The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-21

Had rss, froIn their weary pain
Alt omcer gey, bright uniform
The blue and the shining gold.
Wrapped q iofm That was held in deaths
embrace,
The pr3mo.ed-so brave 50 bold.
UNFoRGOTTEN WORDS.
"Have you examined that bin, james,"
Yes, SIR"
Anything ?o
] lind two errors
"Ah let nle see.
The lad handed his employer a long
bill that lad been placed upon his desk
for examination.
Here IS an error in the calculation Of
ten dollars which they have made against
themselves, aud another ten dollars in
the footing"
Also against themselves
Yes, sir"
The merchant smiled in a way that
struck ,he lad as peculiar
Twenty dollars sgainst themselves ~
/ he remarked, in kind Of pleasant sur
/ prise, Trusty clerks they must have,
indeed
Shall I.couect the iguros >" asked the
lad.
10 let Them correct their own mis-
takes ae don't examine bills for other
peoples benefit" replied lthe merchant.
j. w.ll b5 lime 10 rectify those errors
when they find them out. Al so much
I gain as il row stands
/ The boys delicate moral sense was
+ sliocEesat So unexpected a remark. He
VS. iAe son Of poor widow, who had
given h.m to understand that to he just
WIS ,ae duty Of man.
Mr. Carman, tie merchant, in whose
employ inent he had been for only few
months, sgss an oid friend ofhis fathers,
in whom ho rcposed the highest conf
dence. De fact, James had always looked
upon him as kind Of model man, and
T when 8Ir. Carman agreed to take hin in
bis store, he ielpthat a good fortune was
( ID his way
'I.rt them correcl their own mistakes"
These words made strong Impression
/ on t4e;liud Of James Lewis. Wnen FIRST
spoken by Mr. Carman, and with the
meaning then involved, be felt. as we
have said, shocked but as he turned
/ them over again in his thoughts, and
connected their uuerance with a person
who stood so high in his mothers esti-
nation, he began to think that perhaps
the thing WIS fair enough in business.
Mr.. Carman was hardly the man to do
wrong. 4 few days after James had ex-
amined Che bill, q clerk from the house
by which it had been rendered, called
forset;lencnt The lad, who was pres
en,, waited with interest TO see whether
Mr. Carnan would speak Of the error.
Bot he made no remark. A check for
the amount Of the bill rendered was hll-
ed up, and 9 receipt taken.
Is that right ~
James asked himself this question.
His moral sense said no but the TACT that
Mr:Caman lad so acted bowildered his
mind
Il may be he way in business"-so
/ he thought to himself-"but il don't look
honest. l wouldn't have believed it Of
HIM"
Mr. Carman had kind Of way with
Linn that won the boys heart, and natur-
ally tended to maze him Judge what
ever he might 90 IN q most favorable
manner.
"I.wish he had corrected that error"
be said to himself a great many times,
when thinking ia a pleased way of Mr.
Carman, and his own good fortune in
having been received into his employ
ment. 1t don't look right, but maybe
It's the wsyof business"
One day he went tothe bank and drew
the money on q check. IN counting it
over be found that the teller had paid
him tifty dollars loo much, and he went
back 10 the counter and told him Of his
mistake. The teller thanked him, and
he returned to tho store with the con-
sciousness in his mind Of having done
iight"
The teller oyerpaid me fifty dollars"
4 he said TO Mr. Caman, as he handed him
/ rhe money. 3
Indend ?" replied the latter, a light
/ breaking over his counienanee, rs he
hastily counted the bank bills
The light faded as the last bill left his
fingers.
"There's no mistake, James A tone
or disappointment was IN his voice.
"oh, r gave him back the fifty dollars.
Wasn't that right?
Yoa simpleion % exclaimed AIr. Car
man, don't you know that bank mis-
takes are never corrected II the teller
had paid you .iity dollars short, he would
not have made it right
The warm blood mantled the cheeks
Of James under this reproof. Il is often
The case that more shame is felt for a
hlunder than a crime. in this instance
The lad felt sort Of modification at hay-
I inx done what Mr.. Carman was pleased
to call a silly thing, and he made up his
mind that if they should ever overpay
him a thousand dollars at the bank he
should bring the amount TO his employer
and let him do as he pleased with the
j moDey.
Let people lock after their own mis-
takes, sid AIr. Cannan.
James Lewis pondered these things in
his heart. The impression they made
was too strong ever TO be forgotten. 1t