Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-05-21

thing to my advantage. | was told that the
Treasury department was the place for me to go.
went there waited two hours and a-half,
and then was admitted to the First Lord of the
Treasury. | said
" Most noble, brave and reverend Signor
On or abou. the 9th day of October, 1861, John
Wilson Macken-"
That is sufficient, sir. l have heard of you.
Go to the First Auditor of the Treasury"
| did so. He seat me to the Second Auditor
The Second Auditor sent me to the Third, and
and the Third sent me to the Frst Controller of
the Corn Beef Division. This began to look
like business. He examined his books and all
his loose papers, but found no minute of the
beef contract. | went to the Second Controller
of the Corn Beef Division. He examined his
books and his loose papers, but with no success
was encouraged. During the week | got as
far as the Sixth Controller in that division the
next week got through the Claims department ;
the third week began and completed the Mis-
laid Contracts department, and got foothold in
the Dead Reckoning department. ] finished
that in three days. There was only one place
left for it now. | laid seige to the Commissioner
of Odds and Ends. To his clerk, rather, he was
not there himself. There were sixteen beautiful
young ladies in the room, writing in books, and
there were seven well-favored young clerks
showing them how The young women smiled
up over their shoulders, and the clerks smiled
IL
bell. Two three clerks that were reading the
newspapers looked at me rather hard, but went
on reading, and nobody said anything. How
ever, had been used TO this kind of aacrity
from Fourth Assistant Junior Clerks all through
my eventful career, from the very day | entered
the first office of the Corn Beef Brreau clear till
passed out Of the last one in the Dead Reckon
ing Division. ! had got so accomplished by
this time that could stand on one foot from the
| Office clerk smoke
me, without changing more than two or maybe
three times. So stood there till had changed
four different times. Then said to one of the
clerks who was reading;
g Illustrious Vagrant, where is the Grand
Turk 2'
" What do you mean, sir2 whom do you
mean? fyou mean the Chief of the Bureau he
is out"
{" Will he visit the harem to-dayV
The young man glared upon me awhile, and
then went reading his paper. But | knew
the ways of those clerks. knew was safe, if
he got through before another New York mail
arrived. He had only two more papers left.
After a while he finished them, and then he
yawned and asked me what wanted.
Renowned and honored imbecile On or
about"
"You are the beef contract man. Give me
your papers"
He took them, and for long time he ram
sacked his odds and ends. Finally he found the
Northwest Passage, as | regarded THE found
the long-lost record of that beef contract-he
found the rock upon which many of my an
cestors had split before they ever got to it.
was deeply moved. And yet | rejoced-for |
had survived. | said with emotion, " Give it to
me. The government will settle now" He
waved me back, and said there was something
yet to be done first.
Where is this John Wilson Mackensie ?''
said he.
"Dead"
"When did he dieH'
" He didn't die at all-he was killed"
"How ?'
" Tomahawked."
" Who tomahawked him?'
"Why, an Indian of course. You didn't sup
pose it was a Superintendent of a Sunday School,
did you?"
"No. An Indian, was it?"
The same"
"Name of the IndanP'
His name? | don't know his name"
"Must have his name. Who saw the toma-
hawking doneP
"I don't know"
I" You were not present yourself thenP'
(which you can see by my hair. | was alb
Then how do you know that Mackensie is
dead p
"Becauge he certainly died at that time and
! have every reason to believe that he has been
dead ever since. | know he has, in fact"
I" We must have proofs. Have you got the
Indian?'
"0f course not"
"Well, you must get him. Have you got the
tomahahawkH'
" never thought of such thing"
"You must get the tomahawk. You must
produce the Indian and the tomahawk. If Mac
kenses death can be proven by these, you can
then go before the commission appointed to
audit claims with some show of getting your
bill under such headway that your children may
possibly live to receive the money and enjoy it.
But that mans death must be proven. How
ever, may as well tell You that the government
will never pay that transportation and those
travelling expenses of the amented Mackensie.
1t may possibly pay for the barrel of beef that
Sherman soldiers captured, if you can get a
relief bill through Congress making appro-
pration for that purpose but it will not pay
for the twenty-nine barrels the Indians ate"
" Then there is only a hundred dollars due
me, and that isn't certain ! After all Macken-
sizes travels in Europe, Asia and America with
that beef; after all his trials and trbulations
and transportation after the slaughter of all
those nnocents that tried to collect that bill /
Young man, why didn't the First Controller of
the Corn Beef Division tell me this p
HE didn't know anything about the genuine
ness of your claim"
"Why didn the Second tell me why didn't
the Third? why didn't all those divisions and
departments tell me? ?'
"None of them knew. We do things by rou-
tine here. You have followed the routine and
found out what you wanted to know. 1t is the
only way. 1t is very regular, and very slow,
but it is very certain"
ayes, certain death. 1t has been, to the most
OF our tribe. | begin to feel that |, too, am
called. Young man, you love the bright
ture yonder with the gentle blue eyes and the
steel pen behind her ears--I see it in your soft
glances; you wish to marry her-but you are
poor. Here, hold out your hand-here is the
beef contract go, take her and be happy
Heaven bless, you, my children?'
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4" See Naples and then die" A proverb which
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