The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-01-21

ceived every day from very descrving ra..
pie; but he would put Mr.. Needles, na,ne
on the list, and would send for him the fi,,st
time he had an opportunity.
''Colonel Sharp said, at this, that he vae
very glad Mr.. Needles interested Mr.. Blit
that neither OF them were much occuniea
and that they would stay in the private
Office until the opportunity should occur
| At this announcement that the office yould
need three permanent chairs for some time
| Mr.. Rowland Hill was more startled SIN
short said Colonel Sharp to him. good
naturedly, the official methods will not an.
swer in this case. Mr. Needles deserves
the place; he must have the place: General
Glover and l both mean that he shall have
the place; and you may as well give il, to
him now as to give it to him next week.
| There are men who can say such THINGS
who have earned the right to say them by
long and distinguished service to the conn
| try. Mr.. Hill knew perfectly well that this
was one of those cases, and when, there
fore, Mr.. Needles walked home that morn
ing to his wife, it was to explain to her
that he was go on duty in the post-ofice of
Abydos, with proper salary, that after
| noon.
| "All this he explained" said General
Glover, "in the letter Of which told you,
which l received thirty-six hours after
inclosed the bill to him."
| Here ends the first half of General Glov-
| er's story to me, as he told it on the train.
wish the reader to observe, however. that
| this first half is accompanied by second
half, which transpired several years after
| Mr.. Needles did his work so well in the
new office that every one liked him Had
it not been indoor work, and he, a I.sasv-.
needing outdoor life, this story would end
! here. But the close confinement OF the
| office was bad for him, and the doctor told
him that he could not stand it. He did not
repeat this to General Glover till he had
found where he must go. Then it proved
that in bureau which is under the treas
ury, which will call the Bureau of Red
Tape, they needed an outdoor invoice man.
| 1t was work that he could do, and he ap-
| piled to be transferred there. He wrote to
| General Glover to tell him why he wanted
to remove, and asked for his nelp at Wash
ington.
Help at Washington, indeed! The head
Of the Treasury had been at the Generals
side in those old days of '6l and '62, and as
soon as the mail could send it, the new APP
pointment was made secure.
And from that time, l know not for how
many years. there was no correspondence
between General Glover and his friend.
Years passed away; do not know how
many. General Glover, who is man of o
| thousand duties, all of which he does WELL
went hither, went thither, and may not
have thought of the letter or the answer
once in a month. Needles never wrote to
| him. He never wrote to Needles. AS
| said, borrowing his phrase as we flew along
| in the express train, one such man, till the
letter came, did not differ from another,
more than one post in rail fence from
| that which is next to it.
But the letter, and what came from it,
made difference. Yes, and the memory
of that letter, and the picture of the stove,
and the children, and their mother sleeping
late, and all the rest which have told you,
did sometimes come back to General
Glover.
And 80, when, as l say, years had gone
by, as he was one day making visit in the
great roaring city which l have called
Abydos, he told the story, as he told it to
me, and as ] have told it to you. He was
making call at the Hotel Esterhazy or
Mrs. FonblanQue, whom perhaps you know,
and he told this story.
"You say he lives in this ethyl" said she,
very much interested in the story. $40
you never go to see theml'
NO." he said; 81 have never been to
see theml"
Might see thems Where do they live'
What is his name9" she asked, somewhat
eagerly.
And the General confessed, that since he
began to tell the story, he had been feeling
Fz NL.s. lt,4 !. 4 L..
"If you had not asked me, however,
think should have caught it. Queer that
can not recall it,"
"Apd you have not seen him3" said she
'No. ! should not know the man from
Adam if he came in at that door" And
at that instant, as if the man were coming
knock was heard at the door, A servant
entered with card "For General Glover"
The General read it, and babe the man
say he would see the gentleman in the
reading-room. He turned TO Mrs. Fon-
blanque: "What were you asking mep'
Il was asking the name OF the man whose
story you told me-"
Eyes, you were And l did not know it"
"You said" continued she, 'that you
should not know him if he came in at that
door,
do not tell me that this is that mans
card"
at is his card, and l am going down to
see him. So he left Mrs. Fonblanque to
her reflections.
Sure enough, there was his friend. He
was twenty years older than when, as a
young man, he flung himself into his coun-
try's cause. There were the marks of his
accident, and there were the marks of his
twenty years. work. And both these men
went back, in memory, to those eager days
when the war began. But IL was not of
them that the younger had come to talk
He was in trouble again. ''You will think
| am always in trouble, and yon will think
| always fall back on YOU"
General Glover is not one of those peo-
pie who turn over their own benefactions
like savory bonbons; he does not often
think of them indeed. He said, cheerily
that, quite on the other hand, it was long
since he had heard from his friend.
Nor would you hear from me now,T
said the other, "if l could help it. But
can not help IL. ! come TO you, OF course
My life is all to change, and 1 do not know
how. l come to you TO ask. 1 should do
wrong" he said, very seriously. 'con-
nected as you and l have been, if l did any
thing without your advice, nay, without
your permission"
The General looked at him with surprise.
But the man was not weak-he was not
chattering compliments. He was speaking