A LAD’S REFORM.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 115, 17 May 1916, Page 2

A LAD’S REFORM.

A Dunedin tradesman on Monday had the unique experiencee of receiving a sum of money from a youth who ■had been employed by him some lime ago, and who had taken various sums of money, totalling several pounds, The father of th? lad, a respected member of the Salvation Army, who accompanied him, stated that he was happy to know that his sou had been converted, but ho (the sou) felt that before ho could make Ms peace with Cod, he must make his peace with the man he had wronged. The tradesman kindly offered to hand flic money back, but it was refused by the

"athey, who said,: -' The money is "ours, and that is a. 11 we care about.” in reply to an offer to hand the moiov to him for the Gal ■;:> cion Armv,

° id: “I am not collecting for the Salvation Army, and 1 am delighted that my son, has done the proper king to you.’’ The tradesman, while ■inspecting that pilfering was going on in his shop, did not know to what onto at he had been a loser.