The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18

potency and all Of the influence NJ the mem
! berr % the State Central Counties ~ =
great Western State harkei up 10y two
| Cnited Statc- Senator'S could not ge' her
reinsta'ed 4 common friend, hoN'yrt.
I Demonstrated To the SECRETARY one dav
| that the women had t--'n removed on
,~rump-sl,up. charge- brought again,' heL
by her chief " division Without having
HE de-k the Secretary started al inNe~ttga-
ton and al o o'clock the next morning The
clerk was back at her desk and she j. Their"
to-day .
on one occasion q most Influential and
wealthy Republican Senator induNd N'Nir-
tary Morton to appoint a woman h ne
said was extremely worthy ahd d'~''t Ilhg
and wa the sole support az an aged mutitf.
The senator did not Know her personally.
but she wa recommended ia hin 10y people
from his own State Ia whom he had sreat
confidence
A few DAYS atcrward The Secretary was
asked to step into the room to take a look
At the poVert y-stricken woman and found
her to b. a buxom and f~ashionably dressed
Young woman ~ great personal attractive
nc-~ who trea,ei her fellow clerks with
snpercilious dirdain She wore more
jewels than could be purchased by a Gov
ernmsnt clerks salary IN a year Inc
Secretary wrote q note to the senator asking
him to step over tn the Department and
then said
Senator. I have se~n tho poor deserving
woman recommended to you by YOUR CON
stituents. and " you will lust step INTO mo
next room where the clerks are at work |
will introduce YOU to her
oh. no no. said the senator hastily.
Il don't wish 10 me-, her gue-s she's
all right. Ill see her some other time
But you ought tn se' her. said The
Secretary. .Sh-'s worth looking At Her
rags have turned To satin aud her tear drops
To diamonds. She has been transformed
IRON a Cinderella to a Pnnces- since h-'ing
recommended 20 you by YOUR constituents.
Won't YOU let me present YOU 10 h"r'
Morton said the Senator Solemnly,
as he roee In some confusion tn 60, and
assuming AN air Of injured i~nnocence. Nor
ton remove her. | have been imposed upon
A. the senator went out Of the door. he
Secretary Chuckled. and said TO himself
Yes, I'll remo,e her. but | guess | was tho
fellow who was imposed upon
Mr. Morton loved las home Arhor Lodge.
Nebraska city. ~ he loved no other spot
On earth. u ia a beautiful place on the
outskirts 81 the thriving town with "A great
piece Of wooded park betw zen II and The
city prop r. known a y orion Park wl'cl
he gave 10 the city asa public pleasure
ground The great square roomN rufn-
Portable house he built himself and here
he raised q large and happy family.
On the walls of tht- TYPICAL American
home hangs a painting depicting the sc,ne
when MIR Morton and hts young w" re-
ceiNed from the Indians the title TO the
land on which the house siands lhis
transfer took place In the DAYS before
Nebraska was even trrltory
In the pretty cemetery on the edge OF
the town there IL a Morton family monu-
ment which J Sterling Morton drslsn,d
and erected to the memory Of his wife.
Allegorically it depicts tho lie Of her in
whose memory II Is erected IN" squirrels
emerging from the holes IN the storm-Sillct
tree represent the sons gong ont INTO
the world and the mother fr - com
memorated IN like manner Under thus
MIR Morton himself nov lies
In a lo, adjoining there l. anoti er moru-
mental stone which he designed at the
reque., OF a lifelong friend lie was a
man who had spent all his life Ia "A business
80 Mr. Morton designed a stone desk,
a fac -imile Of the one at which hus iri'nd
sat for 70 manv years.