Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01

secrecy than Napoleon Ills widow left
Paris i'm the carriage of the American
dentist. DR.. Evans, the Widow H., her
daughter and grandson left the city of
Washington, and Mr.. Speich triumph
antly muttered, as he returned from
the depot after seeing them off:
'I am monarch Of all l survey,
Wy rights there are none to dispute;
OF the stock; the broad acres and hay
am lord over fowl and Of brute
And he was But, studying matters
over, Mr. Speich concluded that the
widow was too close in Chicago. He
must remove her to a greater distance.
Meanwhile, however, he had interview
ed Mr. Fletcher, the man who was
working the farm on shares, and read
the riot act to that gentleman in choice
Berne Swiss. The result was that Mr..
Speich ran the farm after his ideas Of
finance and management. Some time
after the widows departure, she receiv-
ed warning letters that her soninlaw
had ascertained her whereabouts and
was about to descend on her and cap
ture the boy The widow had furnish
ed an expensive fiat and was enjoying
comparative quiet when this letter ar
rived, followed by others later on.
She wrote to her friend Speich I'm great
trouble Of spirit and moved the heart
Of this compassionate man to such an
extent that he neglected his official du-
ties, for which the taxpayers We're
cheerfully paying him more annual sal
airy than the president of the Swiss
republic received. Mr.. Speich investi-
gated the matter, and, with "a heart
bowed down i'm silent grief" he poured
out "the sorrows of Werther," i'm a let
te rof eight pages, sadly confirming the
fatal intelligence and suggesting flight
to the Fatherland!
The widow promptly disposed Of her
interests in Chicago at the usual sacri.
fee, and sailed for that country from
which Voltaire was once ordered to
leave in "a hours.
Magnificent sirs," replied Voltaire
to the grandees Of the Swiss republic
1T will not take me "a minutes"
And it didn't, for the territory in
which Mr.. Speich was born was so cir
cumscribed in square miles that Vol
taire walked over its frontiers in just
eleven minutes and nine seconds, Paris
time.
But to return to Mr.. Spiech. He
managed the farm, and rode now in his
carriage behind the widows horses. He
had a colored coachman and servants
to loan. He sold the furniture by order
of the widow, of course; Mr.. Speich
never does anything irregular Of her
Washington home. Mr.. Speich sent
her what he thought was right Of the
amount It brought. Presently he made
a dash to secure the house itself but
met a setback. He turned to the farm.
Ahl that was fruitful. at least About
5000 worth Of young stock was sold.
Mr. Speich broadly charged Fletcher
with the bloody deed, but Mr.. Fletcher
proved an alibi although Mr.. Speich
never took the trouble to prosecute
him. Kind Mr. Speich; he sent the
widow SIS out Of the proceeds Of the
salel
Mr.. Speich was now living in clover
and saving money by the bucketful.
The widow, however, got none Of it, for
Mr. Speich had sprung another plan
we will refrain from the word
scheme" so as not to hurt Mr..
Spiech's sensibilities, which are highly
developed. He notified her that he
would continue the dairy business with
a man named Pickett (no relation Of
the hero who led the charge at Gettys-
burg) and that Mr.. Pickett would put
in one-half and he (Speich) would put
in half to purchase a score or so OF
milch COWS, ETC. The widow consent
ed-what else could she do, living 5000
miles away across the ocean blue. The
terrible nightmare of that sOninlaw
Rowell. searching the whole United
States for his boy and her idolized pet
ard grandchild kept the widow close
to the Alps and content to submit to
any other sacrifice. To conduct the
dairy properly. miles Of barbed wire
fencing must be put up, and many 9th
er improvements calling for the eX-
penditure of large sums Of money.
The widow finally had an awakening
She discovered the imposition prac-
ticed on her. The farm was in ruins,
non-productive, fenceless, etc, and the
dread sonin-law was a myth insofar
as seeking to obtain his boy.
The widow, reused to anger by these
discoveries, visited Secretary Gage, in
whose Department Mr.. Speich was, and
| laid the whole matter before him. Here
is what the widow informs The Globe
Secretary Gage said:
Madam, / believe you have been rob
! bed. l believe, after a thorough inVes-
tigatlon Of me facts, that Mr. Speich Is
guilty OF a grave offense, but am pow
erless to command him to do you JUS
tice He will get his punishment, but
can not discharge him, under the
civil.service rules, except for incom-
potency"
Mr.. Speich was punished by being
! transferred to his present position and
promoted chief clerk OF the Mail Dep
relations division OF the Postoffice De-
partment The papers are on file in
| Mr.. Cages otiice, and form part Of Mr..
! Speichs official record. VIII the Post
master-G General send for and examine
them? VIII he also examine Mrs. H.,
her daughter and others conversant
with the facts, or will he initiate Secre-
tary Gage and assert that the civil.
! service rules prevent him from dis
charging Mr. Speich? Under this Ad.
ministration Of Doodle" addition"
division" and "silence," and the civil
service rules to cover rascality, no Gov
ernment official need be afraid to steal
and plunder with impunity, as Neely
and Rathborne In Cuba, and fathers
OF their ilk' in the national capital.
A Very Useful Work.
Mr. oliver c. sabln, the well.known
healer" and spiritualist and deter