Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-07-26

A.S usN ~ it itEaueE ONcf on tue Sue
of his head than he ever did, smokes
better cigars and more of them. He
has his hand in. Now. il he can cs-
cape the ponltentiary for three or four
years he viii get into political circles.
ard he WIFE get political jobs and will
have something TO do with harbors and
p2vcmcnts and docks. Now he has got
SO far along he is safe for perdition
Romance OF Crime.
II is quite a long road sometimes for
a man TO travel before he gets into the
romance OF crime. Those are caught
who are only ia the prosaic stage Of II.
If the shcriTs and constables would
only leave them alone little while.
they would steal as well as anybody.
They might not be able 20 steal Whole
railroad. but they could master load
of pig iron.
Now. always thank God when find
an estate like that so TO smash. 1t is
plague struck. and it blasts the nation.
| thank God when II goes into such
wreck IL can never be gathered up
again. | want it to become so lcath-
some and such an insufTerable stencil
that hc0cSt young men will take warn
Ing. IL Ccd should put into money or
its representative the capacity to so
to its lawful owner. there would not
be 4 hank or a safety deposit in the
United States whose walls would not
be blown out. and mortgages would
rip. and parchments would rend, and
gold would shoot. and beggars would
get on horseback. and stock gamblers
would 60 to the almshouse.
How many dishonesties In the max
ing out of invoices, and in the plaster
ing of false labels. and in the Itching
of customers of rival houses, and In the
making and breaking OF contracts.
Young men are indoctrinated In the
idea that the sooner they get money
the better. and the getting of Il on a
larger scale only proves TO them their
greater ingenuity. There is a glitter
thrown around about all these things.
Young men have got TO find out that
God looks upon sin in a very different
light.
y young man stood behind a counter
in New York selling silks to lady.
and he said before the sale was con-
summated. Il see there Is faw in that
silk" The lady recognized II. and the
sale was not consummated. The head
man of the firm saw the interview, and
he wrote home TO the father Of the
young man. living In The country, say
ing; Dear sir-Come and take your
boy. He will never make merchant"
The father came down from the coun-
try home in great CONSERVATION as any
father would. wondering what his boy
had done He came into the store, and
the merchant said TO him. "why, your
son pointed out flaw In some silk the
other day and spoiled the sale, and we
VIII never have that lady probably
again for q customer. and your son
never will make merchant" SIS that
all = said the father. II am proud Of
him. l wouldn't for the world have
h.n another day under your influence.
John, get your hat and coat. Let us
start" There are hundreds Of young
men under the pressure. under the fas-
citations thrown around about COM
mercial in!Quity. Thousands Of young
men have gone Gown under the pres
sure; other thousands have maintained
SaeiT Integrity. God help you Let me
sag 10 you. my young friend. that you
cal be n great deal happier In poverty
Than you ever can be happy IN a pros
perky which comes from N gotten
rains oh" you say. II might lose
any place. II is easy for you to stand
there aud talk. but IL is no easy thing
TO get place when you have lost ii.
Besides that. have widowed mother
cepo ncing upon my earnings and you
mist not be too reckless In giving ad-
vice 10 me-" All. my young friend. IL
Us always safe TO do right. but it is
never safe TO do wrong. You 20 home
and tel your mother the pressure un-
de- which you are IN that store, and /
know what she viii sag TO you II she
Is worthy or you. She will say: my
son, come out from there. God has
taken care or US all these years, aud he
VIII take care OF us now. Come out of
that"
False to Their Trust.
And remember that the man who
g-ts his gain by iniquity win soon lose
IL all. One moment after his departure
from life he will not own an opera
house. he will not own n certificate OF
stock. he will not own one dollar OF
government securities, and the poorest
boy that stands on the street with a
penny in his pocket looking at the fu-
neral procession Of the dead cheat as II
goes by Will have more money than
that man who one week previous boast
Cd that he controlled the money mar
ket.
On, there IL such fearful fascina-
ton in this day about the use of trust
FUNDS. 1t has got to be popular to take
the funds OF others and speculate with
them. There are many who are prae-
tcing that iniquity. Almost every man
In the course OF his life has the proper
~ or others put In his care. He has
administered perhaps for a dead friend;
he Is an attorney, and money passes
from debtor to creditor through his
hands. or he is in n commercial estab-
iShment and gets a salary for the dis
charge OF his responsibilities. or he Is
treasurer of philanthroplc institu-
1865 .sA&N AiohNJ III tue SultTlllX goes
through his hands; or he has some Of
ice In city or state or nation and taxes
and subsidies and supplies and salaries
are In his hands. Now. that is a trust.
That is as sacred trust as God can
give 4 man. 1t is the concentration of
confidence. Now, when that man takes
that money-the money of Others-and
goes TO Specializing with it for his own
purposes. he is guilty OF theft, false
hood and perjury and in the most in
tense sense OF the word Is miscreant.
There are families today-widows and
orphans-with nothing between them
and starvation but a sewing machine,
or kept out of the vortex by the thread
or n needle red with the blood of their
hearts. who were by father or husband
left a competency. You read the story
in the newspaper of those who have
lost by bank defalcatioD, and it is
only one line, the name Of woman
you never heard of, and Just one or
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