The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-30
RHODE GETS HIS
SALARY HT. LAST :
Trials Of The Chicago Nan Who Vent to
fEska With / Federal JOB.

| there ali right In . vsek o. - an ws
may have to lay no nj kaisas
Th4 receiver Of puaasc rrnnsys paid BIS
fare. II was sc ard ssevs was rot n7s2f
rate about .s. either. Then he composed
himself ard finally reached the Tukon-
II got 10 Nriafo all right II the course
of q Hesk or so ard Mr., Rhose weas
ashore his heart beating high Nssh tx
pectasIof. Here then. ~as ihe *cefse 81
his Iassvrn at laas. Here vas the spoe
where be represented TIRE power ard dig
nifty Of these United States. hers waS the
piaee where be would rscssve tNs public
moneys But where vas ~ The atlas
says fners ar. LIS people ia Nniato Mr.
Kho6e sassnd thErsy-eevsn Of them az the
wharf when the boat came In ard the
rest os them must have been awaF pros
pecssnx, FOR they did rot come around
10 welcome the receiver Of pabic usoneya
Naturally the FIRST Thought 81 the rev
otssesai wss 90 look for the government
building. but 40 imposing pile reared les
front within his sight. Assuming ss
much alras.y a. was commensurate with
bis official position Mr.. Rhode asked
man with q big hat:
where 10 the Office Of the receiver Of
public moaeysr'
s-rhe-er-th. WHAT asked the native
I'VE Amt got none o them here. The
town marshafs usually hangin' around
the Sure Thing saloon Maybe you want
ed to see him."
Mr. Rhode was shocked. but he did not
show IL. Ills comes from tbs north side
and he early learned ~ control hiz feel
ings frem the vulgar herd Indeed. when
he was appointed superintendent OF street
and alley cleaning he nsyer laughed until
be was safe at home
Il wanted 10 Ind the government Of
ne~s," he repeated Ia q tone OF much
hauteur. 81 am q government Official"
''Oh. yes" said the native. much re-
Hsved. s'How'dyr You might come down
to tho Sure Thing an meet some O. tho
boys. Most OF EN- IL there most of the
time. They Amt no Offices hers-yet-
We're Gosn' to have a cracker-tack city
here fore long, though"
The receiver of public moneys gently
but firmly refused the invitation to visit
tbs Cure Thing saloon and wandered
through the town seeking information
The thirty-ssyeu Inhabitants looked at
him rather cariousiy. for he stu sore
stor. clothes and linen collar. Slowly
but surely II dawned upon Mr.. Rhode
that Nuiato was not exactly busting
metropolis where public moneys came
pouring into the Golfers Of the govern
rneni- When he had paid ss-s5 for a steak
at the Last Chance restaurant he was
assured that things were not all as they
might he. and when he had registered
81 the Grand Palace hotel and was seated
all alone i'm his So day room he was
filled with thoughts.
The next day Mr. Rhode made Inquiries
as 10 distances and found that the city
OF Weare was about DO miles up the river
ard that ths.. were lots OK people there.
To Wsare he decided TO &c. A boat came
along after week or SO, and for 500
the captain agreed 20 take the receiver
Of public moneys TO weare. AZ he rode
Up the broad bosom Of the Yukon Mr.
Rhode ponasred upon the futiiisy os am
bitten and fame ard human greatness and
other things which politicians are snhyect
10. In the distance Ioomrd the kaIyuh
mountains. their SUBMITS touched by the
setting sun. and away of behind them
were Chicago and the streets and alleys
north and all the pleasant things that the
receiver Of public moneys had left behind
when he came 10 serve his country in the
frozen north and he wondered az ne SAT
there alone whether ali this was worth
:, go year after all.
He got 70 Weare In the course OF a
week or tive and established an ofric.
fer receiving public moneys. And after
awhile. through the medium cs the mails,
tina official began 40 hear strange mgt;er-
ings rs Of a coming storm. Fay day came.
hut II brought no voucher. and when ne
ventursd 70 Jog the memory OF the auditor
OF tho department. OF the interior that
Ing Of . receiver OF public moneys In