The Meeker herald., 1891-09-12
THE GOVERNMENT CLERK.
A. iis Apps~ss In ,as Departments - tbs
knsIaa.i C.PiSaL


tion of Wa,lingtan. says correspond
ent of the Nc. i0r& Evening Post lilo
nils the theaisr, he buys FROM tho
shops, he rents the houses, he even
makes up /. iarse proportion Of those
who go 10 balls SD parties, he eonsll'
tutes the resident population, MIA
SOFT of tenure Of 0ilics he has, and what
salary hs gets. Ray b. immalsrlzl 70
Congressman, huI sFs questions OF sub
slstsncs, o. slsiF .llon almost 20 HIN
Let Us SEQ nhst sort Of msa he Ia
I Herr are some type;
I Tho aEst is bsn. E.ih z.,e ami ye4Fs Of
Z ioaHing Oyeg desk. 4 nlii snI EEni-
ahio atmosphere Of oscillation sur
rounds him, only - give place 70 :
I harmless aiEof ialpe lance Is -a 'fu'4trs
I the depaftmo nj .ssyr--sfs slth Is.pFFs IN
hi. hand fog the las.d5lioa Of hls chief,
AMI he is t-ea,iogs, sUp, bIt Col forbid
I tkal he shGall eErs glgo 0u"usa 10
n4sTl2l soul, Escn % tie iszy Old mss-
sengoF, ,.ho Fost5l-s 50 siD.siy - his
call, he is polite. IOliie h2 j. o. every
h9iy, aud apoio.elic. s!oa tos,E favor,
and qli1!s - rgzng ohe, II sKeg there
Nas any iirs in him IL las been qgf uehai
hong sinee. II ereg lhsFo Vas any
stFunsiy-eoigrol hurs IN his a.saFe tho
rspFpssiye lagHclees th4l s-sE5RaI she
isfo Of subsaiiasie Lsso long siRe0
ISael iaega dog 70 spb5r 'lHts, Ess'
ul.s In bis oGao hsaTs, p-oSollngiy
si0S and conservative ~ lis rlSgaols Of
~ork. bn, giofp Trust foglhy than el0ss-
NnFi. an'I 'Faeg han steel, sueh Il ;ha
''CgiOHeI" OF "iaigs" nL9 ias Lean
Government rlogl f5s isgHiy, 'hisgy or
even iittY years TheEg ia lIl9i9 danger
Of hia being dismissal
Tho young fcl,oa Ehp shares the
juices uGir", l.tp Dat NuIyDli-',
WraFa 8 shooting, tiei.rt rs ga o.il'gg'-ca.,.
smokes cigarettes rlRltaftly. receives
visits Ha.ss 10 dos Ioi s1l.sk 'Tsf.s lila
sli.aF's lliirr;5'. snl his a.-!! consists
rh.Egy ~ iGns. liz sisrnia lurh t.ur
r. q-elrE tn 80 hone aHi leaves his all17
Pgumrtiy a. four o'uisel, DO Carries
i.arlb, o, ofi9, tho irres4isrily sigh
which De- arrives "tCry nuFHiHE. He
lutcs rsAy4sa lnd plgs zHi Iha 'uaairF.
and hs somciiHi"s taErs ''l4Ig .rsIuI"
oui ''EgEEy';liiHg."
In the n6Nt ruasi NC a9s a li-orpn;
bcinr-falI iir-as-I. gu1ty. barely Fa-
sp-er;ahlr. hopeless, hr.p! = ih0s in
hss dull eyes. liz j, sll-riues'sl sud III.
trained, ami ;zss;I ,hs WORK .: tho Cow
"ssrIDE! yrEF mash ~ no Ulu.i iEcs:
shp digging II ps's:afa-a slinf ,has
mus, b. gone .; Justify. With Iir ca,
OF AMI sac la. on. Cspli.lisaGlIn. .,
tH- riyilrs'Fvicn commission laru - call
IL. DO IL irasaia'. hu,. st'rr ihr ,nHrr
%. t4n ilusf;al C0htrlt, o. p-E l.i4 N
rr-sgliHF punctuation a. matter II
gzsi~, iiu il ''oao of tho people. Ani
be- Looks Nigh disiayus upon tho col,
Irrv-hrrl maa.c
Bat now 10. Is look upon bls c,l-
i"a'ur,1Tl ho.e mus, AJAX you - raufp
moment, frss ,hl1 y tho ,yrc " GOV.
eminent clerk whom l pgagrs, lbyc.
Souns', milll1-agYa. or old, IL makes no
difference. il- the p1ai'loa that lac nay
hold - a. oil man 10 tie r1sll.1a that
ho has hold over Hiarr he wss . man. H..
Is real. ipaa-glc swell. lie doc, no,
write a yer, good LsnI-a gentleman
should not. lie H.. perhaps,
rather carolcss In his wosx-h.
na, .sa.s i..iSa. ~ t'iinh Of.
n you van. Information at-ou,
tho department, he Ia In I would no,
sisls. you 10 question him. bu, II you
want an Invitation TO german 80 to
him by all means iiis erisial petition
iA incidental. liz real life 4. In ''aocso-
Vs." No secretary daTcs TO dilahRrro
him. lilo does no, promote him /,
il true, may b. no has poor
opinion OF him. but b" always asks
him 80 his parties. lilo Il a. much
Of = necessity there asa punrh-bnwl or
n bouquet. have known him 70 got
married. but since the Government boz
gan there have been bus three cases Of
the Government clerk of this class COM
hitting such an lndiscsc,ion. O. course
the three married rich girls, md. re-.
signing their petitions, lived miscrably
upon thclr w!ves over aftcrwari-and
just consider the independence tina.
they lost!
II sam Wcllcr's inquiry as 10 what no.
comes Of old poi;.boys and dsn!;cys was
q difficult ono to answer. IL is still
harder to say whl. becomes of tho Gov
crumcnt clerk who Is discharged. lie
hangs around his department Hccking
reinstatement. He seems to have be-
come absolutely dependent, upon the
Government, and TO expect employment
from no other sou-cc. Sometimes he
gets desperate and commits suicide
there havo been several cases OF this
kind to furnish grim dreams to disturb
the spoilncn's rcst-somctim.g he dies
from sheer gric; and hopclossncss-and
the cases OF this character arc painfully
frcquent; but what becomes OF him when
he Isn't restored and doesn't die IL a
mystery indeed. lie sinks out of sight,
n new clerk has his place, the waters OF
official life close over his head, and no
is forgotten.
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