The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04

"oh, wE doal take aHy account 0t honesty rhen s Insurance com. ranles Wha aifpifd 60 ih
 "And # | apprpp4atc 'e funds col. lccte
 rhey wiil s eap ronr arrest and put you in iail
 Carleton lea6i d at tbe man in as- toulshmcnt
 DO you thing. Mr. tifrgory, that 10 deny a man ytur conhdsnee Is con duclye to boucsiyGe
 To spcak fraiikly. | do not
 Then why db you refuse to trust meg'
 Because it s tl,e system under which all men work We cannot do business under different conditions from other concFsns
 "May coas Faer your offer over nlehty
 "Yes if you ike" with some sur prise.
 Carleton had iteen born of Christian parents. who hhd taught him 10 be scrupulous ia thh matter Of mine and thine" never Co iell a lie and 10 con slider himself required 10 deal honor. ably by all men. This offer of posi- ton with au insurance policy on his honor was bItier pin for him to swallow. but he must make n living, and the next mtrning he went to Mr. Gregory and told him that he was ready to go to work.
 "very well: ao upstairs and have your photograph taken"
 "PhotoerapM Whats that for7"
 "A custom of these times All our employees are photographed. if they run away win uur funds and we have a likeness tbcir ,artu-e is cas.er.
 Do you mean. Mir Gregory. that you keep roeucs gillery of your c,erksy
 sNot at eli. We keep the gallery and it Is for the ladivldual to make a rogue of himself "
 Carleton sioui luoki4r at the gentle. man with eyes yfide open Finally be said
 .I was brought up by father and Q mother who would hatr considered it dangerous Co mt uoi Co give tHe their Implicit c0nHden Q. You are treating your fellow meh as jh dared not treat me. and br doing s8 if yau are not erroura sing daaaat5y ylu are snrey paving .h uag faf N if ac. ceded Co your ttr. .h aIi consider that SO far as yon arr uaytrncd had a right Co hrat you C | ,ogld This would be the first sici, Co my own deg radatian. The Iex; v1u be Co beat tbe rest of the world if toa,d dn SO without risk Go ul sf am mu.h obliged for vour ofrr. Iu. [ cannot ac. cent it. was bsru % tl,Ie when all m were truStel iiil tlleF proved un- worthy. | came to my yuItA at time when mv countrtmen were 90 ,Ine upon lha highest pr.n ip'a nf honor in giv- inc their UvcS i,r rbeir fellow men Sup- 1se thqt vtH srmy w' died ou ihe bdtshcld rad iu h haSpiia. shar'd risr from tl,ir rra, aud con. rrar voa Womb hes uo Sluddrr oi ire ssuaul of haapr vaili has rc- ul cd aa a wt they c5ve an ge ives
 l!r era ry ii.ilr5 Co fhes words sposen i.y one vh had s.ly hut just renewed b.s eyie 'ercr Crou ttat period when tho youfh. ct tbp country had lived under a higher standsrd of honor standard of trucst manhood. and when Joe bad nuishrd sd
 ..rhc years. th,, centuries. are rolling on The stHndara of one age is not the standard of ancshcr Rui while we m1st preserve or.r individnal honor VIC must submit t5 that which exists about us
 "You have passed with but a single step over forty years Yon and that the system. or. rather. the lack Of sys rem. of that time. has been replaced by another The youth of 6i would have scorned to accept position wherein provisions were taken to avoid 
 loss bv their dishonesty and to facili tate their capture if they betrayed q trust We have not now the youth oi 'Gi We have tl,e youth uf the twen tietb century Nevertheless they ar' inc same beings. and the latter may maintain their self respect as well as tbe former. for. after all. it is In th' man and not the system"
 "poubtless von are right Mir Greg ory efier some thought. but tc trspsnlsnt the youth of GI into 1901 is A failure YUu migh, as well try ! fo grow oranges in the northern states thank you fol the position offered mo but shall decline it. not that would demean myself by accepting tt l sor vep have shtlwn me that after ai ! if is the man rather than the system hut that | cannpt hear transplantinl from the soii of 'G1 Co ihat of i@'i.' Thai n,chs C'arletou slept on a bench ip park. or. rather be Ia, awake thinking of those who had beer aehslnp with him ln the hornets nest of shiloh. Who Of the company had | fallen9 Who had lived and grown tt old are with the unexpired portion oi the cepturvY boubtless those wh' were now alone mad ceased to be q nst of the systems in vogue durini their youth and had giided uncon