Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-22

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aMegsd vvIt L !. evell 4 S6fad nT6ach
re e Ssqp5ecN expressed nis regrets g hear
ing sOf the ror Wftc had been commit
TED, and assured me of# his villingnessst to-
reiH1biarse the bank but there wassan
mlnOns but. 20 ii Was Short Of ready
money JUST then: everything he had WIs1
tea up in 8 promising enterprise which:
was bound 70 bring ~ a profit
Fln:the course Of anew days # only he could
20 noid o lt g little longer IS he failed
70 $scrape together this small amount, all
would bes lost Insiel iously and relentless
~ tney drove ME toward the trap they had
prepared. and q was weak enough to fall
into IT. Before the interview was over
l@had consented to allow Witherss TO still
further oYerdraW hie account, and had
received his solemn promise to refund. be-
lore the end OF the week. the entire amount
ne owed the bank.t Tnen8Chat ham suggest
ed tnat y would bt' Wiser - let the sec
oRo overdraft como from another a.
count. W1therS agreed With MIN and stated
that tine check could be made In the name
of Henry Seymour, q creative Of his. who
aad Iecently opened - naAl: aeconnt with
the kmckerR0ckeT bank. strongly OBJ
Jected 20 sharing the secret OF my infamy
with any others; out - nnAny sllowed my
een 90 Pc ovefSuled ~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ofels into whose eAutches had fallen. .EE
Z Fhe next DAY / took my Hrst step N
crime Dy making such entries a. would
insure the hQnostns 81 y6eynnour's check:
After that ] wa1fomplete tAthe p6NeF OF
n ha$N
discovered that = had been their dupess
FChatham's .ecccompitcs was not the true
: Withers; ;fof this man.. a few days later,
made e large deposit. which more than
covered hts previous overdrafE The false
Wltlefs, Vas; Henry seymour himself.
{. AS soon AZ had committed felqny,N
became unnecessary for seynour to keep
up any .IorxnerS pretense 81 desire TO re-
Iono the money had heiped him 10 stea.
was now IN the meshes 81 crime as deep
y as s my accompanies ana from tnat tune
70. thls Hney nave Korce0 me 20 act as their
cats-paw.. Duttng TINS period OF two years
the bank mas been robbed IN this way OF
over @zoo,VN' every cent OF wnlcn mas
gone 70 Cnatnam ana seymour: = ~
= 4ou;5can perhaps imagine what q hell
my lfeahas been during that time. With
prison ana d1sgrace staring me IN the face;
and WITH the absolute conviction that ex-
posture must inevitably come sooner or
later, nave 3uHered the torture oil the
damnedC} AT the Danki nave been In
perpetual state OF suspense. u have start
ed at every word spoken to me; have
seen Suspicion IN every glance which has
met mine; nave trembled and paled at
every approach Of one Of thesofhcers of the
bank. And yet have not, dared to alb
sent myself from my desk for an hour, lest
an examination OF my books during my
arse &c snouid reveal my crime: have
peen the nrst 10 reach the bankl IN the
morning, ana the last to leave 1t at night;
! nave not even taken the lew minutes
curing tne Gay Wnlch Wouid nave oeen re-
CURED % enaDle me To- OBTAIN hurried
meal. on one pretext or another. during
the 1ast Two years. nave had TO forezo my
annual vacation. l have dragged myself
10 my post when was so I'll that Gouid
hardly stand, because could not AFFORD
to have anyone take charge of ;ay books
lof even an noun. ana al that tlme, WIN
1ull realization OF my degradation and
infamy, have been forced to continue my
trauds knowing that each one brought
me nearer to the inevitable fina! exposure;
but knowing equally we'll that a refusal
+ on my part 10 continue my stealing would
result an an instant betrayal by my &C
completes.
possible. Aweek ago the yearly exanlna-
ton, OF. the DOCKS took place. me expert
accountant employed Was as usual, Thomas
Chatham. and of course, as usual, his re-
rort Was entirely satisfactory. It seemed.
ElAcre1ore, as though discovery could be
POSTPONED little longer; when suddenly.
tnlS morning, We were INFORMED that g
change inthe system OF bookkeeping would
De aoopted aiter tne ISL OF January: L saw at
once tnat all was over. Inc discovery OF
my crime is now matter OF hours. must
pc out OF the way before the crash comes
OF, l am doomed can already see the
Ielon str1pes upon my PACK; the ciang OF
the prison gates ring IN my ears =
am TOO oazed 20 thlnk; put feel tnat
my. only escape ls IN deatn. Anoyetl ci1ng
10 lie. know that the happytdsys OF the
past are gone forever; and Yet feel a sort
OF NUMB relief at the thought that the
worstis now certain to come, and to come
at once ..:.s;;:..
Il have carefully prepared my flight, so
that I shall have plenty of time to reach
place OF safety. Once there. I shall be
re- .re srn,i uue s1laM We an exne'
h''.d - win 1"e ~ 'ne sf*''e tue
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