Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-06-25

wording of it, and made sure of mailing
it at the post Office. The second letter
contained a postscript in which she
asked Mr.. Sensor to let her know if he
had received former letter from her
He replied to this that he had not re
ceived it.
A Clear Message
Miss Sautter reached a conclusion al
once and logical one-that her first
letter to Mr. Sensor had been stolen
Circumstances pointed to one person as
the culprit. Miss Sautter was advised
to retain lawyer and William !. CARR
son. ESQ. became interested in the case
at once. He was made acquainted witt
the teachers story, and, what is more
important. Mr.. Senser sent to Miss
Sautter all her correspondence, with a
statement over his signature, that he
had not received the first letter, and
that he had not sent copy of any
of Miss Sautter's letters to any one here
or elsewhere. This valuable piece of in
teIligence, at the advice of Mr.. Garrison
was made known to Board of Education
members as soon as possible, for the
express purpose of lifting the clouds
that hung over an innocent girls head
She had been maligned and misrepre-
sented A wrong had been committed
against her and no man who loves justice
will allow such acts to 90 unrebuked
and unpunished. The message from
Trenton had cleared the way to vindi-
cate Miss Sautter and the men Of the
Board who believed in her did all in
their power to right the wrong. They
worked like Trojans to win over the
Boards membership who doubted the
girl The ultimate result was that, at
a special meeting on Monday evening.
June 20th. Miss Sautter was reelected
to her position.
1t should be borne in mind that Miss
Sautter's first letter-the one that dis
appeared mysteriously-d not contain,
according to the writer of it, that she
could not accept certain position else
where because she was re-hired in Pleas
antville with big raise in salary.
Yet Mr.. Doughty Turner, the district
clerk, who enjoys the distinction of see
ing the copy" in the possession of Mar
steller, says that this is what the type
written copy" states.
Marsteller did not want Miss Sauttcr
reelected for reasons known to himself.
and if by simple insertion of clause
or two that the original writer had not
used, he could accomplish his end, who
was to become any wiser? But he made Il
poor reckoning. The school term was
about closing and in turn Miss Sautter
should leave for her vacation. She did
not 90, because she was under cloud
that must be cleared away. Her
conscience was clear and she had nothing
to fear, therefore she resolved to stay
here. face the music ana lend every bit
of assistance i'll her power to friends who
offered her aid at this most trying time
A Poser
Good as well as bad deeds must be
actuated by motives. Selfshness, greed,
natural inclination to pose before an
unsuspecting public as one thing-as
something superior to what one really
is, have often been the impelling springs
back of men who dared to harm "a
woman.
After reading the account of Mar
steller's actions, Il natural inquiry aris
es: What were his reasons Tor perSecut-
ing this one teacher? Had she wronged
the man? Had she been unfaithful to
her trust? Was she incompetent to ill
her position!
Admitting that all these things We're
true, did Marsteller prove himself worthy
of his station i'll Pleasantville by adopt
ing the despicable tactics that he did ~
this as well as i'll many other cases? Did
he pursue IA manly course? Was he a
manly man when he represented himself
as friendly to Miss Sautter's interests,
to her face so to speak, and to the faces
of other teachers who have come and
gone before her, and misrepresented this
particular lady to members of tho
Board of Education? If he believed Miss
Sautter to be incompetent why did he
not tell her SO fatty, or recommend Il
different course of study as she had
often requested.