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LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 17. 1881.
A Tangled Skein.
Life is hut a tangled skein,
Full of trouble, toil, and travail,
Knots that puzzle heart and brain,
We must study to unravel:
Slowly, slowly
Rending; lowly
O’er our task and trusting wholly \
Unto Him, wltos loving hand
Helps us smooth each twisted Strand.
In our hands at early morn,
And at night when da. kites-lingers,
Still the distal)’ must he borne.
Wtitle tlie thread flips through our
[fingers,
Lightly, lightly,
Twisting tigtly
Colo-s that shall gleam out brightly
When the fabric feels tho strain
Os misfortune, grief, and pain.
He who lack of sk’ill of thought
Is iii awkwardness betraying,
Will the lines of grace distort,
By the friction surely fraying
Thread so tender.
Fine, and slender,
Stands accused a spin ofiemler,
And himself alone must blame
For the knots that cause him shame.
Some may wind a silken thread
Soft and smooth and beautiful;
Others lias; may hold instead,
Or the coarse and shaggy wool:
But if ever
Our endeavor
From the stains of sin to sever,
We way weave them bright and fair
In tlie robes that angles wear.
Life’s a complex’skein indeed,
Full of trouble, toil and travail,
Store'then human help we need
All its mazes to’unravel.
Slowly, slowly.
Bending lowly
O’er our task, and trusting wholly
In God’s love, we patience gain
As we wind tlie tangled skein.
The Scottish [Banker's
Dilemma.
COMPLETE in two chapters.
Mr. Du IT, the worthy and respect
ed agent of the Central Rank at
Tolkirk, was startled hy his teller,
James Hamilton, coming to him t<>
say, just as the banker had signed
the last official letter, before pro
cel ding to Irek up the safe:
“I am sorry to say, sir, the cash
appears to be one hundred pounds
short.”
James was very pale as he spoke,
and despite his efforts to prevent it,
his voice trembled. A stranger
could not have told whether the
youth’s agitation was the result of
fright or guilt.
Mr. Duff knew him too well to
let the latter alternative dwell in
his mind for even a moment; hut
the lad’i excitement was somewhat
infectious, and it, was with just a
little throb that he replied: ' You’re
joking, Jamie.” Mr. Duff leaned
back in his chair and nibbled the
feather-end of his quill as lie looked
in the lad’s face.
‘T was never more serious in my
life.**
“It is some mare’s-nest, depend
upon it," said Mr. Duff in atone
that partly reassured the poor fellow
“Have you been very busy at the
desk to-day, James?”
‘That is the mystery of it, sir;
wo have not been busy. Hardly
three pages of our cash-book r.re
filled.’
‘A hundred pounds! Hm! larri
going up-stairs to dinner. In the
meantime, check your summations
and your cash, and hy and-liy I’ll
come in to loc.i up the safe with
ye.’
The teller went from the banker’s
room to the outer office with a very
grave face. Mr. Duff’, who lived
with his family, as is customary in
Scotland, in the very commodious
house attached to the hank, sent
his letters to be copied by tho junoir
clerk, and then went leisurely up
stairs to linner.
Mr. Duff’s was, for a man who
does not object to permanent-resi
dence in a providencial town, a very
easy and pleasant mode of life.
His work was not hard, nor were
his responsibilities very heavy. He
had a pretty nnd comfortable home
in an old-fashioned country town,
and although his wife lay in the
church-yard on the brae hy the
river-side these ten years, still he
had two of the prettiest girls in
Tollkirk —Minna and Mary Duff
(besides Jenny, the married daugh
ter, who lived in Edinburg), whose
delight it was to make his life sunny
and happy. He was naturally—
being known to possess private
means, and on account of his
official capacity as the dispenser of \
discoun'a and eustpdiun of tlicj
neighborhood—n mao of some im
portance in Tollkirk’s best society. j
He was magistrate anil farmer as j
well aa bankei; on 1 on Sundays,,
for many a long year, lie bad stood
beriming hchinil “tbo plate" at the
entrance to the‘nnld kirk.’ Every
body knew bint, and be knew every- 1
body; and nerbaps nobody respect
ed him the less because lie pretty ;
well knew to within a pound or two
what, every ratepayer on bis side of j
the county was worth, financially.;
He took life very easy, as I said: j
making no updtio fu-s when an ac- j
cororaodation bill was presented :
tohim.if heknew —ns bo was certain
to know—the pedigree and progress j
through lifeof drawer and indorser.
He was respected too by- bis Edin
burgh employers ns a man of pru
rience and sagacity, who never made
bad debts, never troubled them with
applications for rise of salary or
transfer of agency—whose books
always stood the minuteßt inspec
tion, and who, speaking generally,
wanted no favors from them. Thither
granted favors, by occasional invita
tions to visit him at Tolikirk, where
there is unsurpassed salmon
fishing, besides magnificent ‘links’
for golf, and where the local distil
lery yields a liquid of more than
local reputation. The city-birds
were not slow to accept such invi
tations, Mr. Duff being over a
tumbler of toddy the best of com
pany, and generous in the matter
of horses and fishing-rods, The
chief inspector of the bank came
of'en enough to woo the fair Jenny ,
and tool: her away with him one
summer day to the general bereave
ment of Tolikirk.
Mr. Duff did not burry over din
ner on the particular afternoon no
which I write. When he went up
stairs lie did not give a second
thcughWo James Hamilton's pjrfr
face, but q lietlv set I led himself in
his arm-chair, after doing justice lo
his simple repast, lo read for the
second time the report of his own
recent yreat speech at the parochial
board.given at length iri theTolkirk
Herald, the fine roll of his own
somewhat improved—spoken sen
tences seen in black and white, com
municating a pleasing tense of com
placency and importance as influ
encing public opinion. It was j
nearly seven o’clock before he re
membered that lie had not yet
locked up his safe, and that his
clerks were probably writing below
for him. He was surprised when
lie opened the office door —eidinj
to the hall of bis bouse—to find
Hamilton still bending over bis
cash-book with an expression of j
deep anxiety- on his face, at d bundle j
of bank-notes lying on the desk be- j
fore him.
‘What, James, still in a fog?’l.e
asked cheerfully as he came in.
‘Not found your difference, eh?’
'I am a hundred pounds short,
sir, without a doubt.’
Hamilton liml toiled through
every entry over and over again,
had counted and recounted his
bundles of notes, and now had a j
very’ sharply defined fear in his:
heart, and a vision in the back
ground of his imagination of nj
dearly beloved old mother waiting j
for him at home, who was ill able
to bear the responsibility of such a
loss—if loss it should prove to I
be.
'A mare’s nest, I’ll be bound,’
Mr. Duff said, good naturally,
taking Hamilton’s place before the j
cash-book. Very carefully ami
with a sharp eye lie went over the i
entries; very carefully too he went .
over the cash, and recounted it; |
but only to find that Hamilton’s!
words were too true. The cash was 1
undoubtedly one hundred pounds
short.
‘I think we had better sleep over
it,’ Mr. Duff said at last, looking at
his watch. ‘The difference will turn
up in the morning, you may depend
upon it.’ Then the cash and books
were carried to the safe, the
safe and the office closed for the
night.
Poor Hamilton lay awake nearly
all night thinking over some prob
able clue to the whereabouts of tbo
missing money. Never before had
he left the bank with such a dread
on his mind, for lie felt certain lioi
had gone over each item of the day, I
that'lie had not over-paid any one
to such an extent; pud ho knew
that on him devolve.l the respon
sibility to make good pny spell de
ficiency. Ho hardly spoke to his
mother while he ate what she called
his ‘mined supper’—-spoiled by
three hours’ lofi<( Waltiicr'iiv the
oven; nor could she get from him
all through the evening, a hint ot
tlie cause of his trouj’le. She
guessed, and hinted that | crimps
Minna Dull’, 'tho little tlirt,’ hud
something to do wish his gloom;
hut his reply was equivalent to a
snub. ~ p i
He was hi tho office two hours
before .official hours on tlje follow
ing morning; hut no trace of tlm
missing money could be found.
During the day, all the ou.-tomer’.s
win had on the previous day been
[laid large sums, were requested to
cheek thiir payments; but when
four I’. M. arrived and,the cash had
! again to bo counted, t the Imlnnct
still showed one bundled pounds
short. If tlie money had been paid
away in error, t.o man had been
paid away in error, nip man had
been honest enough to return it.
Then, for the first time in tho his
tory of the Toltkirdg a deficiency
in tlie cash had to be reported to
the head office. Hamilton became
nervous, not being altogether cer
tain that the authorities might pul
suspect him of having appropriated
the money and from very n»rvuus
ness was guilty during the next
few days of several small errors in
his cash dealings, which confirmed
him in the belief'that he had paid
the money to some unscrupulous
risen! who did not mean to own
it.
It seemed an age, although in
reality baYcly » month WV p»w«A,
Lefore a note from Mr. Tail, the
I clieif inspector [Mr. Duff's son-in
law] set the matter at rest. ‘ln con
• sidenrfiWf ~u;6 iioie 1:1",,
adrnirufil.e mode in which the busi
ness < f the brai.ch at Tolkirk lias
hitherto been c'oHcuHed, the Di
rectors have agreed to wipe off the
deficiency in cash, which it may In
hoped will yet turn lip arid lie r- -
credited; but in doing so i! must hr
firmly kept in view that, the Di
rectors hy no means establish the
present case as a precedent, and
must, remind the gentleman wlm
haR charge of the bank’s cash at
Tolkirk that at no future time will
the Directr,rs be disposed to relieve
him ot the responsibility attaching
to his office.
‘There, Jamie; take'f/mt to your
mother,” said Mr. Duff kindly,
handing theoffn'cial note to Hamil
ton. ‘I thought IVter would man
age it’ [ref -rring tn his son-in-law,
the inspector]; ‘hut "wo rnaon on’
c:iriny*’Stiid the banter, relasping
into broad Rbo'Cb/’to pot the re
proof, if sucH it might be called, in
the gentitest form to spare the Lid’s
feel! p.‘ '
There were tears: of reli-if in
1 lam’: 1 ton’s eyes as- lie read tin
note. ‘That is treatment,
sir; I was afraid they would roup
[sell by auction] me rrrtd toy old
iirotlierout ii’lil/W.
‘Roup ye? I couldn’t spare ye,
lad.’
Then' tho youth went, home to
his mother, jubilant, a burden lift
ed from hnn.
Rut the next evening, after busi
ness hours, Hameltoti’s face was
whiter than ever. His hands were
trembling as he fumbled over hi?'
cash, and 'cast’'and ‘re-cast’ the
ong columns of figures in his cash
hook. It was marko.t-day, a busy
day, and large sums had passed
into and out of his hjnds. To his
horror, he found his cash three linn
deed pounds short! lie had not the
courage on ibis occasion logo to
Mr. Duff’s room with his plaint.
Rnt tho bin tei saw at once as he
passed through 'the office on his
way up-stairs that something was
wrong.
‘You are late, Mr. Hamilton. ’
(Mr. Duff never in a general Way
never called James ‘Mr.’ His doing ;
so now implied miesgivings.)
•Yes, sir; but I thiriK I wont be
long;’ his lip* felt parched from i
excitement.
‘Are ye ready tolocK up the safe
with nit? 1
‘X'>t quite. If you are in no
hurry,sir, perhaps we can Jock up
when you come down.’
j ‘Very well.*
i Mr. Duff went upstairs; hut on
this occasion lie did not linger over
j his meal. When he came down
i hidfnn hour later, Hamilton was
j not ready to luck 'he wife, lie was
silling loi King into space his bend
; resting on bis hands.
‘Have you balanced your cash
i now ?’ Mr. Duff asked with ju>t a
perceptible edgy ofunnoyuhce in h>
tone.
‘No, sir. I differ three hundred
pounds,’
‘Over.or short ?’
'Short, Sif!’
‘Mercy on us! This will not do.
You must, hesiij- yourself and
-t-and find it, Lhave to go out, to
a-meeting 10-mght.” Tlie bantu
spoke sii roly.
Jlainilf on once more, under Mr.
Duff's eye, nervously went over Ms
figures at d counted Ids cash. Tin
deficiency could in no way bo ‘ ac
counted fir.
‘This is terribly awkward, James.’
There were tears in th» youth's
eyes ns uttered : - Y:s sir and it
will drive mo mad.’
When Mr. Duff return fiom Ids
meeting at eleven o’clock, Hamil
ton was as far from peace as ever
I’iic younger clerks had gone away
Again (ho hunker and ILin.iltoit
went over each item together—in
vain.
‘We can’t report this to flic head
office, whatever happens,’ quoth
Mr. Duff grimly.
What’s to he done, sir ?
•Find it 1’
They looked blankly in each
other’s faces. Roth men went to
bed with heavy hearts; nor did tin
spaivli next day throw any lighten
tlie mysterious transaction. Mr.
Dufi'-c.iuUl not Bring himself to re
port this second dcfii ii nc.y to his
head otlici; and the only alterna
tive left was to refund the a mom t
from bin own priviAcg' TMs
as it may he iniiiatni d, he did vftj’
reluetuntly; and for tho first time
in his i xperier.ee ho watched, the
younger men, and [ii rhaps he trust
ed teller too, with just a faint and
“irrepressible glinum ring of suspi
eion. A mistake of ti,is sor t might
happen once; Init to happen a sec
ind time at so short, an inti real,
made him uneasy on - t'bcr matters
than mere ioss of money. He h d a
framework of malm, any and glass
omdo for Hamilton's nrsl<, so tlml
one could come near the cash ii
future 1 u Ih in lion biros: If. Ant!
so, w ith what grace ho could sum
mon, tend with many grave war
mings, Mr. Ruff paid the abort mon
-ey; having, an he said, to ‘grin nnd
jhcttr it.’
For a week or so il Rigs worked
well under the new arr ingment;
hut lor the third tone lie was des
tined to see Hamilton poring ovei
Ilia bool s long'after bank hours,
this time to hear on inquiry that
the luckless hid was slurt by* no
less'an arriniiilt than five hundred
pounds! Had the ‘shrewd, quick
witted James Hamilton, tiller ten
years of faltfiY! set vice, H-conie sud
denly dull ?.
‘This fs beyond endurance,’ the
hanker said sharply, as tbe fact was
communicat?:! to him.
‘lt is most strange,’ replied Hie
helpless teller, f. eling thafttife fates
were agaii st him.
‘Tt is gum, sir.’
‘Then you mftft find it. I ear.
no lot g r I* responsible for your
blunders. Here is no less a sum
than rune hundred pounds in le.-s
than six weeks to he accounted for.
Many a one has linen sent across
tlie sea for less.
The youth put his hands over
his face nod fairly burst into tears
‘I must give it up sir. I can’t
starnl tl is. I must leave the. place.’
j*lr' Duff was looking at him with
wry keen eyes ns this was sobbed
out. ‘Leave Tolkirk ? Understand;
Mr. Hamilton, that you dare not
leave Tolkirk before this matter
is cleared up.’
For the greater part of the night i
the men sat up searching; hut j
when the morning came they were I
as far from the mark as ever.
Mr. Duff, much to tho surprise I
of customers of tlie bank, next day j
‘took over’the cash himself, and
rather awkwardly from want of
practice became Ida own cashier.
Hamilton was degraded to subor
dinate duties. His spirit, poor fel-'
NO. 32.
low w/ih c*n. No Iraco of the
missing mohny Colild be found. Os
(inure Mr. Dull'Could iot long port
tiime acting as teller. The work
inti rfow'l with even more impor
tant duties,
A son ot Mr. Tr.iill the parish
iniiiisbr, who \v.• “ employed at tlm
Aberdeen branch ot the same bank
at this limn visited Toikirk,’and
hehtg of the rime cruft, spent a
good deal of time jn Mr. Dull’s
ruinpnuy. 'l'lie subject of the miss
iuy mone y was broached ai d dis
■ u sid between them. It so -hap
pened Hull George Traill was en
gaged. to lie married to Mary Duff;
apd the nnnj<er having list confi
dence .jn Hamilton, and. fueling
Sorely in need of capable help, pro
pos'd that Georgu should apply lo
the Directors f r the appointment
of johrt agent or partner with liitn
syjf in tin' n'.aiuipen.ent of lire Toll
kirl; I iron eh. Fo it came ahout
hut in a short time George Traill at
shrewd, practical business man,
relieved Mr Ihiff at the telling-lD
b.ie, hi order to familjnrinu himself
with the faces f>) the hanks
cl-. Kyr some day* all went well,
then came main t-day. At cldSe
of the day Mr. Traill’s cask was
live hundred pounds short f
A Sailer's Vara.
In a hook written by Rear Ad
miral Werner, of the German navy
a strange story is told of the way
in which many years ago, in 183 G,
t French man-of war went down
with all hands on hoard in West
Indian waters. The ship hud heen
in cum mission for two years on
the Anti! <" station, and duringthe
whole o liie ti oe her captain, who
is lie--- lit.--1 -,s an incarnation (f
cruelty, h.nl x-'t'eised his ingenuity 1
i i tor'iii'ii!ing in every possible way
l"''h ihi odicers and men of hi*
«? w. - well lord lie sueeceded
t'i it to" lives of ail on board had
in en re. dared a burden to them,
while the captain himself war
Htated with -in inleoi.-tyof hieh
pnii'/ <d whle.ii was soup, to be
given.
Orders at. length came fir the
ship to return home. V,t long
after (he anchor had been weighed
i became evident that a heavy
spinil was coming down on llie
ship, and't!ic* captain dirieted the
officer of the watch to shorten "sail.
The orders were given but not a
man moved. Again the orders were
repeated, lire time l.y the captain
bin self; but still not a man
moved.
‘•This is mutiny,” cried the rap
tain,' and then a hundred voices
answered:
“Wo will not shorten sail.”
In vain the-the terrified captain
appealed to the officers to surport
him. They stood silent, and neither
threats nor promises availed to
make man dr officer move, save
only a few who were noted as spies
and favorites of the captain. A few
minutes more and the squall struck
the ship. In a moment the vessell
was thrown upon her beam-ends.
'"Cut away the mast!" shouted
the captain; hut still not a nan
moted.
In another minute however, the
rigging was carried away the masts
went hv the board, and thus reliev
ed, the ship lighted herself. Then
the long supp-owed rage of the crew
’brrtke forth, and, rushing aft, they
• eiz Tthie captain. A few minutes
more end' he would 1 have followed
the rigging, hut* the first lieutenant,
going below, opened the door of the
magazine and fired his pistol into
it. There was a loud report, and
the ship was no more. An hoar
afterwards an American vessel pass
ing over the spot picked up one of
the crew, who told the story nf what
had happened, and died shortly
afterward.
The Friend of Delicate Ladles.
Warner’s Safe Kidney and Diver
Cure is the remedy that will cure
the many diseases peculiar to wo
men. Headaches, neuralgia, dis
ordered nerves, weakness, mental
shrekvand kindred nilmer.ts are
effactually removed by its use. —
The Mother's Mayntme.
‘Do try and tali" a little common
s rise,’ said a young lady to her
visitor. ‘Ah, but wouldn’t that bo
taxing an unfair advantage of you?