Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-22


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ZeAckiAh stood for . whole hour
turning the letter and circular over
His elbows were planted on his desk.
his brow was puckered thcugstfally.
The letter was very startling Who
WAS this Wilson who suddenly started
out Of the ground Offering unlimited
gold1
The deacon WA fifty Years OF age
The world. the fiesh and tho devil had
long lost attractiveness and pow
er To tempt him. SO he firmly believed.
but now all tho ungratihed ambitions
and aspirations of his life rose up.
though some Of them had been dead for
thirty years There's no reason why
you should be slave and toll all your
life for nothing" said Wilson The
deacon had never observed before that
he was slave. but now that his sstcn-
ton was called 70 it 1t seemed true
enough
When night came and zedexiah sent
up his pious petition Mr.. Wilson's pro-
posal was remembered BY the inser-
tion Of these words:
''And permit Thy servant TO do bnsi-
ness with this man. For Thou knowest
the unrercnerate of misplace, that
they would not consult Thee Thers-
fore withhold cot Thy servant, who
would make good use of wealth"
Zedekiah tossed all night uneasy In
conscience. At breakfast he gave very
short answers to his wife and was
short with the children After he ar
rived at the store he wrote this letter:
"CLAsyrIIk. l.. l.. May & lsel- - ~.
Cha lss Hils0a - Dear Str: Your letter re
ceived and contents Noted icoE't know VIC
recommended me 10 you but he cannot have
nentloncd the fact that I an descon OF the
Granville church. As . business man thala
you for your generous ofier. A . deacon
kavo 10 be convipoed that there is nothing
wrong in this mstter. ! aIc. cir. yonr very
humble servant ZRDEEIAH sAITER
"P. S.-Itope to hear from you scoa-"
For two days after he had dispatched
the letter the deacon went about like q
: man distracted At the end of the third
day there came . letter addressed to
him In the bold round hand Of the mys-
terious Wilson. II was opened in q sec
ond and the deacon WIS devouri,g it
behind a pile of boxes. regardless of
the customers waiting for him.
If he had expected Wilson 70 argue
With him tho moral questions involved
In their proposed scheme be was great
" mistaken There were three in
closures--a letter, a newspaper clip
ping and . two-dollar bill Hero Is
what the letter said:
DEAR SIR: In sending you q sar,plc OF my
goods ! AZ breaking one OF tie striciest rules
OF my business, but do IL this time because
think that you Iacen bvsincss sad because
Am satisfied that you VIII &c true 10 me; now.
II you writing out Of curiosity this sample
viii not satisfy you. but II you mean business
tvst cs well frcm this % from fvc
huadred samples; all my stock IS exactly like
sample, and when you como here. II you find
any difference as oil, taca you need not bug
ono deilar's worth and win pay all your ex.
pcEsss and give you tl.oSo In gold for your
trouble. Make up your mind 10 cater into tbs
and swear TO ycr TINT will assist you 10
make safe fortune. Hoping you and I win
soon meet. / remain
'Yours IN osanaeaoA
Return sample"
The deacon took . tvo-dollar bill Of
the same issue from his till and CON-
pared it with the counterfeiter's saI,
pie while the boy ran tho store After
time he procured microscope. There
was not the least difference observa-
BILE. After time he read the ncwspa-
per clipping and this explained ell. It
related to the arrest Of Al alleged conn-
terfeiter named Wilson in New York
and his acquittsl in the First district
court after tho one hundred Thousand
dollars he carried in his travelling bag
had been examined by government ex-
perts, who had been summoned from
Washington for the purpose. The ex-
perts said:
49, We fnd that the Unitec States
treasury notes. Which va hare examined were
printed from genuine plates used by fsrner
worknen In tho printing bures1 n may also
not be araiss 10 inform the court tAs, TIE secret
service department has long b-ea aware thas
some persons had possession CT o set 81 gcnu
inc plates SUPPOSED 10 have been furnished 5y
one Of the engravers In the engrnr.zs bsreau
Here TIE prisoner. counsel asked the gsv
eminent experts II they would BEe-r Wat the
bills examined by them we're ccuaterfeits. &c
the as;oniskDcrt Of every member rf the
grand jury tscy replied iasi they would not.
Ia fact could not. a. they were positive the
bills were as good as an Issued by TIE govern.
mcnf excepting the fact that there ras not 90
much silk Gber interviewer In the paper Of the
bills found on ihe prisoner a. in the genuine be
longing 10 the United 5tateS The faaik con.
tinued the expert lays IN the ca.eisss manner
observed To tae treasury department ia allow
Ing the ~orsSEneH TO baaase goverrrasrt plates
printing INKS. dies etc, 50 tAey vfshei
The judge had 10 ether alternative thar 90
instrsc; The iury to discharge the prieonef 80
The deacon sat at his deek til dark
ness came down. his elbows were
planted in front Of him. has chin rested
in his hands. he was thinking very
hard At last he got dovn and pre-
pared TO close Up the stora Tain't
no counterfeit at all It's ROOD money.
Where's the harm IL ! can buy thirty
thousand dollars for one thousand aoi-
lars so lcnc as il Is ali coed money!"
After the deacon CLOSED up the st~e
he wrote th.s letter ana goa 10 In the
last mail:
"CrAw-rrs& L L, NAY :. fsps.