St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-09
THE RECORDS TO Be LEFT.
A Good Man Is Misled, Falls and Goes I'd
aFar Country.
THERE HE REDEEMS HIMSELF,
Marries a Beautiful Heiress, Comes ts
Dakota and Publishes a Lead
ing Newspaper.

l believe it was Maj. Edwards, of the
Fargo Argus, who remarked that wheu
man is good citizen, boomer, and
is behaving himself in Dakota, it is
neither wise nor polite to inquire toe
infinitely into his past life. Certain it is
that some of the best men in the big
territory are those who turned over q
new leaf when they came West to found
home. 1t frequently happens that d
good man goes wrong. sklps out from
old associates, reforms and makes d
man of himself in Dakota. For my partI
pulls out for the East or West, beginf
anew and avoids past follies. A most
remarkable case of this kind was related
to the writer to-day by an old eX-newS
paper man of Ohio, now travelling in tho
territory for an Eastern printing hOuSep
The hero of the story and portion OF
the facts were known to me before, and
of the rest l have not the slightest
doubt, as the gentleman who rex
lated it is person OF unQuest
toned veracity. Seven years ago in {
quiet little county seat in Northwestern
Iowa young man about twenty-five
years of age was employed as foreman
in the office of the only village paper
Hewas man Of fine education, good
printer, ready and pleasing writer,
leader of the temperance society, &
church member and Sunday schoo
superintendent. He had resided
here several years and came I'd
have the full confidence of thu
people, He was elected school treasured
of the district and had at one time in hill
possession over $1,000. A set of polished
scoundrels in the village set to work I'd
ruin the printer and rake in the pot
They made their approaches gradually,
and before the young man fairly knew
what he was about he was
DRINKING AND GAMBLING.
He won over 500, became excited,
went in heavy, staked the $1,000 Of
school funds, lost it; was carried homa
dead drunk and woke up the next
morning ruined man with the Iowa
penitentiary staring him in the face and
a bad headache.
Some days after he was missing. It
was thought at first that he had been
murdered; search was made far and
near, but his body was not discovered.
A month after he left his books were
examined and inquiries made that
showed shortage of about $1,000. The
sheriff rushed West, got on the trail Of
an imaginary fugitive and followed
him to Texas, only to find that
he was chasing the wrong man.
and never stopped travelling nor looked
back until he landed in the state Of
Maine. He sought out an inland town
off the line of railroad, went to work
again as foreman of country printing
Office at $40 a week, gave an assumed
name and commenced a new life. He
saved every dollar possible for over five
years and then wrote back to his old
Iowa employer. promising to
PAY UP EVERY DOLLAR
if he were not mOlested. The bonds
men who had been left in the lurch by
his unceremoniouS departure readily
consented, and by return mail there
came $1,000 from Maine to pay back the
lost money. In less than seven years
from the time he left Iowa he had paid
back every dollar with interest.
Then he told the man he had worked for
all these years the story in full, begged
his forgiveness for the deception he
had been compelled to practice, and
marriage. The request was granted
the girl had several thousand dollars in
her own right which she intrusted, as
we'll as her own happiness, to the man
who had proved his integrity
by working seven years to re-
deem himself from dishonor. They
were married, and Immediately
pulled out for Dakota, where the once
dishonored man and fugitive from JUS
tice has recently bought and is to-day
successfully editing and publishing
under his own name one of the best
weekly papers in all South Dakota.
1t is quite the popular thing to-day to
sheer at the defaulting Sunday school
superintendent, and the world laughs
at mans weakness, but / am glad to
tell the story of one who. after he had
fallen. redeemed his good name by
man, who is credit to his profession
and fears to look no man in the eye.
FRANK FARRAL.