5 10111
VOL V
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1892.
NO. 41
Professional Cards.
raxaiciAN
AND SURGEON,
OSetB hi3 professional serviceto Mie
citizens of Lineolnmn and surroun
ding couoory. Office at his resi
deuce adjoining Lincolnton Hotel.
All calls promptly attended to.
Aug. 7, 1891 ly
J. W.SAIN,M. D.,
Has located at Lincolnton and of
fers his services as physician to the
citizens of Lincolnton and surround
ing country.
Will be found at night at the res
idence of B. C. Wood
March 27, 1891 ly
Bartlett Shipp,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Jan. 9, 1891.
ly.
Finley & Wetmore,
ATTYS. AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. 0.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrounding counties.
All business put into our
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ded to.
April 18, 1890. ly.
Dr. W. A. PRESSLEY,
SURGEON DENTIST.
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HOW THE WORM
TURNED.
BY H. M. HOKE.
"If the tiodden worm doth turn,
Hath it strength to justly avenge ?"
David Jethro trembled visibly as
he entered the bank in which he had
once been a trusted employee- He
knew, of course, that twelve fellow
citizens, sworn to well and truly try
his case, bad acquitted him; bat
some of his old associates might still
."aspect him, people not always
agreeing with verdicts. Tney all
saw that he had aged in the three
months since he bad gone away in
custody of the police, A charge of
robbery and twelve weeks' imprison
ment would age any man, especially
one whoso family needs every cent
of his small salary. Some ot the
clerks came to him with honest con
gratulations ; others stood aloof, too
busy perhaps; particularly one
young man, Thomas Wharton, who
had been promoted to bis place.
The messenger went into the cash i
ler's private office to announce the
waiting of the lormer employee, Da
vid Jethro ; and returning, bade him
go in. He timidly drew aside the
heavy portieres and entered the little
room, which was luxurious with
tapestry Brussels, high-carved
wainscot, stained-glass windows,
walls and ceiling of elaborate paper
ing everythiug speckless to the
beaten brass cuspidors. A large
screen of clear plate glass kept the
heat of the old-fashioned wood fire
from Mr. Jacob Merrifield, the cash
ier, a stern man of fifty, who sat
writing at a hue walnut desk,
"Sit down, Jethro, until I finish
these signatures,1' said the cashier,
busily, and the little visitor sank
weakly Into a capacious chair.
"Jethro," he began at length, af
ter he had mug an electric bell and
sent out a bundle of papers by the
messenger who answered it, "I cons
gratulate you on the verdict.''
"Thank you, sir,"
"Ot course," he continued, tap
ping his thumb nail with the point
of an ivory paper-knife, "you cannot
censure the bank for its action. Ap
pearances were against yon, yoa
kDOW."
Jethro straightened himself, and
a little spirit showed in Lis jaded
lignre as he replied :
"You might have been less hasty
You might have given me more
chance to clear my sell."
"Why, my dear sir, you know as
well as I do, that a bank cannot be
too strict regarding the honesty of
its employees. We have millions of
dollars of other people's money here.
It must be watched with the most
exacting vigilance. Before its vast
interests an individual must be
brushed aside as a worm. Ia this
case you were an individual, and
: you feel as if you have been treated
as a worm. But you must remem
ber that the stolen package of bills
was on your aesk just before you
vrent to your lunch. Aftr yoa were
gone they were missed."
Tne visitor's face flashed, and he
nervously pressed his sallow hands
together until the fingernails grew
red, and asked, earnestly :
"Why, sir, yon don't still think I
took that money, do you ?"
The cashier turned around on his
pivoted chair, still tapping bis nail,
and looked through the glHss screen
into the waving flames. He siowly
answered :
"I am compelled to say, Jethro,
that appearances are still against
you. xoat money uas never been
recovered." n -
"In spite of the verdict, sir ?"
'Yes, in spite of the verdict.
Frankly, there are still som9 people
obstinate enough to think you took
that money; and, unfortuuately for
you, they are bank officers."
"They are unjust," said the little
man, with a low chord of depair iu
his tone.
"Probably, But, as I said, you
cannot censure the bank. True, we
turned you over to the law ; for, as
I have remarked, you weie the in
dividual, the worm to be brushed
aside. Bat you most not forget that
we paid your attorney, and he clear
ed yoa. Could yoa expect more T"
"Yes, I think so."
'What'" the cashier asked,qnick
ly, turning rapidly aroand, now th.it
he had led the man to the chief
point.
Jethro rose, as if for courage, and
replied, in quivering voice :
'Reinstatement V1
"I'm truly surprised at your meu.
tioning that after what I have said
that some people still believe you
stole that money. We can't, we
dare not, employ a suspected man
in the bank. Besides, your place
has been filled by a younger,spright
per man, of high social position I
might say, a better man for our pur
poses in every way. No, Jethru, it
cant be.''
The "worm" was turning. Pallor
drifted across his face, as he stepped
to the desk, and said :
"And my family and 1 are to
starve because 1 am suspected, and
that after having oeen acquitted by
a jury. I couldn't have believed
auch injustice could be, sir."
"Oh, you'll hardly starve," said
the cashier, with airy thought of his
own secure elevation. "You're able
bodied, and fit for at least manual
labor. I'll frankly confess that it
will be difficult for you to secure a
position of trust in the city. Our
retusal to reinstate yoa will be hard
upon you, but you must accept it as
a harsh ruling ot fate. If I hear of
auy small place I'll see what I can
do for you. I promise you that."
Hetouched the electric button,
and the answering messenger show
ed Jethro out. Stunned, helpless
he dragged himself several doors
away out of observation from the'
bank windows, and stopped iu sheer
despair. His long anxiety in im
prisonment had left him too weak
to resist. Misfortunes seem to de
light in striking when we jre least
able to strike back.
Days passed in vain effort to se
cure employment. Why had he not
been reinstated ? It was always the
adverse ultimatum. Finally a note
cime from Merrifield offering ?egal
copying, in the same manner a bone
is thrown to a dog. But the dog
takes the bone, and Jethro took the
copying. He could make very little
and he and his family were slowly
starving. A stronger man might
have become criminally desperate i
Jethro sank into the sullen, timid
fury that often seeks suicidal relief-
One morning the papers gave
flowing accounts of the marriage of
i Thomas Wharton, his successor, to
Millicent, the beautiful daughter ot
the cashier. It was a union in high
life, and the papers yielded columns
to it, naming guests and describing
5 dresses the prices of which would
each have been a fortune to the dis
carded employee. This wedding
goaded him. The worm had been
brushed aside; he now felt trodden.
He saw Merrifield's deliberate sacri
fice of himself, to advance
njs sou
in- law. A silent hatred, tenable in
tendency, gnawed ,4im; thirst for
vengeance burned in his timid heart.
Oue evening a hesitating knock
fell upon the door of the poor tene-
ment, whither misfortune had driv-
ea Jethro and his family, rie opeus
edit himself, and was amazed to see
Mrs. Wharton, MerriBeld's daugb
ter. She was much distressed, and
asked nervously for a private inter
view. Mrs. Jethro withdrew, and
the young bride tremblingly bes:an:
"Mr. Jethro, I have learned that,
yoa are hunting for the man who
stole the money from jour desk at
the bank."
He bad made a few feeble moves
in that direction, and, his gaunt
fiice hardening at recollection of his
failure, he replied affirmatively.
tAnd jou have discovered that it
was my "
She stopped, scared at him, for a
light had flashed upon him, driving
the flush caused by the visit into
pallor, while his eves, larger now in
the thinness of his face, seemed to
glare cruelly. He remembered now
thai Thomas Wbaitonhad frequenti
ly don- his work while he was out
at lunch, and wondered that be had
not thought of it before. A cold
tremor waved over him, at the
thought of the power this discovery
would place in his bands. He look
ed down at the weeping young wo
man, and replied, hoarsely ;
"Yes, I have discovered it.''
A r trnn rrnra o Uam f Ia m r V a C r
formation against him,"
"Yes; just about to pot him
where I was once was,'' be replied,
ferociously,
"Oh, he is torn with remorse.'' she
cried, wringing her hands behiud
her muff, "He confessed it to me.
Oh, what a blow to a young wife I
Think, Mr. Jethro, think what a dis
grace to us. Think where it will
drag my husband and father and
me. Ob, God, it would be awful I I
came, Mr. Jethro, to offer you any
sum for your silence. Make it en
ough to enable you to go away
where you can begin life over again.''
He drew himself up proudly, but
his eyes were unsteady and bis nos
trils dilatiog, while his bands,clntch
lng, oue above the other, the front
ot his coat, trembled pitiably. In a
tone, which he tried to force into
sternness aud steadiness, he an
swered :
"And still have the disgrace? No,
I canuot do it. I am entitled to my
good name. Nothing noftangr can
pay me for that. Your father has
taken it away from me ; he must
give it back- I have nothing to do
with the disgrace that will fall upon
your father and your husband and
no, not upon you. I would spare
that if I could,"
"I thought you had not forgotten,
Mr. Jethro, the kindness I showed
you once."
Wavering appeared in his face,
but an accidental glance around the
cramped home, its bareness, its dis
comfort, caught his sternness in its
flight, aud be said :
"Is it right, Mrs. Wharton, is it
right for you to make a point of my
gratitude now ? I dare not let it
influence me I Dare I allow this
crime to rest upon me and let my
children grow up in its shadow ?
What would your money be to me,
when we would have to go far away
among stranger", and have the sto-
ry follow me there T No, no ; I
would spare you if I could, but my
manhood, my wife, my children de
mand that this cloud should be
swept away. And your father must
do it, let consequeuces be what they
rray: He called me a worm to be
brushed aside. The worm has turn
ed, Mrs. Wharton I"
"Name any amount, and I will
double it I" cried the distressed
y( UDg wife.
"I will not."
;'But think, Mr. Jethro, that what
I offer will be far more than you
could save in years from your salary
at the bank."
"And lose something that is worth
double, treble any amount you
could give, I refuse. I will co to
morrow to your father, and he must
lift the heel that he has set upon
me,"
He was very haffgard next morn.
' iDg, when the messenger showed
iu! : :. ii. . : v
ujuj Hguiu miu me private oince
Mr. Merrifield again sat writing at
his table, and again kept nim wait
ing, but o e could easilv bave Sf-en
!tIiat la" visitor was irritating Dim.
: At length,fimshing a signature with
, unnecessary scratch of the pen, he
! 83 sharply :
t; Jethro, I am very busy. To save
time, I'll tell yoa at once that there
are no vacancies."
A little red pot flushed upon each
of Jethro's cheeks, and his eyes
flashed the pent fire, as he arose, re
plying: "There will be one soon.';
"Ob, there will !" sneerini?ly. "I
beg your pardoD, I didn't know it.
Ptrbapsyou m, an mine 1"
MIy old place will be vacant to
day."
The cashier swung angrily aroand
on his pivoted chair, bat, catching
himself, as if suddenly struck at the
man's seriousness, leaued forward,
placed one hand ov r the other up
on the tabic and with calm scorn,
said :
"Your name should be Daniel,
Jethro. You give yoor prophecy
very little time for fulfilmeof."
Jethro walked forward and stop
ped at the table-side opposite Mr.
Merrifield, placing his slouch bat
thereon, with his left band nervous,
ly crumpling it. Stern purpose
showed in his face, but. he evaded
the cashier's eyes, fixing his own
upon the black figures on the desk
calendar. The "worm'' was turning
but with a worrn'a weakness.
Yoa taunt me," he said, choking,
ly. "I know you are strong and
powerful, bnt I warn yoa, sir, not to
bo too fcoraful. Do yoa love yoar
daughter f"
"You are impudent. 1'il have you
thrown out of the door."
He reached for the electric button
but Jetbro'a voice stopped him.
"Yon have married her to the man
who stole that money.'
Merrifield sprang up, his face
swelling, and striding to the table
end, with clenched fist, said :
"I called yon worm, and I only
brushed you aside before. I shall
now crash you."
"Send for Wharton," said Jethro,
quietly.
"Do yon mean, you cor, to reiter
ate that Thomas Wharton, my son
inslaw, stole that package of bills ?
I shall make you rue the accusation.';
"Send for him," Jethro repeated
quietly, the crimson spots expand
ing. "He shall be summoned, and ne
will kill yon. Do you dare T"
Pallor suddenly invaded the crim
son, but he repeated, tremulously :
"Send for him.'1
The messenger answered the ring,
withdrew, and Wharton appeared.
With that peculiar stern levity
which often shoots up from inward
seriousness, Merrifield motioned
flourishingly toward Jethro, and
said :
"Ha, Wbarton, our worm here has
turned on us ! He says that you '
He stopped. Ono swift look into
Wharton's face, and the cashier sank
into his desk chair ; lor that face
had blanched, leaving red specks of
excitement, and the watery ejes
looked at nothing.
"You you '' the cashier mut
tered. He could not proceed; could
only gaze, fascinated, into Wbar
on's twitching face. He was trying
to stand erect, but his chest was
heaving, each breath seeming to
leuve it more inflated, until, ps if it
could hold no more, and guilty
thoughts were crowdiog into un
bearable pressure, with a deep sigh,
be said :
"Jethro has spoken truly ; I took
the money."
Merrifield sprang up, livid, his
fingers crooking and nncrooking.
Ho reached for the young man's col-
; lar, but stopped and upbraided him:
! "You scoundrel ! You have re-
reived us ! Yoa ill have to suffer!''
The fieice woids seemed to fan
Wharton's smoldering courage, and
he said :
'You know what I stole that mon
' ey for."'
S "I know ! '
i "If you don't you should.''
"I don't, and I shouldn't."
"Then ljsr.'n, for you must know :
B your will you forced yonrdaugh
ter ":o marry me against her choice
1 wiis ot hitib fau-i'v ; .vu hopd f r
some advantage. Dn'' denj it, yon
did. I loved MiHicent ; I :ove be
yet. I took th t mou-y to bear the
expense of our clpgynt wedding
th it you insisted upon. Y'our wish
ha? been tul6Ufd, your daughter
married high; he is a Wbarton,and
I I am a thief. Yes, a thief. Now,
what will you do ? Turn me over to
the law and disgrace yoor daughter
atid yourself ?
The cashier fell back into his
chair and caught the arm ends in a
grarp thar. paled his knuckles. Whar
ton remained a he had uttered the
lat woid, not defiant, but as il
awaiting a blow while Jethro slilj
stool by the table, his hat cramp
led tightly iu bis lelt hand, his right
clatching the desk edge. He had
not moved since Wharton came in.
A silence dropped into the room;
eo deep, that the hum ot the bank
reached them, with coin clinking
even the scratching of the nearest
pen.
Merrifield's face showed a con
flict. The two watchers saw jastice
desperately fight its wav to victory
It almost seemed that the anger
wrinkles uncurled into those ot age.
He looked a bowed, broken man,
years older, as he turned toward
Wbarton, and in a softer, bat still
stern voice, said :
"Wharton, yoa have disgraced me
and my child. It would seem that
I should shield you, for Jethro can.
not prove your theft."
He slowly arose, and a little of
the old tone he had nsed toward
Jethro rang in his voice, as he ex
claimed :
"Bat iudmduuls and their rela-
tives and their hearts sink before
the interests of a great institution
each as this. The directors are in
session above. It is my doty to lay
this matter before them. Both of
von wait until I come back."
He looked at neither as he spoke,
but vacantly, as if his whole atten
tion was engaged lu wringing these
wo'ds from a reluctant heait; and
he looked at neither as hw turned,
dignified, deternirl, and uent out
of a back door.
Wharton sank into the nearest
chair, but Jethro stood. The worm
had turned, aud was 8tiU. Silence,
pierced by suspense, crept into the
ofiice.. The brazen clock beat on
sedately, with a seeming longer in
terval of waitiug between ticks; the
buzz of the bank, clinking, aud the
rattle of tires on the street cobbles
leaked in ; aud each motnemt Whar
ton sank lower iu his chair, waves
of suspense dashing their white
foam on his face.
But the worm" still stood, look
ing at the door through which had
vanished the man against whom be
had turned. His sallow, trouble
streaked face was a study a de
serted look there, as if something
were retreating to bis heart ; an ex
prefsion of looking backward over
his KufTeiing, and the dreadful con
sequences of guilt, or even suspicion
ot it. There am degrees of satis
faction. Some demand the highest
pleasure ; others are. content with
liltle. The vengeance ol some stops
not this shle. ot murder "It the
trodden worth doth turn, hath it
strength to justly avenge!"
iMerrifield returned, wounded, but
determined ; the old dignity there
buo tempered.
"Jethro, the directors want you.
You have suffered most ; we will
wait heie on your decision.''
The merest tremble of oppeal was
in the tone; the merest sign in the,
Jy8 and face. The mighty man,
who had crushed him, was now ap
pealing to him. Here was tlii
rrinmph he had prayed for tim
J chance to mercilessly avenge. But
I Un "woim" quivered, crumpled tl e
ha' still more, and walked weakly
through the door, lo meet the sol -emu
body above.
Ana next lay he stood making
figmes, us of old, in his bock; the
caebier, changed, les assertive,
older, wrote wavering signatures iu
his luxurious room ; and Thomas
Wbarton, witn his wife, wan speed-
ing away on a journey for his health.
A CHILD KILLED
Another child killed by the upc of opiates
given in te form ot Southing Syrup. Why
mothers give their children uch deadly
poiaon is surprising when tby can relievo
the child of its peculiar troubles by usins;
Dr. Acker's B-iby Soother. It contains no
opiim or morphine. r-oM by Dr. .J. M.
Lawm?, Druggist.
That PeiiKion Account.
We occasionally refer to this nub
jec and whenever a new leature
;im.e8, present it to the public.
The Co'nm'usiorjr Pt')-'',nJ
Genera! JtriUrn, has re(?eitl oeen
bef )?e a cot. ir ' ti3 c-t c Hm e
R-'pieseuttivN to -'a e th amount
he 'jhw b-en expndic tor pulsions,
-Dd the ptobanje sums to be so
disbursed in the future.
He stated that 8144.95GO00 would
be need for pensions duiing the
next fiCHl year. This is $lO,O0O
000 more than was appropriated
for the current year. Says the
Chicago Herald :
"It does not appear that the Com
missioner explained to the commit
tee why the amount, paid on account
of pensions daring the first halt of
the current year was only 861,
000, against $00,000,000 for the first
half ot the last fiscal year, when, the
amonnt appropriated for the whole
year was $37,060,000 less than the
amount appropriated for the present
year. It does not appear that the
commissioner told the committee
whether the entire appropriation for
this year would be exhausted. It
it will be about $13,000,000 most be
taken off from Mr. Spauldi rig's es
Umated surplus of $23,000.000 u
estimate which makes no allowance
for rivets and harbor?', or for the
$l0,00o,000 still dae the sinking
fuod for the current year.' News
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