The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

That is perfect remarkable set of books.
And. Mr.. Dewey, l must compliment you
upon writing such a fine hand, sir. Where
is your CASH.
Mr.. Dewey pointed to the omney and
said:
There it is-$27 ,915.35.
MI. Kitchin gazed gravely at the mon
ev for a moment and then declared:
Mr.. Dewey, l believe you are a min
reader. sir. Do you know, sir, l was just
on the point of saying that that was the
exact amount in that pile of money. Good
day, sir
And Dewey laughed more heartily than
anyone else at the old time system OF bank
inspecting. and yet at that moment he had
robbed his own bank of over 100000 and
had never been suspected OF taking a
cent"
SOME SORENESS.
do the New Bern people continue to
feel sore over the robbery
sore is no name for it. They get mad
der as the days pass. You see, they had
placed such implicit faith in Dewey, had
held him up as a sort OF Il model, and his
crime is a worse blow to civic pride than
to personal pocketbooks. The idea that
the whole town was fooled for so long a
tim makes every resident angry beyond
expression"
How do they account for the theft
just speculation"
A DEGENERATE.
ooh, speculation is only a detail 50 Tar
as cause is concerned. Dewey was a de
generate. Yes, / mean just that. | have
known him for years. l knew him when
he was more interested in Y. NJ. c. A.
work and the Methodist church than IN
anything else. He you'd do to tie to
then. But his real downfall is to be dated
from the time that he quit the Y. M. c.
A.. and learned to dance and play poker.
He did everything we'll, by the way. He
was a strong and useful force in the
church., and he learned to play one of the
smoothest poker games that anybody ever
went up against.
'Any man who learns to be one Of the
boys after he is twenty-five years old viii
bear watching. The world places faith in
the worst sort of a dissipated man who
reforms, but nobody can afford to have
confidence III a man who has geen good
through his youth and deliberately learns
Tic ways " tAiIS6 = III 10 bIN
full measure of a man and the head of a
family. Dewey's embezzlement, or de
generation in a financial way, practically
began about the time he learned to waltz.
But nobody suspected anything and
lie had the confidence of every man, wo-
man and child in New Bern who knew
him. He was a big hearted, gentle sort
of a fellow, but entirely too much of a
lady. Why, he was the best dress-maker
in New Bern. and he could make every
part of a woman's dress-button to top,
inside and outside
"Where do you suppose Dewey is now?"
In New York. New York, Paris or
London are the places where any criminal
who is a wise man goes to hide himself.
Nobody but a DOL will set sail for some
faraWay country, for the chances of de-
lection there ar treble over what they
are in the three largest centres. Yes, the
New Bern people say Dewey is a down
right genius, that he is in New York, and
that he can stay there safely as long as
he wants to, despite the reward of $4,000
for his apprehension. You remember it
has been stated that he can grow a beard
IN three days. BY this time he may have
a beard of any color that he wants to,
and he is Just he kind of a man who
would be a consummate artist IN disguis
ing himself
Not Dewey. The record of the man is
opposed to that sort of a thing. A bad
man who has turned good man and then
falls might do that. but a good man has
swallowed his conscience for good and all
1t is reported, however, that members OF
DeWey'S family will probably offer 10
square the bank of debt provided there
is no prosecution. But this is only a
rumor."