The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-05-26

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the error of which you have been guilty;
restore what you have so dishonesty
taken; endeavor by your future good
conduct to deserve my confidence and
respect, and this circumstance shall
never transpire to injure you.'
"The poor fellow was deeply affected.
In O voice almost inarticulate with emo
ton he acknowledged his guilt, and said
that, having frequently seen seen me
receive the money without counting it,
on being trusted with it himself the
idea had flashed across his mind that
he might easily abstract some without
incurring suspicion, or, at all events,
without there being sufficient evidence
to justify it; that, being in distress, the
temptation had proved stronger than
the power of resistance, and he had
yielded.
"'I cannot now,' he continued,
prove how deeply your forbearance has
touched me; time alone can show that
it has not been misplaced He left ME
to resume his duties.
"Days, weeks and months passed
away, during which I scrutinized his
conduct with the greatest anxiety, while
at the same time carefully guarded
against any appearance Of suspicious
watchfulness, and with delight I OBJ
served that SO far my experiment had
succeeded. The greatest regularity and
attention, the utmost devotion to my in
terests, marked his business habits, and
this without display, for his quiet and
humble department was from that time
remarkable.
"At length, finding his conduct invar-
iably marked by the utmost openness
and plain dealing, my confidence in him
was so far restored that, on n vacancy
occurring in situation of greater trust
and emolument than the one he had
hitherto filed. I placed him in it, and
never had I the slightest reason to re-
pent Of the part I had acted toward him.
Not only had I the pleasure of rejecting
that I had, in all probability, saved
fellow-creature from continued course
Of vice, and consequent misery, and af-
forded him the opportunity of becoming
a respectable man and useful member
Of society, but I had gained for myself
an indefatigable servant-a faithful and
constant friend. For years he served
me with the greatest fidelity and devo-
ton. His character for rigid, nay, even
scrupulous honesty, was so well known
that 'as honest as Smith became a
proverb among his acquaintances. One
morning missed him from his accus-
toned place, and, upon inquiry, learned
that he was detained at home by indis-
position. Several days elapsed, and
still he was absent and, upon calling at
his house to inquire after him, + found
the family in great distress on his &C.
count. His complaint had proved ty-
phus fever Of a malignant kind. From
almost the commencement of his attack
he had, as his wife for he had been
some time married) informed me, lain in
q state of total unconsciousness, from
which he had reused only to the rawlings
Of delirium, and that the physician gave
little hope of his recovery. For some
days he continued in the same state at
length message was brought me, say
ing that Mr.. Smith wished to see me,
the messenger adding that Mrs. Smith
hoped would come as soon as possible,
for she feared her husband was dying.
Immediately obeyed the summons.
"On entering his chamber I found
the whole of his family assembled to
take farewell of him they so tenderly
loved. As soon as he perceived me he
motioned for me to approach near to
him, and, taking my hand in both Of his,
he turned toward me his dying counte-
nance, full of gratitude and affection,
and said, MY dear master, my best
earthly friend, have sent for you that
I may give you the thanks and blessing
of dying man for all your goodness to
me. To your generosity and mercy I
owe it that I have lived useful and re-
spected, that die lamented and happy.
To you I owe it that I leave my chill
dren name unsullied by crime, that in
artery years the blush cf shame shall never
tinge their cheeks at the memory of their
father. Oh, Godr he continued, Thou
who hast meted to others, do Thou mete
unto him. Then, turning to his family,
ne said:
"My beloved wife and children, l
intrust you to the care Of that Heavenly
Parent who has said, "Leave the father
less children unto Me, and I will pre-
serve them alive, and let thy widows
trust in me-" and you, my dear master,
will, I know, be to them as you have