The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-02-04
PAYING COURTESY.
Ihe Reward Of the Man Who Was, Civil to
EyerybOdy,

~ Y o0 p" Soou icecof ~ me ana one
that | willlneger forget. Iti happen-d
ed several years ago, when i was i Il
quite young, and theposition' I occurred
pied was one of considerable impor-
lance, both in a monetary and c6mg
lmerciald point of VIEW Twas not 35sf
quite IS Years 7o1d when T was aps49A
pointed to take charge ofan the busi- eos
ness connected with receiving and ny
clearing of boats at one Of the prin-
| cipal cities on the Illinois canal Tie
duties were not particularly arddoSis, adi
but as the canal was infested With 5di
tough characters whose reputation qaq
Tor uprightness was not Of. the best,Gadq
and as good deal Of money was taken
in, it required one to, be always on
the alert. | knew that my prede sl
cessor had trouble with the driyers,a isIi
owing to his pompous ways, and 1ia1t
made it my business to treat them
| in a friendly manner, and even be
ksociab2le with them. There were
two men whom lay attention was par
1tiieqIarlys directed to; they were e. = =
rough, good hearted; fellows, but ru 7's !,
Emor had it that they would take ,' u
what didn't belong to them if they p
Thought no one was looking They 'q
always Travelled together, and conse-Y
quently knew all about each other.
To this pair Of worthless | directed all =
my attention, and was soon on good
terms with them. Any little fayors =,
| could render them | did, and they :,
seemed to appreciate. my efforts.
One day in the latter part of August
the business was heavy, and lasted
from early morn until way into Che FL.
night. When retired that night in
Imy office, which was situated close
by the canal, ! had in my possession
Sc, 20O-a larger amount than | had
ever seen before Eat one time. All
the men employed about the canal,
knew that the receipts had been
large, but such thing as their tax
ing 1t from me never entered my
head, and | rested easily h..ass
Thenext day as usual, Invent up town Z
to make areport. feltall the way up
that something was not quite right,
but could not for the life of me tellTr
what it was. | had no sooner step-l e
ped into the office where had to re-
port than it came over me like a fash
that Lllad, just before leaving my Of
fee, unlocked)the safe and pulled out
the. DRIVER containing the money. /
remembered, also, that just at that
moment some one had called me and
| had gone out Of the, office, leaving
the safe door open and the contents, d
of the drawer exposed to the full
view Of any one who should come in
the Office To say | felt dizzy and
scared out Of my wits almost would
express it mildly. The thoughts Of
all that might have happened fash
ed over me in an instant. The two
men whom | had been warned against
| knew were there, and they proba-
bly, had made off with the money I
had so carelessly Left Without say 81
ing a word to any one | turned ON
my heels and ran as | never did be- f,
fore or since to my office. | had been
away a half hour, and the chances,
| reasoned, were very slim for finding 4,
the money. As | neared the Office !
saw, through a window, the forms of
the men feared had taken the mon
ey standing inside near the safe Ny
heart sank, but kept on and fairly
staggered into the Office One glance
at the safe showed me that every
thing was exactly as | had lett it, and s
| quickly recovered my senses, Now
for the funny part of it: Shortly .afr,
ter | left, the two men discovered the,
condition of things, and each .consti- ,,a.
tuted himself committee to watch ~
the other; both thought he had
plans to rob the, safe and skip, and m
each was equally determined that 81
such should not be the case. Their
friendship for me alone prevented
them from taking the money, and t.j
making, themselves. scarce. Ever
since then trcatall men as ~ equal
and have no trouble" m !,
Peter C. Graham, colored, h has Sued aoi
Rev, David Fennessy, President Of 2
st Mary's College, Catholic iinstitua- '''sa
ton in Marion CO., Kentucky, claim
ing $4,000 damages. Graham al
leges that he spent nearly $4,000 ed
qcating himself for the priesthood at ''5a
st. Mays, and that he started for grew
Denver with a letter from Rev ME- e Y
Fennessy, saying he was qualified to 81
ibeiordained as priest. Graham says Y
that later Father F'ennessy sent 4 let
ter, to the Bishop Saying he. was bad 'se
tempered and otherwise untitled for ,9
the priesthood, thus preventing his
.ordination sa5tsafaa 7flg bne .Heafalg ai
ean---- - 49, 81 49, s.AAaass 81 stMs
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