The Red Cloud chief., 1888-01-27

from Washington to DO the head Of oul
Bureau of Red Tape.
And every man in the Office knew thai
all their certificates had been examined
on Wednesday, n that all Governor Ogie
thorpe'smeu would be dismissed on Friday.
1t was now Thursday evening.
II only heard of this today" said the
officer we are interested In. Il would no,
tell my wife. But she knew something
was the matter. But when the evening
paper came. l saw yOl were hero at the
Esterhazy. and then I knew it was all
right"
"All right. dear friendl" said the Gen.
eral, in real distress. ut is all wrong. I
DO not know this Clodius-have hardly
heard OF him. l am out OF politics these
five years. None of them know me or care
for me. . not help you."
20, yes. you a help me-" said the man,
simply n confidently. Sand you viii.
That is why I came. l told my wife it was
all right-and it is."
my lear fellow, you understand nothing
about it. Even the people at Washington
do not care for me nov. They lave forgot
ten me. would gladly help you; bat l an
10 powerless as a CHILD"
StAAA hO was tOuSAACQ-uUW COuiu nc nctD
being tOuched!-by the mans simple faith.
"Of course Will write "A letter for you.
But It will do no good. Your sir. Clodius
cares nothing for me or mine Stay here,
however, ana l will go and write it.
So he crossed the hotel floor 10 the pri-
va,e office. where. not the "gen,lemanly
clerk" but MIR. Mann, the wise director of
the whole. was sitting.
ssNonn ~ did fhn G,an1~n AL r-.--
this Clodiusr'
in that chair half an hour ago. William"
ana he struck his bell, 'rsee il Mr.. Clodlus
Is in %"
who knows him well enougli-well, to tell
HIN q story"
4 should think I did. 1 have got him
this office IN the Red Tape Bureau. He
would not be there but for me-"
is that possioie!,, said the General. a
little awe-struck. 81 want to tell him
about one Of the psople in it."
There is paper aud ink. Write a note
to me and it shall go to him. Nan to be
kept int He shall stay in. II there is any
thing Clodius wants. it is to oblige me. At
least, those we're the last words he said to
i've "u'ii uC AEAb tuiS TOCLll.'
The General wrote his note, in q few
lines. as such mel can. Mr.. Mann indorsed
1t: please see to this" The waiter took
il 10 15.
There came back q card, with "All right.
MIR. Clodius." And fifteen minutes after
Glover had left the ~readinC-room,
he returned with this card to his friend.
II told YOU So" sand the man, eager,
nn1 ctp, IL - - a.
you that il would be wrong for NE to do
any thing without consulting you."
And General Glover wont back TO Mrs.
Fo%nblanquc, and told her the end of the
story.
l told q story somewhat like this to a
wise man last week, and he forced
himself 10 say: Yes. il shows how close
~ we are ali jumbiet together in this little
But he forced himself to say this.
and at the bottom Of his heart he was WON
ier:ng if 1t did not show a great deal more.
And General Glover lhinks. and Mrs. Fon-
thinks, amt NeedIes thinks. and
MS wife thinks. and l think, that it shows
great deal more.
We think that outside the people that
vr;te letters and put them in the post
Mice there are unseen people who tell them |
what to say We hun tina; behind you .
md me, who come and go, there are some |
lines unseen hands which show US where !
o 60 and where to come.
And those Of US who write stories some
lines put into them such tales Of crisis, as
hat in which Jane Eyre hears the cry of !
Ter lover, though he's two hundred miles |
way. But we do not put in such things
merely to serve the purpose OF the story.
We put them in. because, If We did not put
hem in, the story would not be true to Life.
Erect Eaie, in ". \. IndeIendent.