The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10


MS community. Is tragic drama. But
once In a while It happens that the
story Of a fatal mistake 10 neither told
by the daily press nor aired In the
courts and when the tragedy is thus
whispered from mouth to mouth II
seems to como nearer home. aud to az
iect us more deeply than crime of pub
lie notorloty.
The treasurer OF a large manufactur-
Ing company In the east. BY reason Of
his caution In hard times and his fuan-
cial daring In prosperous tlmca. had not
only doubled the resources Of his COM
pany' but had accumulated property In
his own right
Business men respected HIS lutuitivo
ability ana apparent integrity. and his
noighbora honorcd him as a model clti-
zen. Women used to say to his wife.
How happy You must be with such n
noble husband"
No one lived a moro open life than he.
The president and directors OF his COM
nany had long since given tho whole
financial management OF the bullncs1
Into hls charge. and the inspection OF
the books was made 80 gruigingly and
20 seldom that II had come to be hardly
more than a form.
Hut ono day. while the treasurer was
In the city, tho president had occasion
10 look az some pnpcra IN the safe. Tho
more he looked. the more Interested aud
Tho rraycr he became Hc did not no.
tlco the flight OF time. for he was exam
Ing the accounts OF years past Before
7 no realized Il the treasurer stood beside
him. with trembling limbs and ashcn
/ face.
There In an error In your books"
said tho president. with severity. How
I do you account for a deficit OF over
/ thirty thousand dollars?"
MY God" cried Mr. 8, Don't have
mo arrested Think Of my family.
Como with me; You shall have II NIL"
/ Terribly agltatod. he dragged bis ac-
cuscr to his house. and up to an attic
room. OF which he alone had the koy.
There he opened a secret panel. and
/ displayed TO tho astonishcd president
stocks. bonds and money. the accumula-
ton Of years OF theft
with toars streaming down HIS face.
he confessed tho details ana methods
Of his long continued stealing.
why have you done thlsg You have
not used the money. Tell mo why?"
A. hts prealdcn, asked these ques-
lions, the eyes OF the wrotched man gilt
tered strangely tie tried TO answer.
and could not with a Departing Fos-
turo he pushed the hoard away from
him and uttered o. great cry Was 1t
posalhlc that he was going mad?
In a few days his physician pro-
nounced the emhezzler hopolcssly In
sane. ITO was not aont TO an aoy'um.
but was confined Ia hls own house with
suitable attendants. The company gem
crously kept silent, and tho causc OF
their troasurcr's Insanity was not made
known 20 the public. His townsmcn
to-day DO not suspect Il.
hut day after day and nlght after
night the patient wandors from his
sleeping room 10 the attic chamber:
counting over imaginary papers and
muttcrlng TO himself. There is an err
rorl There "a an orrorw That % his
ccasoleas cry, uu,ll he dies. In all prob
J ability, his lips viii form only those
four Hateful words; There 10 an err
rorw
There arc few more atrlklng lllustra-
tons than this. Of the fact that the soul
has Ita own ledger. and rs own debt,
and credit account with It's conscience
and its God, The balancing OF this
ledger, and tho adjustment OF the ac-
count must be- considered sooner or
, later Happy is he. against whom
there Us mo charge that recalls unhal-
lowed deeds. and that stlrs to acutencss
the consciousness OF Just condemnation
by God and man.