Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-06

and brought calamity upon other people.
When 1 reached here. ] found employment
with shipping house. have told my story
to one of the firm, who has been kind to me.
He seems to understand my case, and is
giving me a good chance to begin over
again. ! suppose the worst possible things
have been said about me, and do not care,
except that hope the people in Clarkson
will not think / was guilty of any wrong
doing at the bank / read in the newspa-
pers that 1 had stolen the banks money,
and hope that was corrected. The books
must have proved what say. 1 understand
now that what did was worse than steal
ing, but l should like you and Mr.. Porter
to know that not only did not take other
peoples money, but that in my foolish rela-
tons with Margrave did not receive cent
for the shares of stock which he took from
me-neither for my own nor for those of
Miss Porter / don't blame Margrave; If
had not been a coward he could not have
played with me as he did.
The company is sending me to one of its
South American houses / go by steamer
tomorrow. and you will not hear from me
again / should like you to know that I
have neither seen nor heard anything of
my brother since that night. With best
wishes for your own happiness and prosper
- JAMES WHEATON.
John Saxton, Esq.
On his way home to the club Saxton
stopped at Bishop Delafields rooms and
found the bishop, as usual, preparing for
field He was one Of those men who reach
sixty and never apparently, pass 1t. He
and Saxton were fast friends now. The
bishop missed Wary out of his life; Wary
was always so accessible and so cheering.
John Saxton was not SO accessible and he
had not Warry's lightness, but the bishop
OF Clarkson liked John Saxton.
The bishop sat with his inevitable hand
baggage by his side and read Wheaton's
letter through.
How ignorant we are!' he said, folding
1t. II sometimes think that we who try
to minister to the needs of the poor in
spirit do not even know the rudiments of
our trade. We are pretty helpless with men
like Wheaton. They are apparently strong;
they yield to no temptations, so far as any
man knows; they are exemplary characters.
/ dies all the time. The moral coward is
more to be pitied than the open criminal.
You know where to find the criminal; but
the moral coward is an unknown quantity.
Life Is strange business. John. and the
older l get the less think know of It,"
He sighed and handed back the letter.
But he's doing better than we might
have expected him to do said Saxton. "a
mans entitled to happiness If he can find
1t. He undoubtedly chose the easier part
in running away. I can't ina CINE him COM
ing back here to face the community after
all that had happened
II don't know that can either. Preach
| Ing is easier than practicing, and I'm not
sure that l gave him the best advice at the
ranch house that morning"
/ We'll, 1t was the only thing to do" Sax
ton answered. II suppose neither you nor
was sure he told the truth; 1t was stu
alton that was calculated to make one
skeptical. 1t isn't clear from his letter
that the whole thing has impressed him in
any great way. He's anxious to have us
think well Of him-a kind Of Retrospective
vanity"
But his punishment is great It's not
for US to pass on its adequacy. I must be
going. john" and Saxton gathered I'D the
battered cases and went out to the car
with him.
Bishop Delafield always brought Wary
back wildly to John, and as they waited
on the corner he remembered his first
meeting with the bishop. in Warry's rooms
at The Bachelors. And that was very long
ago.