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gen $4,000 8llidel; Glepotorenuor'
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1000 Seubudro 4er .........u... 81
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100 Giti6cno' Cant ............... %
500 F6iIdbelpuid 60. ............... BOZ.
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MoggeM- 3nfubren 1898 Tn'
id)el; aus Den Glepatoren 5nrildge5o.
gen 1891 Yui6el; Glepntorcn Dor
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WITH NUMBER SIX sfIoT-DUck STORIES

along the windings of little creek,
finally reached what appeared to be
the open sea. but the grasstops were
visible, showing that the water was not
deep.
/" Here's where we get out said sam
cheerily, and as he stepped ever the
side l followed. Both of us were wear
ing gum boots. He led the way;
splashed in his wake. Soon we had lost
sight OF the boat. left behind among
the tules. but this didn't bother Sam
and he swung along at gait that soon
had me blowing
" Don't see any duck. sam. said I.
Z" Walt, they's quite way off yet,
he answered. and. continued going
/ made no further comment for an hour
or so: neither did Sam. The silence
was broken alone by the sound of our
splashing. By this time the sun was
mighty hot. but Sam kept at it,.
Where are the duck, SAM asked
We'll get there about noon,' an
swcred Sam. shifting his gun.
by noon I'll be dead, / hazarded
with some show Of temper. but Sam
only grinned.
quired with another show of impa-
tience
sit down in the water. answered
Sam. there isn't land in fourteen miles
of here big enough 10 put goose
egg on
Il kept on moving BY o'clock T
was angry. by o'clock mad clear
through. BY. o'clock frantic, and b.
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Continued From Back Page of Thi
Section.)


Section.)
California, and ii was on the marshes
about fourteen miles. more or less,
from Sunol. 1t was all because Sam
Priest really does not know how old
he is.
In the early days Sam was market
hunter. but when the ffty-Iimit law
went into effect aud Sam could no
longer take out that old muzzle-loader
of his and murder about 1850 ducks Il
day he decided there wasn't profit
enough in the game for him. so he quit
it and did the next best thing. He
went into politics and now he is aiding
the Board OF Supervisors in the gov
crnment of the city
Sam is a Native Son, member of
the order and proud of IT, For many.
years have been telling him he ought
to quit the Native Sons and join the
Society of California Pioneers.
Younger than you ever dared to
be. responded Sam every time | sug-
gested this change in his fraternal
connections.
.'One day sam came to me apparently
in a high pitch of excitement and told
me he had recalled an old hunting
ground where lie would give me the
hunt of my life. I'll go you. Sam,
said, jumping at his proposition. so we
caught the first train for Suisun. slept
there until about o'clock in the morn
ing and 1T that hour. led by Sam. /
started. gun in hand, For the marshes.
Sam got a boat and, after guiding it
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would pay the man at least ss5 a month
ana expenses. so that he might be sure
OF MS living and thus out OF extraordi-
nary temptation. we would issue the
bond They agreed. got the bond. then
promptly discharged the man and re-
employed him on the original conmis-
sion basis The goods would not sell
and the salesman did exactly what
might have been expected-he used s400
or his collections to pay his travelling
expenses They sued US to recover the
amount. but they didn't get it.
The most striking instance Of this
kind in my experience was the case OF
Arm much nearer home. which may be
called Blank. Dash & Co. because that
wasn't it's name. We had bonded their
bookkeeper for $4,000. One day a very
finely dressed man with q most i'm
pressive manner and diamond presented
himself to me as the head OF the firm
OF Blank. Dash & Co. He said the
bookkeeper had stolen $500 and de-
manded that we make good the amount
under our bond. He was given a print
ed form and instructed 20 render an
itemized statement under oath Of the
amounts stolen, from whom taken and
the dates. on the debit sicN. and on the
credit side the sums paid the book
keeper as salary and other emoluments-
Three days later he presenced the form.
beautifully filed out. ruled with red
ink, and duly attested by notary He
wanted a check for the $500, but was
told to call again in few days Then
we did little investigating
"a few days later Mr. Blank. an
faultIessIy attired and as impressive as
ever. walked into my ONCE.
What did you wish, sir, / asked
"'why, I came for my check for that
$500
Certainly we'll pay when we're LA
bic. Listen TO me. Mr.. Blank. You
work that man from o'clock in the
morning to o'clock in the evening
at starvation wages for the firn- Then
you compel him to work two OF three
hours more every evening without any
additional compensation on the books
Of church Of which you are treas
urer He took the $500 all right. but
it was every cent pew rent, and the
amount he has taken would be just
about fair and reasonable compensa-
tion for the extra work you have COM
PEELED him TO do. We did not bond him
as treasurer of the church, but only as
bookkeeper for your firm, yet you have
by fraud and Misrepresentation en-
deavored to make good your church
funds from us DO you think your pas
tor would approve OF this. Mr.. Blank
There was no answer. Mr.. Blank
turned and walked out In style less
impressive than his entry.
From these incidents you can see
that while our daily experience tends
to increase our confidence in the In
tegrity of the great masses OF intelli-
gent American citizens. we are careful
not to give too free rein 10 confidence
when dealing with those who ara nAk
under bond"
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O'Clock murder was in my heart. We
hadn't seen a duck and I was about
ready to collapse, when we turned q
clump and there was our boat
Brought you back all right. didn't
L. said Sam. smiling.
"'Yes. you did, I muttered between
my clenched tseth- You brought me
back Ell right. You've brought me back
practically a corpse and you've been.
walking me in circle What in ii
do you mean? 1 thought you knew
where 1 could have a good hunt. You've
tried to murder me and nearly sue
cecded.
Didn't you have sense enough 70
know that that's alkali land and that
there hasn't been a duck there for thir
~ years2' said Sam. his eyes twinklinz.
Il was too astonished to reply
Pretty active Pioneer, amt II con-
tinued Sam with srsn- Think I'm not
a Native Son and ought TO be in the
Veterans Home? Well. I Just wanted
to show you that when it comes TO
youth I've got you beaten from here
TO the moon
sam said l. as / looked at him
with all the savageness I could mus
ter. If 1 had strength left TO raise my
gun I'd shoot YOU.
All right. said sam, but am l. a
Pioneer or a Native SON
- sam / answered. I think too much
of you to tell you what / think YOU
are, but 1 guess the dinner IL on me-.
sam ehuckled. l haven't called him
a Pioneer since
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more audacity than Judgment Possibly
he may be the cashier. He presents a
scheme that Is daring. but still within
bounds. offers the bank extra high In
terest and perhaps bonus besides, and
gets a loan. which is paid. The ven-
ture is repeated until the president Is
dazzled with the brilliance 0f the pro-
moter's genius. At last a loan cannot
be taken up when due The venture
may he legitimate but III judged. 1t is
necessary to advance more money to
safeguard the original investment
Here the president makes his fatal
mistake. Instead of laying the whole
matter before the board of directors
and confessing his original mistake he
makes the additional loan on his own
responsibility and is still more deeply
involved.
We had an Identical case In Texas
once. We had bonded a bank cashier
who was authorized to, make loans up
to $4,000 without consulting the board.
He lent that sum to cattle company.
The loan was not taken up when due
Instead the cattle company needed more
money to pull it's Investment through
The cashier advanced $4,000 more with
out consulting the directors The cattle
company eventually failed and the bank
was out $4,000. The bank demanded
the amount of our bond, which was re-
fused because the cashier had not stoI-
en- any money but had only erred in
Judgment. Against the advice OF its
own lawyers the bank had the cashier
arrested on a charge of embezzlement.
Upon examination before a Federal
Commissioner he was discharged. but
some shyster lawyers based a suit
against us to recover the bond on the
fact of the arrest. The courts decided
against them.
Sometimes things happen calculated
to create the impression that employers
should furnish bonds to do the honest
thing rather than their employees Once
we had an application for a bond for
$4,000 from man who proposed TO
travel on commission for a small manu-
featuring concern In California. which
may be called Smith & Smith. II a man
working on such terms were successful
he would be a safe risk: but IL the
goods would not sell we'll he would run
out of money, and. as he would be
obliged to live. he might be forced to
take some OF the money collected for
his employers to pay travelling ex-
penses. This would be embezzIement,
technically at least. and we would be
liable. To give a bond under such con-
ditions would be tantamount to insur-
ing the success of the venture. We
wrote to Smith & Smith that II they
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m1AGAh

friends. But in hundred men from
Europe--England, Ireland, y France,
Sweden, Germany, Bohemia-without
kindred or friends here, the chances
are that seventy-five of them will steal
If they have an opportunity. They
need not expatriate themselves when
they become fugitives from justice.
They come to America with their heads
filed with wild ideas of the ease with
which wealth is acquired here. After
they have been disillusioned by adver-
sity, if they are finally advanced to
some position of trust where they have
a chance to steal, they are pretty apt
to take advantage of 1T. They are likely
to be homesick. and the stolen money
will enable them to return to family
and friends. The situation is reversed
when an American-born man is tempt
ed to take what does not belong to
him.
But if the European youth has a
brother here who is doing fairly well
he is less likely to steal. IL he mar
ries here he Is still more inclined to be
honest; and If he not only gets mar
ried but also takes out naturalization
papers his integrity under temptation
may be considered to be raised to the
average. Environment, after all, has n
great deal to do with determining the
honesty or dishonesty of man.
Honesty Impossible to Some.
..Of course, there are exceptions to
the general rule about homo ties.
Sometimes a man who has more than
the usual reasons fos being honest will
steal under peculiarly aggravating cir
cumstances A few years ago a young
woman came to my Office to ask for a
bond for her husband. She said that he
had sserved a term in the New Jersey
penitentiary fur embezzlement but
that he had experienced change of
heart. had joined the church and had
taken class in Sunday school She
had married him after his release from
prison with a full lsnowledse of his
record. Now he had an opportunity to
get a position at s1v0 a month il he
could furnish bond for $4,000. The
new employer knew all about the mans
prison record and change of heart, so
we gave the bond. fhe wife always
brought the premium payments to the
Office and on every occasion renewed
her expressions of gratitude to US for
giving her husband new start. She
was evidently doing all in her power
to help him lead an honest life. Yet
in less than three years he had robbed
his new employer of several thousand
dollars and was again sent TO prison.
On the other hand. there have been
instances where an earnest determina-
tion to be faithful to trust has cansed
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on those inclined to dishonesty is the
surety company. think it is pretty
we'll known Row that when man for
whose honesty we have given Il bond
defaults. his punishment is inevitable
1t makes no difference TO us whether
we arrest defaulter four hours or
four years after his crime We can
wait The real value of bond to
the employer lies not so much in the
amount repaid by the surety company
in case of defalcation as in the deter
rent influence of a corps of detectives
of exceptional ability.
Home tics are, perhaps. the strong
est of all deterrent Influences. A man
will think many times before he Will
commit crime which will Inevitably
and disgrace him in the ewes of his
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both the employer aud ourselves some
trouble. We give bonds for express
messengers in which we insure the en-
ployer against the culpable negligence
of the messenger. as we'll as against
his possible dishonesty. Wa once had
an application for a bond from an ex-
press messenger who said he had taken
the Keeley cure. Upon investigation of
the circumstances we felt justified in
giving the bond Six months later we
received a telegram from the express
company saying the Keeley graduate
had disappeared and had taken the key
of his safe with him. That looked like
a case of confidence in reform which
had been misplaced. However, we
were notified in due time that the ex-
press company, after breaking open the
safe and examining the accounts of
the missing messenger. had found moth
ing wrong. The mystery grew until II
occurred to the detectives to visit the
Kelley Institute. There the messen-
ger was found. He had become alarmed
by the fear that the craving for whisky
might overcome him while on duty and
cause him to fail to deliver a package
correctly, and thus cause US a loss un-
der the bond for his negligence. so he
had dropped everything and rushed
back to take the cure again.
Dishonesty or Recklessness?
Presidents of banks and trust COM
panies who sometimes involve their
institutions for large sums are often
condemned for dishonesty when their
real fault is bad Judgment. 1t is more
than probable that Nipple, the Phila-
delphia banker, who was responsible
for a loss of s5.O00.000. is in this class.
But he Is dead now and cannot explain
or defend himself. so it is easy to nn-
load all the blame on him. Often in
similar cases the president has con-
Quoted his bank on conservative lines
until he is implicitly trusted. The
board of directors gladly thrusts its
own responsibilities upon his shoulders
and leaves him to run the business
Presently along comes promoter with
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

cGpidity II he had chance. But in
the same number Of graduates from
one Of our great universities, the
chances arc that every man would
prove faithful TO his trust, even under
great temptation.
Yes. honesty is q matter OF educa-
ton. While there are collateral inlu-
ences which contribute to the develop
ment OF honesty. all these instances
can be traced back to the one central
root-education One of the collateral
influences which tend 70 strengthen
weak moral fiber is the press. The
newspapers. by endlessly recording the
fact that the thief, whether of high or
low degree. is certain TO be disgraced
and otherwise punished. exercise a
strong deterrent influence on men who
might be Inclined 10 yield to tempta-
ton.