The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

"Ireally dont-don't understand you,' was the reply. Have you discovered 1 .-v errors ih the books:"
 No.e at aE-none at all. We would be perfectly slkng to endorse ceftif,- cate of your hon.Sy and proficiency asl an accountant. What refer ,o IS an en- tirely different thing. The fac, is we have found that ysu are heavily in- debted in various pats of the city, much more than we desirs anyone in our em- ploy to be. Severs firms where you have had considerable accounts standing for some time have applied to us to secure them. This wecannot do; and so from prudential resscns-nothing else-we have decided 70 let you go"
 "i think that this thing has-has been exaggerated,' sammered the young man. But as yoa may have other reasons for wishing to discharge me will go at once"
 You are wholly mistaken-wholly mistaken. We have none but the kind est of feelings toward you, and should not 1 have taken this step had we not though, it best for all concerned. We had not expec.ed you to leave until you could | d. but you can do as you choose" said the lumberman, seemingly glad 10 be rid of a disagreeable task. Come this after noon and we will have d settlement he continued as the young man who had put on his coat and hat was leaving the office
 And then Paul Gordante, feeling as people always do who have met with the penalty of their indiscretion. that he had been dealt with unjus,ly, walked away. He had had vague dreams of the time when he should be member of the firm and his name on all their papers. He had al least expected to hold his lost position for years to come; and now the heavy blow left him stunned and be- wlldered. His features were working and his lips quivering from chagrin and dis appointment; almost unconsciously he bent his steps towards q distant hill. whereon lay the city cemetery, and half an hour later he was walking up the hill with long swinging strides, totally in- different to the fact that the dust of the road was destroying the polish of his shapely shoes which that very morning he had put on with so much care. Ringing himself upon the first bench he came to- he tried for time to control his feelings, but at last burst into tears. Leaving him to brood over his troubles. we will recount few of the facts connected with his past history.
 Paul Gordante was a man of twenty l five. and tor four years had held the position from which he had now been so suddenly dismissed He was the son of widow. who had been able ;o give him good education, and who. dying, Jeff him small legacy. Though he had no habits which could have been called really bad. he unfortunately possessed traits of character which kep, him from succeeding as his friends had just reasons to expect him to. Instead of accepting private lodgings, and thus saving num- Der of dollars every month he had. owing to pride AS foolish as 1t was ex- penslve. been content with nothing but room and board al leading hotel. His clothes were always of the most expen- sive pattern and thrown off as soon as they began 10 show the slightest signs of wear. He was one of the members of d band of young men, who. though no, really dissipated, had formed the danger ols habit of spending money as fas, or faster than they earned il. His pride had again laid a trap for him and always wishing not to appear small, he had spent his money freely on the mos, trivial things. Some two years before the time of which we write he had begun to pay his attentions to young lady who was now his betrothed : and wishing most of all not 10 appear mean in the eyes of the woman he loved. he had often made her presents and spen, money upon her when she would have respected him just as much, and perhaps more. If he had kep, his purse closed.
 Bu, though in this way he had spent nearly all of the legacy left him by his mother. the young man might no, have come 10 grief had II not been for another habi, more seductive and infinitely more dangerous than all the others-,he prao- tice of running into deb; heedlessly and wiihou, thought. It had always been failing with him. but within a year i: had grown stronger than ever. His credit, borrowing the common phrase. was good, and when anything in shop or store caught his fancy he would order i, done up, and telling them carelessly to charge II, would take it away with him. In this manner he had made bills which, could he have known their proportions. would have made him tremble. Instead, however. he never paused to reflect how deeply he was run ming into debt. or tried seriously to throw of his habit if he had he would have done far different.
 Allthese things presented themselves to Paul Gordante in their true light, for the first time, as he sat alonein the silen, ceme- tery. Alter time he came to feel that the acton of his employers harsh. as it nigh, seem was not without cause: and then though what he was to do in the future seemed blank. he began to lay plans to extricatc himself from bad matter with an independence and self-reliance at which he himself was surprised Firs, of all he would draw what money he had in bank, and as far as possible pay wha, he owed; and then he would go away from lohnspos, and try to find something