The Washington bee., 1888-05-26

of the whole affair. To her un.
tiring efforts the success we met
with is mainly due.
1t will also pain you to learn
John that the concert was not
financial failure. The bills have
all been paid, and we will have
something to give the ladies; not
so much as we hoped for, but
still enough TO compensate them
for their trouble. [ am afraid
John When you spoke of the
financial failure ofthe enterprise
the wish was father 20 the thought.
[ am truly sorry to be forced to
''koock out" this man of straw
too, but .'truth is mighty and will
prevail" ("
By the way John, do you
remember when [ met you at
9th and + streets, and asked you
to sing for US how reluctantly
you declined? When you gave
your final no, your voice was
husky with emotion and there
was suspicious moisture in your
innocent eyes as you said, 81 feel
under many obligations to you
for the assistance you gave me
and if this benefit was for you, T
would take off my coat and go to
work with a will" suppose the
sense of obligation and desire to
serve me all arose from the fact
that | had given away two tickets
that you had entrusted to me to
sell. | tremble John, when | think
of what would have been the con-
ditio: of your feelings had | given
away four instead OF two. Refer.
ring 20 the reasons assigned by the
ladies for not singing, | trust you
will not feel offended if / accept
their statement of the affair i'm
preference to yours. You have
such wretched memory you
know that | fear you may have
forgotten just what they did say.
In this connection permit me to
ask you John, why you could not
be ''consistent" in yonr statement?
After having stated your true
reason for not singing viz: that
you wanted to get even with the
ladies for not singing for you. why
did you tell one of them that your
only reason for not assisting her
was because the concert to be given
for the public schools demanded
your entire attention?
When the affairs of your con
cert were settled, the secretary of
your committee, acting, | suppose,
under your instructions, sent me
a letter, which / still have, thank
ing me for my services and en-
| -.lnni->O -+~4n--n-+ choosing tho
amount realized so have already
been ''enabled to discover how
much cash you received am
very sorry John that you over
looked so many important facts in
having your statement of the case
made, because there are people in
the world who would not hesitate
to say yOn did this with .smalice
atorethoughC'' and without the fear
OF God before your eyes;that YOUR /
mind Is unfettered by the four
corners of hard matter of fact. But
thank Heaven, John, am one of
these. l know you are a christian
because you say so. | know that
you have long since served Your
probationary term and have been
received into full fellowship with
the church. | know that you attend
class-meetings and love-feasts, and
l nave no doubt that your hearty
"amens" have often inspired with
a religious fervor many weakened
Oretheren who were inclined to
falter. L know that once each
month following the e-hOnored
custom OF your church, you "hav-
Ing truly repented of your sins'
ana "havlng made your humble
confessions" devoutly kneel and
receive the most holy sacrament
OF the Lords supper" This being
true John, you would not bear false
witness against your neighbor. 1t
must be then that these omissions
are due to one of those strange
Cases OF complete suspension of
the memory, during which the
person affected loses all recollection
OF past events. Fearing that Won
think that / too suffer from a dis
ordered memory | will state that
the original pencil draft of your
letter is in my desk at the office
and the manuscript from which the
was made is in the
office of the BEE. A few words of
advice John and | will be done
with you. Write your own letters
In the future. 1t will help YOUR
memory and thus enable you to
state more facts. 1t is not in good "