Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

| was 0U CTrOr, 30 UC Ss1&iA III LIS t<COuOS.
| Would we look over it2 At once ex-
amined the books checked of every
item. went through all the debts AMI
credits Of bis business. and ended by
inspecting the final check paid him.
My employers. who were very honest
and careful gentlemen. were satisfied
with the accuracy Of the account, and l
WIS instructed to write him letter 70
that effect / did so, rs politely as l
could, but at the conclusion of my let
| ter l said: '.You leave US in the dark,
however, as TO ono thing. Three
I months have elapsed since our check
! was given to you. II you had not been
paid what was due yo,, we should lsave
certainly heard from YOU before. Have
You been overpaid?" My senior en-
| ployer. q sIrewd business man. looking
over my letter, remarked perhaps
| your question mere might not be liked
10y Mr. -. However,. lot Is go" j
maik,i tho letter. We heard nothing
more about it for a month. Then there
came tortiotls letter from the man.
'.iiis account was wrung.p no wrote.
Maybe he hal come across sonlo
mouey he could not exactly account
for" He dii not state how much
money it was, on how It happened. It
was y mean s4Ialnb.e OH his part. |
knew that. lie bad pricks OF conscience;
that | was certain OF. The firm con-
sultel with mo what they should do. l
made up my mind that more money had
been paid the man on The check thau be
WAS entitled to. went Mt once to the
4 L.
nervous aud tre,nuIuw. EYES," he
said. my accounts were wrong.
There had been {. big .iosicit Ihave not
slept for months. am afraid 1 have
uvcr,s.id some one. But thank God /
have made il up. 1 mortgaged my
ha,sc and passed tho amount short to
tho credit IF the bank. | must have
made blun,ler somewhere. Rnt tho
strain OH my m:sld has been killing me.
feed rs if were no LONGER fit for the
plMe." He seemed to mo to have mo-
meDts IF doubt aud uncertainty. II
still! cling 10 my place." no said. '-Of
course have no recollection Of having
ever paid that check of S15J." l said
TO him THAT l had hopes Of cutting
SOHO Of the money back" h,t did not
ike to tell him how. But what did
DO was to 90 that evening TO tho Presi-
'lant Of the bank and state the case to
him. AS i, had been through him that
j owed my position in tho firm he had
every confidence in no., My sdvicc
was asked. / was forced to declare
that thought tho paying teller had
better be given another aud lighter po-
sition- Next day, when went TO the
bank. the old teller had been apparent
ly relieved. He was casting up some
account, IN the ledger. When / spoke
10 him across tho railing no did moi
tetn 10 recognize mo NeNt day l
was shooLed to learn, through the Pres
dent % tho bank, that such positive
indications Of mental trouble had been
shown by tho teller that his friends had
thought It wiser TO co,iino him in his
house His accounts had been ct once
vigorously oXamino,i, aud were found TO
tn correct. It was perfectly true that
he tad mortg;lged bis house, and had
paid the amount received into tho bank.
He had concealed tho loss for tl,ree
months or more frclu the bank, which
WAS mistake on dis part, blt he had
boen pllncti!iO,ts enough to oven add
the imtorest for somo ninety days.
Now, l felt absolutely certain that
The man 10 whom the check had bccn
paid must bo rascal. If no had Of
forrd restitution it came late-very
much too lete. My firm gave mo my
carte blanche 10 manage tho matter as
pleased. I could not have him ar
rested AS he lived in an isolated part
OF the country. DO efficient summons
cotM reach him. If had been asssrres-
sive before probably not . cent would
have been returned. I wrote now
sharp letter. said tiia. IA very large
amount Of money must have been paid
him over aiH1 above tho face Of the last
check given him, which was $50" /
stated that Il knew exactly how much
it WAS" l must confess outright that
this was a bluff. was not sure that
tho teller had not made other mistakes
besides this one. wrote that ''unless
tho money wns AZ once restored would
blast his reputation. II lie was inclined
to be honest. even at this late date, let
him do all he could and soirI back the
whole amount" thought 1t wiser not
to let him know the mental condition Of
the teller. was quite certain that if
he knew the teller was out of his mind
not ono penny would he return. wrote
" him that he ''inust be In hurry
about it. That only the teller and I
knew Of IL and that my firm wero IT'S
yet in ignorance.
At once. by retufn mall had hot
ter. The sum was not, Us lre said, what
represented Il to be. He made some
spccious arguments about u ulan tinI-
ing purse, and tho description OF it
not tallying with tho actual purse lost
Or the amount II it. Under such cir
cumstances was y man bound TO ~
turn it2 II l could prove that he hal
been Overpaid l ought to state exactly
what was the amount. lilo might, he
added, ''nover have written me word
about it, and no enc would have been
tho wiser. But no had ccnscienc.."
SO be said 1 replied with u vigorous
letter. | confuted his arguments ''He
knew said, ''tli8 moment he had the
bank-nOtes passed ovur TO him that he
had been overpaid" A mau miyi,.
find piece of gold in the dust Of tho
rDhs, and could Dcver tell who dropped
It there. But there was no analogy be-
tween tho two cases / cffed for inn
mediate restoration, or there would BE-
IN exposure" Els answer did not
COMO for ton days. Il was mistaken"
be said. ''ilc WINS not aware that he
had been overpaid until be got home
Then he did not know OF it for a week
afterward. II came out then In his nc
counts" ] knew this To be wicked
lie, but It contained ut least the written
acknowledgment that he had been over-
paid. His letter concluded as follows:
'SThe matter has worried me consIdera-
bly,; has taken mp great deal of my