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that Ae Hal In ssvsn handssA dollars
In the theater. We went - hb ssst
and found the roll Of hills cangAs In -
joint The sweepeu he'd ovsriooissd IL
bus pooPls don't olsen gee bnsk noosy
or poekstbooka You san't control The
honesty Of tbs thssAss smplsyeA you
know. We have he most s1siAeent
rules governing THE matter. An en-
ploye Is Instantly dismiassd n he f.ils
- return found article. and b Il Is Of
any value s,d he = eanght rstaaning IL,
the theater becomes the prosecutor and
sees thst he catches I'll Tie penolty The
Law viii enforce.
"Peopls In the sndlsoos. believe. IN
vary Nanny easss s6sal luss aFskelsA !
have observed sadtsnsss lssving the
thesAsx nssy tlnsA - Nv rood re-
6on Cor a.yi19 q u Il vssy easy In
passing Aewn q a1nAo IN . crowd 70
place hand on ~ heAd q an um-
brells q cane s&oaAine - against .
chair whsre soDAbod4 No. lslt Il or
upon . wrap carslesaly lelt over the
back Of chair. Ycu wiu seldcu 80 .
thief pick up snyshing whieA hes fAllsa
20 the door. hewevss. 1os Ne sss Of
STOPPING down sttsae1s stesnteen So
u h that money ~ small srtis3es
dropped on the door azs seldom s1olsn
by thieves In ths audienee, though
have known thievss 10 drop "a umbrella
Or hat In order - make In excuse for
STOPPING down. II you Gee anyone stoop
down aid openly pick up lost bill or
articls from tho door you can nearly
always talrc 1t for granted that the
finder Is an honest man and means to
leave II at the boz Office.
'Oncs. however. I saw IN honest man
overcome by temptation and Yield while
on his way out Of the theater IL was
IN interesting study In human nature.
was standing where could see al
tho changing emotions in his face, and
tho fact that his face was 20 plainly
read convinces me that he YVES honest
Ut heart He was young man. neatly
but cheaply dressed had casually
observed him during the play, because
no seemed to enjoy itso hugely. He
was evidently trssting himself 70 IN
unusual enjoyment Passing out OF
the theater with the crowd, he sudden
~ stopped down and scooped up some
thing from the hoor. He examined II
openly and eurioualy. snd I noticed It
was roll Of billa He called the atten-
ton Of . man near him 70 the ind.
and they exchanged words smilingly.
They werc evidsntly stz1ngsrA Il
took some time to pass down tho aisle,
during which time he was tempted,
struggled and Yielded Hi face ex-
prcsscd only amusement and curiosity
ct first, Then he opsnsd Ne roll and
counted tho billA he puckered hie
Alps into . silent whistle. Suddenly .
furtivc expression crossed his facs, tho
bills dropped out Of dahk his Mps
closed aad he glanced quickly aeound
him. No one was noticine him Thsn
no put ono hand 10 his forehead, and
slowly shook his head Then his face
cleared; but immediately sfterwsrd The
lurtivc look cana bool, and 10 bit his
lip again, and again glanced round.
Finally, sitter sevsral snch changes Of
countenancs. he dropped his eyea 70 the
Aoor sSd uvlz,sed forward nervoualY