The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-06
THE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1908
serve his writ upon the corporation,
before the employees were paid.

just as our hero was putting on his
hat to 60 out, Mr.. Mason entered his
little parlor.
"Here, William, is seventy-fve dol
lars. your quarters salary. Write your
name on the payroll" said Mr.. Mason.
Eyes sir; but
Never mind; sign your name"
what does this mean sirp hope
Nothing of the sort. There; that
will do. - Pleasant morning, Mrs.
Taylor"
Beautiful, SIR
Mr.. Mason took the payroll under
his arm again, and departed.
| William was astonished,. and so was
| his wife. 1t looked mysterious. Why
did Mr.. Mason do this? They could
not imagine
On his way over, William paid the
| butcher, the baker, and the grocer and
| had twenty dollars left, which would
just pay the doctors bill. AS the clock
struck eight, the porter opened the gate
and he took his place at the desk. Mr..
Mason sat by the stove, reading the
Boston paper
The first person that entered the
public side of the counting room was
the deputy sheriff The head clerk had
ed to pay off the employers.
The sheriff read his writ.
"Who?" asked Mr. Mason.
Spike versus Bagg Corporation-all
money due to William Taylor replied
the sheriff.
eve don't owe Taylor anything re-
piled the agent turning to his paper.
Don't your"
''Show him the payroll.
The head clerk turned. to the roll,
and to his surprise found William
signature there.
Every Well," nodded the sheriff. 81
thought | was soon enough.
Of course, Spike was mad when the
sheriff reported to him. He was conf
dent that the business had not been
conducted in the usual manner at the
office; SO he decided to see Mr.. Mason
at once.
That gentleman received him very
kindly, and took him into his private
office
You have been playing some game
upon me-" said Mr.. Spike, a little ex-
cited.
1--WE don't play games" replied the
agent with dignity.
Did you not pay Taylor before the
usual time, so as to help him cheat me
out of my bill?"
NO, sir
! but he was paid off before the Office
| opened"
/ 'He was"
We'll; what did you deny it for just
I noW?"
! 81 did not
| Eyes, you did,
''Be civil, Mr.. Spike, or | shall have
nothing to say to you. | say we did
not pay Mr.. Taylor before the time, to
help him cheat YOU
i've got bill against him.
THAT is your lookout
"And the law allows me to collect it. y
And | don't object"
He wont pay me. He is a scoun-
drei, and a sWindler!'
There we differ. He is young man
OF excellent character If there Is any
swindling about it, you have swindled
him."
Il never got a dollar out of him."
| "Iou VIII: he is honest and will pay
your bill"
81 doubt it, if he has you to keep hin
out of difficulty
81 Shall endeayor to keep him out OF
! trouble
you shall?'
How much does he owe you?'
Thirty dollars"
''And you trustee for litty!
Sixty"
Very well. Taylor is honest. He
means to pay all his debts. Now is il
right to lock up nearly all his salary fol
weeks, perhaps months?"
'But he don't mean to pay
HAS lie told you SOP
mo; but he asked me to wait, which
is the same thing
"W hich only proves his honesty. Ii
he intended to swindle you, he would
not have gone to see you about 1T. The
debt and credit business is all wrong,
! Mr.. Spike; and if had the making of
the laws, | woyld not allow debt to
be collected by a legal process, unless
an intention to defraud could be shown
or fairly supposed
"Humph! You would let us be cheat
ed out OF our property?'
lf'I would let you cheat yourself out
oI your property if you choose to do so.
Look at it:-here is a young man on a
salary of three hundred dollars year.
You let him horses; you trust him
along for two or three months, and
thus encourage HIM to spend his money
upon what he cannot afford, and which,
it he had to pay for it on the spot he
would not have. Riding is a useless
luxury. You have led this young man
along till he has run up a bin of thirty
dollars-one-tenth of his salary for a
year. Now, do you suppose it you had
made him pay for his horse when he
had him, he would, OF could have rid
den quarter part of what he has?'
Il suppose not; but that is his look
out"
"And yours to get your pay. Now,
if he had paid your bill today, he could
not have paid his butcher or his baker,
probably, and they would refuse to
trust him, and thus perhaps his family
might suffer-
mo business to have family"
NAY, commend him for that; and
he can support them decently, ii any
one would teach him the value OF
money. But A. b. and c. trust him,
and he lives beyond his means."
CHATS his lookout, not mine
eff there were no laws by which you
could collect this debt, Taylor would
have been better off today. The credit
system. properly restrained, is We'll
tt nough; but l do not like too see a
young man placed in your power, per
haps hampered for life, because your de-