Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-18
PAUL'S AWAKENING.
"Mr Williams. ono moment, please"
uNghuf a. IL airfu

ME Williamai ono moment please
"Whut is 10, slri'
INF williams" with another slight
cough. "wo have decided, owing 90 mat.
tors ut which you uro probably as well
aware ns we, that vo will not Mood you
any longer As soon As you can fcguie
employment elsewhere we shall expect you
70 resign your position with us
"Irealiy don't-don't understand you,
was the reply. "Hnvo you discovered any
errors In the books''
"Nono at all-nonc nt sll We would be
perfectly willing 20 ind1rso accrtilcatc Of
your honesty and proficiency os an no.
countant What ] rotor to Is an entirely
different thing.
1.-THE fact h. yo have found that you
arc heavily indebted ln various parts Of
tho city, much moro than wo desire nny
one Ia our employ 60 be-. Several firms
whore YOU have Considerable accounts
standing for some time have applied 10 w
g. secure them. This We cannot DO.
II think that this thing has--hns boon
exaggerated. " stammorcd the young man
hut as you may have other reasons for
Wishing % discharge mo viii go ut once. "
And thon Paul Williams telling os
people always do who have met with the
penalty Of their indlfcrctiun. that ho had
bcon dealt with uuiustly, walked away.
Almost unconaciuusly be bent bis s,CDl
toward a distant iill, wherein lay tho city
cemetery. and half un hour later ho was
walking up the Hill with long sweeping
strides, totally Indifferent 90 tho flot that
tho dust of tho road was destroying the
polish Of his ahapcly shoes which that very
morning hc had put GA with 80 much
care
Paul williams was man ~ nyo and
twenty, and for four ycam had hold clio
position from which no had now been 50
Bu ldonly dismissed
Though no had no habits which could
have been called really bud. Doc uniortu.
natoly possessed traits " character which
kept him from succeeding as his friends
had Just reasons to expect. Ito WINS ono n
tho members Of a band Of young men who,
though not dlsslpntod, had formed tho
dangerous habit of spending money ns fast
OF faster than thoy earned it
Some two years before DO had begun 10
pay his attentions 20 q young lady, who
was now his hOtrothod, and wishing most
Of all not 60 appear mean In thnCycs Of tho
woman 10 loved no had often mndo pres
ents md spent money upon hOr when tho
perhaps more, II he had kept his puno
closed
Tho young man might not hnvo come 60
grief had it not boon Tor another habit
more seductive and infinitely moro dan.
Rurous than all the othors-thn practice Of
running into debt hccdlossiy and without
thought IL had always hcon falling
with him, hut within year II had grown
stronger than ever
All those things presented themselves to
Paul Williams IN tholr truo light for Tho
first timo as no nat alone IN tho silent
cemetery. After tim1 he cnmo 10 feel
that tho action uf his employers harsh al
Il might seem, was not without cause.
First Of all no would draw what money
no had in tho bank, and ns far as possible
pay what money no owed, and then hU
would go away from Iohnsport and Try "a
fnd something 90 do which would enable
him 10 pay tho rest
Two hours lator Paul Williams Hnt IN
his room with package OF bills, on each
Of which was the ominous letters "dr. Of
on ono hand and on tho other roll oil
bnnknotcs All told, hu was In dObt 500
Then no turned and counted tho bill
before him. There was less than $500,
little moro than half what no owed.
After q hnsty dinner no onc0 moro Gailot
out on tho street. and visiting each Of hi
creditors paid what no could, until not
dollar remained IA his pocket.
paul, said tho junior mombCr Of IN
firm hs no handed him n check, "Im con
foundodly sorry about this thing. It'al
'yrciched business from beginning 90 end
snd II / could hnvo had my way about II
cid boy, ~ would not have happened
Wired friend up In Wisconsin who wrot
mo some tlmo since that no wanted
good bookkecpcr, that n the place was no
already filled i could find u capital mai
FOR him. hayo just received nn answer
which says, Lot him como 40 once So 1
you want to 20 you arc not out all around
What say your
~ viii 90 at onco-tonight, " was IN
prompt reply.
pnul's hardest task slim lay hOforr hlr
to SEQ his intended vito and % toll he
oil. Tho young man told his story opcnl
and frankly, emitting nothing and COT
cohllng nothing
Ho told N tho opportunities that lay hy
foro him and Of tho tncriilccs ho was do
tormincd 20 mako until no had paid ever
cent, but thoro would DO q stain upon hl
namo, and II sho wished shO was fro {
break tho engagement between thom q
onoc
but II no Ind thought that rho woul
tako such u step be- was destined 20 b
happily disappointed, for hor roply wns'
paul, although have feared for a lon
tlmo that something Ike this was goln
20 happen, don't want TO DO FREQ froI
you, booHuse-bccnuse love you. G
away, do tho best you eau and, como wha
may, know that there IL ono who trust
you and IL waiting for you"
Whom q year had passed, no had pal
everything md was beginning 10 saw
Besides no had dropped all Of his FOOLS
airs and habits and become Ia every wa
moro manly and Independent
One day near the close Of his 6ecnn
year tho young bookkcopor and his ON
ployor were talking together whom tho la
tor said.
PAUL I am thinking Of taking In
partner My business So growing 90 "a.
that II needs two 90 attend 20 Il. and