Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-25

What want" said Warren. rather
| feebly, "is to do right"
at can never be right" answered
Sanger. ito destroy public confidence.
Mr.. Lilley'S affairs are small, but he
is widely known figure in this COM
munity He is well liked. a popular
| fayorite. looked upon as an honest
man. To publish his errors will be
to make every man suspicious of his
neighbor'
Il know what my uncle would have
done" said Warren.
your uncle was n fine man. a ster-
ling character" responded Sanger. but
there was vein Of rashness in him.
and this community occasionally suf-
fered from it"
Warren was silent. being deep in
| thought The opinion Of such a man
as Theodore Sanger that Lilley's af
fairs could be successfully handled If
the present crisis could be passed had
made a considerable impression. He
would be glad to avoid giving his own
assistance. not from any mean motive
but from a hatred of insincerity. He
was not Liley's friend and had never
! liked him.
do you feel sure" said he. that
Lilley, with your advice and such as
sistance as you and others are pre-
pared to render, can pay up and walk
straight in future?'
There is no doubt of it whatever"
replied Sanger.
Then the Truth will not mention
this affair" said Warren.
On the following day Lilley came to
the Office of the Truth and expressed
his gratitude in the hearticSt terms.
This is the luckiest thing that ever
happened to me-" he said. Il was los
ing my head Brickbats of hard luck
had hit me so fast that was stunned
| really didn't know what was doing.
But I've had my lesson, and you shall
see the result"
In the course of subsequent weeks
and months Warren heard many ia
vorable reports of Lilley, but he made
it rule of conscience not to inquire
into the mans affairs. Lilley was said
to be making money and to be devot-
ng himself far more earnestly to busi-
hess When this was true Warren did
not endeavor to ascertain. 1t was quite
enough for him to know that Lilley
was devoting himself far more ear
,estly to Emily Congreve.
A vulture gnawed at Warren's vitals
during this period. He saw Emily al
most daily. and she was most cordial
In her friendship. But Warren read
her face in vain for any sign of warm
er feeling.
At the last he woke up every morn
ing with the thought, Now. this Is
the day when | shall hear of their en-
gagement. I'll have to publish that in
the Truth" be would add bitterly.
Nobody III ask me TO suppress that
item"
Upon q certain day Jerome Lilley,
looking somewhat the worse for hard
work. but with an eager brightness in
his eyes. came iutO Warrens office.
George" said he. the time is COM
ing when can thank you rightly for
what you did for me. My debts are
mighty near paid. There's three hun
dred that owe you. and there's seven
hundred due TO poor old Stockton. or
ganist of the Union church. He hasn't
1o.l 1. tn hos inSiSfni that
should let it go. and I've done so,
but now the good old fellow is bit
pressed. There's a sort of mortgage
on his house that's bothering him lit
tie and I wish
Warren was already reaching for his
checkbook,
"Old Charley Stockton" he mur.
INJURED, bless my Soutr aud then b,
laughed. We'll, this is odd" said he
i've got S7O0.17 in my personal &C
count at Sanger's bank. and he's abso
lutely fanatic about an overdraft."
"Mr. Sanger is a very conservative
man." said Lilley.
LET me go over these figures.
want to he sure of my II cents bal
ance. Yes. it's all right. Here's th
check. Chase over and get the none.
and hotfoot it up to Charley Stock
toms. Then you'll be square with tn
world. except for a thousand that yo1
owe me. and the Lord knows that'l
never rise up and rebuke me-"
Tears stood in Lilley's eyes as b.
received the check.
II don't know how to thank you, oil,