The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-26

L Mr.. needles did his work so well in tn
: new Office that every one liked him. Hat
it not been Indoor work, and he sailor
needing outdoor life, this story would enC
here. But the close confinement of tn,
Office was bad for him, and the doctor toll
him that he could not stand it. He did no
repeat this to General Glover till he hat
found where he must go. Then it PROVED
that in bureau which is under the treas
ury, which l will call the Bureau Of Rel
Tape, they needed an outdoor invoice man
1t was work that he could do, and he ap
piled to be transferred there. He wrote t.
General Glover to tell him why be wanted
to remove, and asked for his nelp at Wash
ington.
Help at Washington, indeed! The heat
OF the Treasury had been at the Generals
side in those old days of '61 and 49, and a:
soon as the mail could send it, the new ap
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; do not know how
many. General Glover, who is a man of a
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 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 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 1 say, years had gone
by, as he was one day making a visit in the
great roaring city which l have called
Abydos, he told the story, as he told it to
Ele, and as have told it to you. He was
making call at the Hotel Esterhazy on
Mrs. Fonblanque, whom perhaps you know,
and he told this story.
" ou say he lives in this cityl" said she,
very much interested in the story. "Do
you never so to see themr
no" he said; 81 have never been to
see them!"
Might see them2 Where co they live!
What is his Lamo?" 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.
'1f you had not asked me, however. /
think l should have caught it. Queer that
l can not recall it."
"a nd you have not seen him?' said she.
mo. l should not know the man from
Adam if he came i'll at that door" And,
at that instant, as if the man were coming,
q knock was heard at the door. A servant
entered with a card ''For General Glover"
The General read it, and bade the man
say he would see the gentleman in the
He turned to Mrs. Fon-
blanque: "What were you asking me!'
Il was asking the name OF the man whose
story you told me-"
"Yes, you were. And 1 did not know itn
"You said," continued she, ''that you
should not know him if he came in at that
ioor"
81 did so. And here is his name.n
''Do not tell me that this is that mans |
card"
sit is his card, and am going down to |
see him" SO he left Mrs. Fonblanuue to |
Ter reflections.
Sure enough, the re was his friend. He |
vas twenty years older than when, as
Toung man, he flung himself into his coun-
ry's cause. There were the marks of his |
accident, and there were the marks Of his |
wentV years work. And both these men
vent back, in memory, to those eager days
when the war began. But il was not of
hem that 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 pee
lie who turn over their own benefactions
Ike savOry bonbons; he does not often
hink of them indeed. He said, cheerily,
hat, quite on the other hand, it was long
ince he had beard from his friend.
Nor would you hear from me now"
aid the other, "if l could help it. But
an not help it. I come to you, of course.
ly life is all to change, and l do not know
ow. l come to you to ask. L should do
'rong," ne said, very seriously. ''con-
ected as you and have been, if | did anv ,
hing without your advice, nay, without
our permission"
The General looked at him with surprise.
ut the man was not weak-he was not
compliments. He was speaking
18th the deepest seriousness. "My life
nee l entered the navy, has been all
rought in with your instructions. 1
lould be wrong if did not come for them
ow"
Then he unfclded his budget of miseries
nd explained that he was worse of than ,
3 had been that day of the postman and
lie letter. Worse off, because a second
III is worse than the first.
This was the story: I
At the time when he was transferred T
OrrN 10 ffi,.a 70 = ha |
ape, at the Generals inter, ,ssion, il had
zen necessary, under such Civil Service !
lies as then existed. that he should file 1
'oper certificate OF character, and he had t
Dne so. q
Now this certificate, alas, was headed by y
e most distiny yuished Of General Gloyer's
lends in that city, Governor Oglethorpe.
But in the course of five or six wears.
ere had grown up a great feud in the j
Iriy, and Governor Ogle;horpe headed b
Ie side and Mr.. Clodius headed the other. T
And a week before the time we have
me to. Mr.. Clodius has been appointed
ON Washington to be the head OF our W
lreau of Red Tape. Fl
And every man in the office knew that t,
their certificates had been examined !,
Wednesday, aud that all Governor OgIe.
orpe's men ould be dismissed on Friday. "
1t was now Thursday evening.
Il only heard of this to-day,n said the o.
icer We are interested IN. ~ would not h
i my wife. But she knew something -
Is the matter. But when the evening
per came, saw yol were here at the IT
terhazy, and thsn knew it was ali III
,ht." G.
All right, dear fricndl" said the Gen. ST
al, in real distress. sit is all wrong. L \,
not know this Clodius-have hardly -
ard OF him. l am out Of politics these IL
e years. None of them know ms or care o'