The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

on = after ne-ce protest which did great
credit TO the smiable Old gentieman's
heart
The Colonel's career from then on vas
Gosnward; for some tine, upon the credit
OF his former position. he was able TO boz
row money. although he could not obtain
any regular position anywhere. 1 heard
of him in New York several weeks after.
He performed the unparalleled feat there
OF borrowing $50 OF the editor OF great
New YORK newspaper. This perhaps Was
greater triumph and shows more clearly
his powers OF persuasion than any
thing he did 81 Washington City
He was q short time afterwards the
guest Of the editor of great Boston
newspaper and he gave garden party IN
bis honor at his country home. A notice
OF this was printed IN Boston and this
brought out dispatch from Washington
correspondent which pu: "a end 70 bis
New Eng and career.
From then or tho Colonel appeared 20
lose heart. His diplomatic friends ali CTS
his acquaintance, the army officers O.
Washington City laughed when he ap-
peared, and the ex-Coafe3 erales 70 3 man
threatened 10 cane him. sab !" If he even
promised 70 look IN their direction. The
Southern people we're furious tha. thew
had been 50 taken IN oy his realistic
stories of Confederate service, and had
Ii not been for his real service TO them
during the winter of 1875 might have
made IL very dlsagreea5le FOR him. The
res1s. was that everybody dropped him,
and be was altogether too renned 20 take
up With the only classes here he could
fad associates. He eked ont precarioUs
living by writing obscure paragraphs for
one OF the Sunday newspapers OF Wash
ingtoa City. but he vas absolutely with
out friends and alone. In the latter
days ne was really an object Of pity. His
natural Qualifications were all good. He
had an alert and clear-seeing mind: his
powers Of description were excellen; and
MS quiet, unassuming ways had made
him very popular. He had been intimate
with the best people in Washington CITY
and had occupied the position Of one of
the best friends OF the president He had
d sscreetly farrned out his influence in
various directions and might have arrived
az secure fortune II IL had not been for
his mania TO pose as military officer.
He really died after he was dismissed
from the war department Ii is only his
ghost which has walked the streets of
Washington City since. He Is now gray,
psi ID anC thin, he lives N the humhlest
quarters no one ever speaks 10 him and
he never dreams OF looking st any one TO
seek recognition. II there is such thing
as ghost. be walks the earth today,
SIS the departed spirit Is supposed 10
walk without being able to make its pres
ence known. He suffers the horrors of
poverty. OF Loneliness and despair. His
wife and his two children. deserted by
him in his prosperity. are lost TO him, as
they have never appeared near him dur
ing any period Of his Washington
City career. He frequently breaks down
mentally, and then some one OF the
local authorizes sends him over 20 the
government insane asylum, where he has
8 pleasant room snd can indulge in his
fancies without injuring any one. Il is in
this place that ne Will undoubtedly end
his days, IS his mind is now so shaken
that he can ce trusted away only for
short time. He becomes helpless and
sinks into s state OF Tnelancholla. which
makes him Indifferent 10 everything.
T. {. CRAWFORD.