The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-10-21

The railway superintendent came down
10 has office on Monday morning, sat down
az his desk and began 10 open hls mai!.
The FIRST letter was from the vile 81 4
discharged conductor, which sand
Il take this opportunity To write while
my husband Is at church He has been
going regularly the last three Sundays.
He has been TO see the minister, and
the minister gave him good advice and
drew up a pledge and be signed 1t. and
every morning aud nigh; he asks God 10
help him keep 1t. | am sure he will never
drink again. We have only seven dollars
IN the house ! am dong my own work.
though | am not strong enough 10 do II.
The baby IS sick, and | do not know how
We are 10 hive when the little money we
now have Is gone For Gods sake, pity
us and give my husband hls train again,
| and ] am sure he viii never drink another
drop"
The superintendent read the letter and
handed IT across the desk TO friend who
had entered. Read that" said he, and
tell me what 10 do
What has been his record:" asked the
friend.
This is the third time he has been
found drunk on duty. Each time | warned
him, and the second time | suspended him.
This time | discharged him for good.
can't pace human lives IN the care OF a
man who cant be trusted. II | take him
back Il won't be three weeks before lie
| is drinking little on the sly, and within
three years he will wreck a train, as sure
as the sun rises tomorrow
Have you another place where you could
use him. some place involving less re-
sponslbiityP
No, he is physically unable to do hard
work, and there Is no other kind at which
| can put a man of that sort. j don {
dare set him even W tchIng n crossing. In
fact, there Is no position on a railroad tor
| a man who can't be trusted 10 do his
duty"
Later in the day the conductor himself
came in, The superintendent received
him kindly, but with no encouragement in
his manner
Il knew You would come he sad.
"and ] must be frank and saw that |
| should bave thought more of you had YOU
stayed at home and helped your wife with
the housework. instead of going TO cnurch
so that she could write me about it,
But" said the conductor, "shc wanted
me TO 60, and / did not know about the
letter until she told me afterward, aud
really, i am sure | shall never fall again.
l have asked God TO help me. Trust me
once more and have pity for my family
The superintendent shook his head sad.
ly. You want me to pity your family,
he SAID, but you didn't pity them your
sell, and you never thought about asking
God TO help Won, except to help yon out
of a scrape. You have got your religion
too late 30 far as this office is concerned.
Ii viii help you To forgiveness TO your
sins, aud | hope Will make a better man
of you, but IT IL too late for Job of run.
ning a train. That kind of religion that
we have TO insist on IN this Office isn't the
kinds that helps man 10 get job back;
II IL the kind that makes him keep II. |
believe IN religion, and wish every man in
the company's employ was a religious man !;
but the kind of religion this company
needs is the kind that makes men faithful
to their work
The discharged man went out and the
superintendent stern face relaxed. II
am sorry for that wife and the sick baby
hc SAID, but | cant trust human hives
20 a man who gets his religion SO late
The true faith ~ the faith which makes
faithful. IL is never too late TO look TO
God for forgiveness, but penitence some
times comes too late TO restore a lost OPP
portunity.-Iouth's Companion