The Red Cloud chief., 1888-01-27

ceived every day from very deserving PEG
pie; but he would put Mr.. Needles nam,
on b list, and would send for him the 6rs,
time he had an opportunity.
"Co!onel Sharp said, at this, that he wa:
very glad Nh. Needles interested Mr.. Hill
that neither OF them were much occupied
and tha: they would stay in the private
Office until the opportunity should occar
At this announcement that the Office would
need three permanent chairs Tor some time
Mr.. Rowland Hill was more startled. In
short aid Colonel Sharp to hiu,, good.
naturally, the official methods will not an.
sever in this case. Mr.. Needles deserves
h e place; he must ave the place; General
Glover and l both mean that he shall have
the place; and you may as well give it "a
him now Us 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 n distinguished service to the coun.
try. Mr.. Hill knew perfectly well thai this
was one OF those cases, and when, there.
fore, Nj. 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 q proper salary, that after
noon.
"Atl this he explained" said General
Glover. sin the letter Of which 1 told you.
which l received t%hirty-six hours after !
inclosed the bill, to him"
Here ends the first half OF General Glow
er's story to me. as he told 1t on the train.
l 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 well in the
new Office that every one liked him.. Had
it not been Indoor work, and he a 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 it. He did not
repeat this TO General Glover till h had
found where he must 60. Thcn it proved
that in a bureau which is under the treas
ury, which I will call the Bureau Of Red
Tape, they needed an outdoor invoice man.
1t was work that no could do. and he APP.
piled to he transferred there. He wrote to
General Glover to tell him why he wanted
10 remove, and asked for his nelp at W FASH.
ington.
Help at Washington, indeed! The head
OF the Treasury had been at the Generals
side IN those old days of '6l and '6S, and as
soon as the mail codld send it, the new ap-
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; l do not know how
many. General Glover. who is a man of q
thousand duties, all of which he does we'll.
have thought OF the letter or the answer
once IN 4 month. Needles never wrote to
hdim. He never wrote to Needles. AS ]
said, borrowing his phrase a. we lew along
in the express train, one such man. I'LL the
letter anne did no. differ from another.
more than one post in 4 rail fence from
that which is next to 1t.
But the letter. and what come from it.
made a difference. Yes. and the memory
Of that letter, and the picture OF the stove.
and ihec Children. n their mother sleeping
late, and all the rest which / nave told you.
sometimes come pack to General
Glover.
And so, when, as l say, years had gone
by, as he was one day making q visit in the
great roaring city which l q called
Abydos, he told the story. as he told it to |
and as l hav told it to you. He was
making a call at the Hotel Esterhazy on |
VI XoAoAouAASs "Ac-A ASSS yOu AuONs \
he told this story.
You say he lives in this city ~ said she. |
rery much interested in the story. '.Do |
rou never go to see them" |
NO" he said; IL have never been to |
see fhem!"
Might l see thcmi Where 6o they live! !
ND fho CNoapa1 Oorfoaoad %hoA o;n,o 10 |
to tell the story, he had been feeling
or the name, but it had escaped him.
''If you had not asked me, however. l
hiuk / should have caught it. Queer lha,
can nOtfecali IT,"
"Apd you have not seen hint" said she.
mo. should not know the maj from
Adam II he came in at that door" And.
It that instant, as If the MAJ were coming,
knock was heard ut the door. A servant
entered with a card .'For General Glover"
The General read it, and babe tho mar
'ay he would see the gentleman in The
'eading-room. Ee turned to Mrs. FOu-
"What were sou asking met"
Il was asking the Maine Of the man whose
tory you told me-"
"Yes, you were. And ! did not know it."
"You said" continued she, 'that you
houlj not know him II he came in ut that
Il did so. And here is his name.h
tDo not tell me tina; this is that mans
ard"
'.It is his card, and / am going down to
ee him SO he left Mrs. FOnblanque to
Yer reflections.
Sure enough, there was his friend. He
twenty years olGer than when, as a
man, he flung himself into his coun-
rvs cause. There were the marks of his
ccident, and there were the marks Of his
wentv years work. And both these men
rent back, in memory, to those eager days
rhen the war began. But it was not of
hem THAI the Younger had come to talk.
lie 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 pro-
lie who turn over their own benefactions
Ike savory bonbon>; be does not often
mink OF them indeed. He said, cheerily.
nat, quite on the other hand, it was long
lnce he had heard from his friend.
Nor would you hea from me now"
aid the other, .'if l could help 1t. But
An not help it. l come to you, OF course. !
ly life is all to change, and l do not know .
! come TO you to ask. 1 should do ,
he said, very seriously. .'c0n-
ected as you and l have been, il l did any !
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