The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-04
"A GOOD N.AklE RESTORED.
By w. r Rose.

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as he leaned back. Gust collapsed q
little, that's all. The patient Jade kick
ed as you said she would, doctor. Ard
now1let me present my strong backed
rescuer, Mr.. Benton Trip, Who
But Benton had slipped away in the,
darkness. H Y; n
But he came again the next day.
Durham was back in the wheel chair
and had propelled himself out to his
favorite tree, and there Benton Trip
came upon him suddenly.
II promised you I'd come" he said In
n hurried way as he met Dunham's
glad SMILE Then he hastily went on as
IL fearful that his resolution would not
last: II want to tell you just who i am.
was foolishly glad yesterday that You
did not remember It. but am Benton
Trip. the defaulting bank teller
Dunham's bright eyes regarded him
steadily, and he moistened his lips and
went on. My home Is up in. New
Hampshire, and when / left college my
relatives thought 1t would be fine to SC.
cure me place in the local bank IT
was mistake. wasn't fitted for the
work. had strong business Instincts.
The restraints OF a tellers position was
irksome to me. The salary was small.
but that didn't worry me. There was
all I needed for my personal wants. But
studied the markets early and late,
and knew that with little assistance
l could bring handsome yields from
small investments. was Wild to spec
ulate In something. One day was sent
to Boston on the banks business anu
overheard 4 conversation In the train
that convinced me a certain section of
land in the city might speedily be util-
lied for railway purposes. Filled with
the idea of 4 successful speculation I
hurried to the owners OF the apparently
waste land adjoining the railway Sec
ton and secured an option on It for
thirty days.
Before the option expired took $12,-
600 from the bank and paid for the
piece. or course I told myself 1t was
only loan to be paid back with gener-
Gus interest. 1t was only question Of
keeping 1t dark for few weeks, and
then the discovery unexpectedly came!
/ was u dlssraced defaulter. My act
was published TO the world. AT the
soltcitude OF my distracted friends I
was not arrested turned over the
land TO the bank, understanding that
the president, Mr.. Jabez PringSa bought
1t in personally ut something less than
| paid for it-and yet that very piece.
as afterward found out, must have
trebled in value within sixty days after
left the place. for my friends made up
purse for me and sent me abroad.
They are an honest lot. and there was
no longer any home for me there. 1
knocked about for 4 year or SO, finding
little or nothing to do, and then sunk
my pride and got this Monaco job. I've
paid of every cent borrowed, but have
heard nothing from any Of my friends
FOR many months. They are honest
folk and are quite right in casting me
of. And SO, you see, was right when
told you it would do you no good to
know me-
Sit down." said Durham gently.
My heart warmed to you,' murmur-
ed Benton little brokenly You wer;.
my countryman and from my college,
from amid those associations that were
the happIest OF my life. You can't
imagine what 1t is to feel that you are
morally cut OF from both your country
ana your countrymcn."
u know what it is to be physically
cut OF" said Durham. with little
smile. He put out his thin hand. won't
you sit down, Benton?"
That night Durham told his father
Benton's story.
"A bad start" said the astute capt.
talist but perhaps LASTING lesson.
Jabez Prlngle, Ell? I'll talk with the boy
tomorrow. I've little nut to crack