Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-06-27

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sent for the lad and said to him,
"Did,t | send you down to Captain
Smith with instructions to discharge
his coal :"
"No, sir; do not remember being
sent down. replied the lad
"Oh, but | did" replied the man
ager. "Iou have forgotten"
And there for time, so far as the
Office was concerned, the matter was
allowed TO rest.
But the captain did not intend to
let it rest there. lie applied for his
demlrr.se. And when that was re-
fused, and his word that he had re-
ceived no instructions was disbeliey-
ed, he took the master Of the Office to
Jaw. And, by and by his complaint
came before the judges in the court
of law.
The day before the trial, the mana
ger came to the little lad from the
north and said to him, "Mind, | sent
YOU to the dock with those instruc-
tions to discharge the coal"
''But, | assure you, | cannot re-
member YOU doing SO, said the lad.
"Oh, yes, but | did. You have
forgotten"
1t was great trouble to the lad.
He had never been sent to the dock.
lie could not say he had been sent;
and he foresaW that he would have to
say before the judges what would GER
tainly offend the manager and lead TO
the loss OF his excellent place.
Ou the morning Of the trial he
went to the court. The manager
came up to hlm and said "Now our
case depends OH YOU. Remember, |
sent you 10 the dock with the instruc-
tions TO discharge the coal"
The poor boy tried once more to
assure the manager that he was mis-
taken, but he would not listen.
''lt is all right he said hastily,
Il sent you on such a day, and you
have got to bear witness that | did
and see YOU say it clearly -
In little while he was called into
the witness-boX, and almost the first
question put to him was whether he
remembered the day when Captain
Smiths ship came III, And then
this:
"You remember during that day be-
ing sent by the manager OF the Office
to the dock with letter for the Cap
tain"
"No, sir
"Were you not sent by the mana
ger Of your office to the coal-ship on
that day ?"
81 was not, sir"
"Nor next day -
''No, Sir"
"Nor any other day p
"No, SIR
The gentleman who put the ques-
tons was u barTister. He had been
engaged by the manager to win the
case for them. But, when he heard
the little lads replies he saw that the
manager was in the wrong; and he
turned to the judge, and said: "My
lord, | give up this case. My in
structions were that this witness
would prove that a message to dis
charge had been sent to Captain
Smith, and it is plain no such proof
is to be got from him."
SO the case ended in the captains
favor, and against the Office in which
the boy had found so excellent u
place.
He went to his lodging with Il sor-
rowful heart, and wrote to his
father and mother that he was sure
to be dismissed. Then he packed
his trunk to be ready to go home
next day; and IN the morning expect
ing nothing but his dismissal, he
went early to the office. The first to
come in after him was the porter.
lie stopped for moment at the lads
desk. and SAID, '"We lost our case
yesterday"
eyes, SIT" answered the lad ':and
am very sorry, sorry Isshad to say
what | did,
BY and by, the manager came in ,
and after little time, he was sent
for to the masters room. 1t was a
long time before he came out. Then
the little lad was sent for. Il am 60
ing to be dismissed" he thought to
I himself. But he was not dismissed.
The master said to him, naming him 4: