Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-25


on the list, and would send for him the first
time he had an opportunity.
Colonel Sharp said, OF this, that he was
very glad Mr.. Needles interested Mr.. Hill,
that neither Of them were much occupied,
and that they would stay In tho private
Office until the opportunity should occur.
At this announcement that tho office would
need three permanent chairs tor some time,
Mr.. Rowland Hill was more startled In
short said Colonel Sharp to HIN, good
naturally, the oticial methods will not an.
swer In this case. Mr.. Needles deserves
the place; he must have the place; General
Glover and both mean that he shall have
the place; and you may a. well give il ia
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 coun.
try. Mr.. Hill knew perfectly wcll that this
was one OF those cases, and when. there
fore, Mr.. Needles walked home that morn.
ing to his wife, 1t was to explain to her
that he was 20 on duty IN the pest-of1lce OF
Abydos, with proper. salary, that after,
noon. --sg..yf4 ss Is 49,: n .e.<.- ."sl
''All this he explained" said General
Glover, sin the letter of which told YOU,
which received thirty-six hours after j
inolosed the bill to him." ....-.
Here ends the first half Of General GLOW
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 q second
half, which TRANSFERRED several years after.
Mr.. Needles did his work so we'll in the
new office that every one liked him. Had
it not been indoor work, and he sailor,
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 1t. He did no,
repeat this to General Glover till he had
found where he must 60. Then it proved
that In q bureau which is under tho treas.
ury, which Twill 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 tc
General Glover to tell him why he wanted
to remove, and asked for his nelp ut Wash.
ington. .. ..
Help at Washington, indeed! The head
of the Treasury had been at the Generals
side in those old days Of 81 aud go, and as
soon as the mail could send it, the now up.
pointment was made secure.
And from that time, know not for how
many years, there was no correspondence
between General Glover and his friend.
Years passed away; I do not know how
many. General Glover, who is man Of q
thousand duties, all of which he does well,
went hilher, went thither, and may not
have thought of the letter or the answer
once in . month. Needles never wrote to
him. He never wrote to Needles. AS
said, borrowing his phrase as we few along
in the express train, one such man, till the
letter came, did not differ from another,
more than one post in q rail fence from
that which is next to it.
But the letter, and what come 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 como back to General
Glover.
And SO, when, as say, years had gone
by, as he was one day making o visit in the
great roaring city which I have called
Abydos, he told the story, as he told it to
me, and as have told it to you. He was
Mrs. FonblanQue, whom perhaps you know,
and he told this story. ss,
~ GU say he lives in this cityl'' said she,
very much interested in the story. '.Dc
you never go to see them2'E
mo" he said; Il have never been tc
sec them7'
might see them! Where do they live!
What is his nane?" she asked, somewhat
eagerly.
And the General confessed, that since he
began to tell the story, he had been feeling
for the name, but it had escaped him.
IF you had not asked me, however, ]
think should have caught it. Queer that
can not recall it,"
"And you have not seen hint" said she
mo. Ishould not know the man from
Adam if he came in at that door," And
at that instant, as il the man were coming,
a knock was heard at the door. A servant
entered with card "For General Glover.'
, The General read it, and babe tho man
say he would see the gentleman in the
reading-room. He turned to Mrs. Fon.
blanque: "What were you asking me?"
II was asking the name OF the man whose
story you told me-"
ayes, you were. And did not know it,
''You said," continued she, shat you
should not know him If he came in at that
door,"
II did so. And here is his name."
do not tell me that this is that mans
card.'
''It is his card, and 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 q
young man, lie 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 it 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
I 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,''
said the other, ''if could help it. But
can not help it. I come to you, OF course.
My life is all to change, and do not know
how. l come to you to ask, should do
wrong" he said, very seriously. soon
nected as you and have been, il did any
thing without your advice. nay, without
your permission" - ''% .t =
, The General looked at him with surprise.
But the man was not weak-he was not
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