Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-17

honesty There are insurance com.
Innies who attend 10 that
And IL appropriate the funds col.
lect: Z"
'''rbey will secure your arrest and
put you In jail
Carleton looked M the man in as.
constituent
do you think. MIR Gregory. that TO
deny man your confidence is con.
ducive TO honestly"
TO speak frankly. do not"
Then why do you refuse to trust
mey'
Because il Is the system under
which all men work. We cannot do
business under different conditions
from other concerns"
MAY ! consider your offer over
night;"
Yes. IL you like" with some sur
prise.
Carleton had been born Of Christian
parents. who had taught him to be
scrupulous In the matter Of mine and
thine never 10 tell lie and TO con.
slider himself required TO deal honor
ably by all men. This offer OF posi-
ton with an insurance policy on his
honor was bitter pill for him TO
swallow. but he must make living.
and the next morning he went TO Mr..
Gregory and told him that he was
ready 10 20 TO work.
Very well; go upstairs and have
your photograph taken.
photograph. What's that for:''
"A custom Of these times. All our
employees are photographed. II they
run away with our funds and we have
likeness their capture is easier"
do you mean. Mr.. Gregory. that you
keep a rogues' gallery OF your clerks"
Not ut ALL We keep the gallery.
and II is for the individual TO make q
rogue OF himself"
Carleton stood looking at the gentle
man with eyes wide open. Finally be
said:
II was brought up by a father and
mother who would have considered II
dangerous TO me not TO give me their
implicit confidence. You are treating
your fellow men as they dared not
treat me. and by doing so II you are
not encouraging dishonesty you are
surely paving the way for It, II nc
ceded to your terms ! should consider
that so far as you are concerned had
right to beat you il could. This
/ ,,..,.lI Ia. sh.. fleet stan IN nv aWa dog.
radiation. The next would be TO beat
the rest OF the world II could do so
without risk to myself. am much
Obliged for your offer. but | cannot ac-
cept IT, was born al time when all
men were trusted till they proved un-
worthy came TO my youth at a time
when my counirymen were acting upon
the highest principle of honor in Civ
| ing their lives for their fellow men
suppose that vast army who died on
the battlefield and IN the hospital
should rise from their graves and con
front you Would they not shudder ut
the standard OF honor which has re-
placed the one under which they gave
up their lives
| MIR. Gregory listened to these words
| spoken by one who had really but just
renewed his existence from that period
when the youth OF the country had
| lived under higher standard Of honor.
u standard Of truest manhood. and
when he had finished said:
"The years. the centuries. are rolling
on. The standard Of one age Is not the
standard Of another But while We
must preserve our individual honor we
must submit to that which exists about
us.
You have passed with but single
step over forty years Nou find that
| the system. or. rather. the lack Of sys-
tenn. Of that time has been replaced by
another. The youth Of 81 would
have scorncd To accept position
wherein provisions were taken toayoid
| loss by their dishonesty aud TO facili-
tate their capture II they betrayed a
trust. We have not now the youth OF
| 81. We have the youth OF the TWEEN
tie;h century Nevertheless they are
the same beings. and the latter may
| ntttlilttltl itltU sui it~ltht IL Nttt nc
the former. for. after all. 1t Is in the
man and not the system"
DOUBTLESS you are right. Mr. Greg.
ory." after some thought. but TO
transplant the youth OF 81 into 1901
is a failure yml might rs well try
To grow oranges in the northern states.
thank you for tie position offered
me. but | shall decline It. not that
would dcmcan myself by accepting H..
for you have shown me that after all
| il Is the man rather than the system.
hut that | cannot bear transplanting
| from the soil OF 'iI To that Of 1901"
That night Carleton slept on n
bench in park. or. rather he lay
awake. thinking Of those who had been
| lighting with him IN the hornets nest
81 shiloh Who ~ the company had
fallen; Who had lived and grown 10
old age with the uncXpired portion OF
the century Doubtless those VIII,
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