Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-08-04
ALMOST RUINED,
A story that illustrates Why Care
ShOuld n0 Used.

The late James r.. Fields once gave
TO "A lot of school boysa homely, torciblG
illustration of the necessity of accuracy.
He likened the man who was ",just a
little inaccurate" in his statements and
calculations to 81 pretty good egg, -
which no one wanted to eat, though il
could not be pronounced chad"
One of London's merchant princes
.and philanthropis,s, the late George
Moore, was noted for his accuracy. He
insisted that his clerks should be correct
in the smallest of details and keep a
voucher for every penny paid ont
Once clerk bad made out Mr..
Moo"e's private account against the
firm. Mr.. Moore, while auditing it,
going over hundreds of pounds. sudden
ly stopped at debit OF Sd. for a " BUS
to Enston," for which there was no
voucher.
Where's the voucher for this" he
asked. " II the account be three-pence
wrong it might AZ we'll be three hun
dred pounds wrong. Find the vouch-
err
Two clerks hunted three days for that
voucher, searching through every letter
aud bill for a year back, and ransacked
every drawer But the voucher could
not be found Mr.. Moore refused to
pass the accounts, and the book keeper
could not balance his books.
At last, the clerk recOlected that
some time before Mr.. Moore had ORDER
ed a fish to be sent down to Euston Sta
ton by q porter. Being in a great hur-
~, he had not given the man bus
ticket.
The cashier, knowing the expendi-
tnre TO be right, had paid the porter anG
debited the amount 70 Mr.. Moores pri-
vate account without voucher.
Mr.. Moore admitted the correctness of
the charge OH the circumstances being
to him, but gave the clerk
sound lecture for infringing the firm 5
rule-no payment without a voucher.
The clerks thought him little too
particular in this case but they didn't
know that their rich employer came
near being ruined, when CLERK, by a
little inacruracy in addition.
One day, while in the employ of a
London dry goods merchant, Moore was
sent with bundle Of goods to Lady
house. She inspected the
articles, selected several, and tolG the
clerk to make out Il receiptel bill. He
lid 40, hut unfortunately made it one
,onnd more than the amount he re.
eived.
After his departure, the lady, on look
ne over the bill saw the mistake, and
linking she had paid the clerk the
'xtra pound, FASTENED TO the store To
nave it returned. On referring to
Noore's check book, it was found that
he amount entered was one pound
ess than the recepted bill.
Young man." said her ladyship, in-
lignant'y, "you are a thief"
No, your ladyship, he is not" re-
oined the employer. We don't keep
hieves in our store. There's some mis-
AXE about it. George, see il You cant
ecOllect the circumstances and clear up
he matter"
George tried and became more bewild-
red. Suddenly, he asked the lady the
mount of money she had in her purse
hen She began to pay him.
am astOnished at your imperti-
ence, young man, said she "yet can
! II.
gave me twenty pounds,
his morning | paid so much to the
ROGER, SO mach to the baker. so much :
0 you and have so much left.
The clerk noted down the figures, all
ed them up,and found that they made
wen y-one pounds or q pound more
han She had received from her bus
and.
He called his employers attention to {
he fact. And then remembering that l.
e had made a memorandum of the ar
cles sold, he produced it The en-
loyer saw that George had received
ne money according to memorandum .
MT not according to the receipted bill. :
lie was satisfied, but her lad yship left |
le store in IL rage, loudly declaring ;,
lat the clerk WIS IL thief"
But at home her cooled temper al n
wed her to calmly review all the facts. D
rcing that the clerks statement was
'rrect; she sent a polite note to the !
erchaht, stating that she was con.
inced of her errorand the young mans
DneSty. u
IL was narrow escape for George
ooi'' He laws ILel punished 1orS-
e, stealing and shoplifting with death. :,
My short time before, u clerk in "a u
'ighboring store had been hung for an
Tense similar 70 that of which George :.
I'd been accused.
The lesson was an impressive one
r from that day George Moore cult
lted accuracy in the smallest of de-
lis. Il
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