The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-17

voice, rose up, looked around, and set
tied down upon its knees, and claspinp
its little hands as its grandfather's were
clasped, and looking upward, out
through the window at the moon whose
bright light fell full upon its
darling face, began moving it's lips as il
irving to repeat the words.
Nothing so like an angel ever met my
sight. The grandfather began the
Lords prayer. The little fellow seemed
to have this by heart. He repeated it
word for word, his tiny, silvery voice
sounding In sweet accord. could not
turn away nor any longer resist the
better emotions which l had hitherto
kept down. A rush Of repentant feel
ing passed through me with an effect
that shook every fiber. [ fell upon my
knees, and with tears streaming from
my eyes joined in the concluding words
of the prayer.
need not say changed my mind
with regard to the money. I passed
quiet night and roee early, hastening
away toward my journeys ond, 30 as to
give myself the least possible tine or
opportunity for changing my new
formed resolution. In handing the
package to the agent l said to him that,
as there was money in it, it might as
we'll be opened in my presence to see
that it was all correct, etc. He, of
course, discovered the error and handed
me back the amount that was over, with
which returned homo and delivered it
up to its proper owners in due time.
1t was fortunate for me In every
way that j pursued the course I had
adopted. 1t appeared that the money
had been obtained from the bank after
bank hours, in the absence OF the
teller, from one of the 0licers. There
were no loose notes on hand OF the
larger denominations, but there were
sheets of thousands and five hundreds
signed by the president and cashier.
Either two sheets were picked up in
mistake for one, or the wrong batch of
sheets selected from-that is, thou
sands were taken instead of five han
dreds. The notes were hurriedly
clipped, strapped and indorsed
"$5, ,000," without recounting, and so
enveloped and handed over to me. The
bank had discovered the error, and no
doubt was entertained but that the
missing money was with me. Whether
I sho aid have had the face to Withstand
the imputation, even with the appar-
emily undisturbed condition of the en-
velope in my favor, is more than l can
say, but I doubt it.
But the notes, in pursuance OF pre-
caution still in use in some banks, were
payable to the order of one OF the
clerks and had not been indorsed by
him. I could not, therefore, have used
them, or II so they could have been
traced back to me. I found also that
the numbers had been carefully ascer-
tanned Of all I had taken with me, and
thus another chance of detection ex-
listed. What an escaped
Upon returning and entering the
counting-room / handed the surplus
back to my senior, with feeling some.
what of pride, but mixed up with other
feelings not easily described.
| My precaution Of having the money
opened by the agent in my presence
was highly commended, and The posi-
undue amount, as very little personal
knowledge of him was possessed by the
firm, was duly discussed. What was
said on this point brought bushes to
my own cheeks.
In course of time my senior account
ant was taken into the firm. vas put
In his position, and with his salary !
saved money, finally got into business
on my own account, and am now, as you
know, rich. I never forgot my former
host and his grandchild; but at the
death of the former took charge OF the
boy. He is now my partner and the
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