The record-union., 1897-07-19

the bank. The moment a lot of big
bills came into my possession these
tempting thoughts would play through
my brain like lightning, but / would
always try to Danish them. On the
day of my downfall nothing was fur
ther from my mind than the thought
of running away with that money. yet
the moment 1 got possession of those
bills an impulse seized me to get away
from Boston as quick as I could.
Where to go l did not know. 1
walked down Washington street, after
coming up State, as far as the John
P. Lowell Arms Company. Bicycles
were in my mind more than anything
else for the first hour, and when
reached Lovell's store I stood looking
in at their wheels for long time.
Then | went up to Court street, and
walked to and down Hanover.
L wanted to take ride on bicycle.
/ had always wanted one. But my
mind changed again like a shifting
wind. 1 left the place and started for
the Union Station, and took the first
train out. 1 found when aboard that
1t was going to Lowell. On the way
began to get frightened, and every
time a man looked at me my heart
seemed to drop a foot. Arriving at
Lowell, l bought a wheel the first
thing, and the possession made me
happy for a few hours. but when night
came in that little hotel | would have
given ten thousand times the amount
had with me We're it in my power to
be back in Boston with the doings of
the day undone
Dld the possession of so much
money give me any pleasure? Momen-
tarily, yes. 1t gave me pleasure when l
went in to buy a wheel and a bicycle
suit. 1t gave me an immense amount
Of pleasure for the time occupied in
purchasing the wheel. 1t gave me
pleasure, too, when I was looking in at
the wheels in Lovells window and real
lied that l could buy anything 1 wanted,
but all the pleasure was lost as soon as
L had got what | wanted Bicycles were
hateful to me, and so was money. When
L heard that the police were after me,
was seized with a fierce desire to get out
of the way Where to go 1 did not know,
hut [ was afraid to stay on the train 1
took the next day after it reached Port
land. l got out there and took to my
wheel again. This l left N Yarmouth
Me. Then 1 went to Lewiston. l had
about made up my mind TO give myself
UP to the first policeman ] saw The
sight of one in the Lewiston station de-
cided me against doing that. and l went
tC Auburn to stay for the night.
There I suffered without sleeping
Il r low
buy why I went there 1 don't know
Then 1 decided to return to Boston and
give myself uD. When I left Rangeley
en- the backward trip I intended to go
to Yarmouth for my wheel. With that
once more in my possession L meant to
return to Boston to give the money and
the machine to the bank. 1 had suf-
fered all I could stand and for the first
time since leaving with the money my
mind seemed to be my own to sway.
AT Rangeley 1 saw my picture in the
paper and read all about the police chas-
ing me up in Canada, but the thought
that they were off the track didn't give
me the least pleasure. [ meant to sur
render myself anyway. My only fear
was that 1 should lose the money. That
thought all Friday night and Saturday
forenoon, up to the time of my arrest,
was uppermost in my mind. When
Deputy Sheriff Dyer of Pennington as
sured me that it was safe in one of the
banks of that town, I felt happy for the
first time, and that night, in the Farm
ington Jail, was the most restful of any
that 1 had spent since leaving home. 1t
may seem strange for anyone to hear,
but $50, 900 is a small sum for a dis
honest man to have for if he had any
fine feelings at all he would be driven
to dissipation by the mental strain and
his end would surely be bad.
My little experience which / would
give both my hands to undo, has taught
me that the honest road is the only
happy one. l am glad l was arrested,
glad that / started to come back, for
even if I had tried further and succeeded
in getting away [ know my whole life
would have been miserable
King seems to have grown five years
! in less than as many weeks. The sight
of one of his girl friends will nigh over
whelm him with shame.-New York
World.