.nu 4 ,ris,n-
.r ;" mad. bri.i V ,rl, nt his r4s.
" lille All 1lrsr tIiu.,s were .,,,in., an Edward
aIyrrslty He was sun poor. but was III recent
of steady and sufficient salary as the respected
and trusted cashier Of a bank George Benton
newer caInv near Him! and was never heard to in
Quire about him. George got to indulglng III long
absences from The town there were evil REPORTS
about him. but nothing definite
One winters night some masked burglars forced
their way into the bank and found Edward Mills
there alone They commanded him to reveal the
He refused. They trusted him and he could not
be traitor to that trust He could die If he must,
but while he lived he would be faithful he would
not Yield up the "c0mbiuaon The burglars
killed him.
The detectives hunted down the criminals, the
y mP"l4! was lel5 lot the "ld"" ana orphans OF
Ae go 'ili anu "'l we t"'PaperS Ill we iAlio