Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-15
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Pelsg KssFoa. asei sixty. rsesatly diet
Ia ffris~ola. = rarAl .aaniafsrsariag village
IA tbs casters part q this STATE. is2siag
property ~srth, it = esssmas-sa. s760. 90.
Kenyon ~as : b.leAelor, izRk. kesn-syed
All bald, aai typseal Iaakes. he died
= miserable ald aaissr. fhe boast of IA
he Sss ta4a Es started nnsehin - al sew
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Pelsg ksnyoa's lnotaer ~as hard hsteo
Yankee ~0naaa. koasst bat ambitious
whs Aer s0a len ths ol fzru, more thas
two seore years ago, just IS shs blowing
FOR oats vas about 70 begia. 10 seek his
fortuas Ia a Bostoa machine shop. ths
widow was mad az him She took hold OF
the plo~ handles herself, aRi told Peles
never o come back until be had made his
pile. tie finAlly got position as watch
man al Henry Henderson's large ware
house. OHe Saturday afternoon the house
received alter banking hours cash pay
msnt OF sl05. .000 for cropof molassss- Ths
money was placed ia the eash-box ia tbs
Office for safety. Tue safe was both ire
and burglar proof, ant the presence OF .
trusty watehman "A the building eonvincss
Mr.. Henderson that the grsas packages OF
bills would be as secure there as any u here
That ght, as soon as Kenyon was left
alone, he opened the safe and the cash
box. stuffed the bills into hs pockets
locked the doors behind him, walked te
the depot, and took the evening train for
Putnam. Coan. At twelve O'Clock thai
night ne drove up @ the old homestead in
G iswold. AT live the next morning he wal
at the Putnam depot again. bat minus the
money. Sunday he resumed his duties as
night-watchlnan in the warehouses OF
Henry Henderson. He was arrested or
suspicion. but nothing could be proved
against him. One day Mr.. Henderson,
walked ino b 5 cell and said: "feleg.
this thing has gone on long enough. You
stole that money"
"Well, what IL l didir replied Peleg
"What If you did you scoundrel; why
III send you 10 prison for life"
"No, you won't, Mr.. Henderson. Mas
sachusetts law provides seven years only
for the man who steals from his employer"
Peleg replied, laughing
"What do you mean," said Henderson.
Il can't earn 100000 in seven years, Mr.
Henderson, aud you know I'm bound TO be
a rich man. Now, have got that much,
and after I've been punished seven years
for taking it It's mIne; don't you see:"
The merchant was bailiel. For $50, ,00
Mr.. Henderson finally signed instru-
ment puttins Kenyon out of harms way
with the lions share Of the money in his
pockets. Kenyon was released and went
at once to Griswold, crawled under the
horse stable in the red barn ut the old
homestead, anl drew forth the bundle OF
100000 in bills intact He counted out
$1,000, and, going into the house, said &c
his mother: Mother, there's my pile"
.'No gooi win come of it, my son." she
ste My responded.
In ten years he had doubled and trebled
his fortune, but in the meantime his mother
had died. as had all his near relatives. He
went back to the old farm in Griswold, and
made it the fairest of the land. But the
honest country people held aloof from him
aud for the rest OF his life Peleg Kenyon
lived alone, soured and rapidly laying
man, with no enjoyment, save the piling-
up aud gloating over his ill-gotten wealth.
He was found dead, alone, in front of his
treasure-chest, sitting upright in his chair.