The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-05-28
After Many Years.

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Murder will out" "Your secret
sins will find you out" and many
others of the same import. Let not
the murderer, covering up his
tracks ever so carefully-the bur
glar with all his skilled appliances,
or the wrong doer in any direction
think to escape detection.
Though years may intervene and
security seem strong, yet in the ma
jority of cases some unforeseen
chance, perhaps it is fate, will sud
denly reveal all. Whether the good
deeds OF men seek the light OF day
with the same pertinacity as the
evil ones, we are not prepared to
say nor stop to moralize. To our
true story now, which is stranger
than fiction. We wonder how many
readers of the State Gazette will
remember the bold robbery of 1867.
when the Dyersburg jewelry store
of Mr.. BeV. Thomas was entered a.
midnight and plundared of valua-
bles to The amount of 500. All eff
forts to trace the robber were una
vailing; Mir. Thomas bore his loss
es with Spartan fortitude, which
came not singly, and at time
when he VASTLY fit to sustain them.
But, to return to the thief. Hap
py in the thought of his own Sc
curity, troubled with no regrets for
the distress he had caused he Jour
neyed on to Arkansas, disposing
cautiously of his ill-gotten goods,
at big prices. Fortune smiled up
on him, and he forgot his old home
in Dyersburg. He realized some
81, 200 from his booty aud emigra-
ting to a neighborjng state he
opened store of general merchan-
disc. There he was very successful,
won for himself sthe confidence
of 5the people, had a bank ac-
count, bought several business
houses, joined the church, was
made deacon and was passing down
the slope of life to a green and
hoAored aid age. A few weeks ago,
under the pledge of secrecy and
through the brotherly ties of the
Mansonic order, the home and resi-
dence of the quondam thief and
would be good citizen were, with
evidence strong as proofs of holy
writ revealed to Mr.. Bev. Thomas,
who lost no time in looking the
man up. He presented his account
for the stolen goods and the. man
turned pale, showing unmistakable
signs of guilt. He begged for time
to consult his lawyer and it was
granted. To made a long story
short. he paid Mr.. Thomas 81, 543,
the principal and interest accruing
during the long years, and Mr..
Thomas returned home feeling that
the ways of providence are just.
What were the feelings Of the other
party, whose name we are not at
liberty to mention, we leave for our
readers to imagine. Looking over
his vicissitudes, and the ready
money now on hand, Mr.. Thomas
is almost inclined to view the rob-
berry of eighteen years ago as a
blessing in disguise. Such is life.
A very sensible thing is the &C
ton of the school authorities of
Baltimore in forbiddIng the giving
of floral tributes and offerings to
the girl graduates of the public high
schools of the city. They say that
much discomfort and heart burniRgs
have been caused by the abuse of
the beautiful custom Of giving flow
ers. Many of the best pupils of
these schools fail to receive any be-
cause their parents or friends are
too poor TO give them, while others
who are much their interiors in
scholarship or application are de-
luged with rose, lily and wreaths to
make amends for their deficiencies.
No one is more 10th than we are to
discourage or diminish the giving
of flowers, they are the most beau
tiful of all Gods creations, and
their loneliness and purity make
them particularly appropriate to
sweet school girlhood; but some
times loneliness and beauty can be
misplaced and oyerdone, and there
seems to be a good deal of ground
for this action of the Baltimore
school authorities.-Ex.
Forty-seven Percheron stations
and sixty-two mares purchased at
La Ferte Bernard, in France, ar
rived in New York Saturday. One