The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10

way from home. and yet " not true IL
se"ms we'll founded. ! can't serve in the
ranks with you, girls, hut l vail try 10
bring you some ammunition Sometimes
a tavOr.ts SIll lose through being dis
quahfia,i
Pursuant 20 this m ned msta phor re-
solve | found time tho very next dav
when my womank.nd had gone TO the
bAnusliks temple % tho order. whose
gates always stood opcn IN Sign % peace
Of mine ~ tho once of the auditor for the
Interior Department who had grown Old
and m,Isty among the other old and musty
files. | explained to this mummitied
tinctionaTy that for reasons Of my own
! had not "a rod TO make inquiry az the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT bureau for tho con-
fidential information which ! felt h Was
even morn qu1lifed 10 give mo
You have charge oG tho records Of
Revolutionary pensions, haven't you!-
! asked
Yes. 20 a deRrae.' he replied For
merly. when they were slowed away IN the
attic % the Treasury Department, neg
lected unasaorted. half eaten Ivy rats.
my services were thought sufficient for
tie task. hut nov since tins vogue 81 all
these patriotic societies many other
clerks be~id-- myself are engaged IN
Strengthening them out
MANY others I made haste TO say.
bun not one among them can have your
wonderful knoWledge founded upon long
years 81 loving care
a warmer tan to tho old chaps parCh-
menty checks showed that even among
the tomhs fihttery's fiams NAV stir.
u do Of course know q little where thu
others know less he admitted but at
best II IL hut a grain OF two winnowed
from a bushel OF chat.
1t - fair 20 assume. isn't 70. that an
honorably discharged Revolutionary SOL
der was penHoned3-
Il should say that was automatic
We'll. then. ] want the military record
Of one Nathan Watson. who served IN the
Connecticut fencibles during Mont
We have them all collatsd and cata-
iogued down to o. he reflected. i ought
10 10 able % put my hand on that informa-
ton IN a moment OF %. Nathan MatsonS
Strange; hut yet dom know
Presently he returned. older and dustier
for the old and dusty files.
81 can ind nothing. he reported:
Strange. az course he might have died
early. or have not cared for a pension.
he might have died early. = admitted
hing your head and saying 'Strange'l-
Because I have an impression about
that name which cannot recall; which !
may never recall
III.
] WINS % sure that tnoro was nid IN NY
old friends brain q memory og something
discrsditabls To Nathan MatsOn. which
might mouIdsr With TIA WORKOUT r~osivsr
unless could jols 49, r'schanism with q
hint. that hur~sSd OF to tho RscordSr-
0snsrAl's bureau.
Rocordsr-osnsrAl Prscisiaa had made
q high place and rank for himself through
parsistsns lobbying. though he had been
App0ineed To an obscure star position
frozn civil life and had nsVsr seem active
service. The type Of n German bureau
Graf. arrogant TO his subordinAaes. OBJ
sOquious TO his supcrioS, he held himsslf
at the head az this important bureau q
military records BY virtue % . fsvsrish
industry and q gsaius for detail.
No ons liked him. and he hkcd no ore.
Many feared him. but he feared nobody.
unlsss IL was THAI Old gray FOX Senator
hoy PAlafox. whose hidden claws had
scratched vigorously for him in the past
but might at any time scratch venOmously
aeAinst him.
was satisfied that Gen Precisian
was still In his OfEloO. though perhaps
about 70 leave for tho purpose % Wit
Missing Mrs. PAlAfO1'B triumph from
Shs "EstS PTOlAni' gallery provided for
mere man In the D. ". A. l. hall. A trim
anA cstg oaEFiAGs. wkioh ha end his rolAp