Norwhenhewasmovedonanddowntomakewayforsomene’er—do—wellwithinfluence，withabrother—in—lawintheSenate，withacousinowninganewspaper，withrichrelativeswhodesiredhimtodrinkhimselftodeathattheexpenseofthegovernmentratherthanattheirown，didoldmanMarshallpointtohisrecordasaclaimformorejusttreatment。
Andithadbeenanexcellentrecord。Hisofficialreports，inaquaint，statelyhand，weremodelsofEnglish；fullofinformation，intelligent，valuable，wellobserved。Andthosefewofhiscountrymen，whostumbleduponhimintheout—of—the—worldplacestowhichoflatehehadbeenbanished，wroteofhimtothedepartmentintermsofadmirationandawe。Neverhadheorhisfriendspetitionedforpromotion，untilitwasatlastapparentthat，saveforhisrecordandthememoryofhisdeadpatron，hehadnofriends。But，stillinthedepartmentthetraditionheldand，thoughhewasnotadvanced，hewasnotdismissed。
\"Ifthatoldman’sbeenfeedingfromthepublictrougheversincetheCivilWar，\"protesteda\"practical\"politician，\"itseemstome，Mr。Secretary，thathe’sabouthadhisshare。Ain’tittimehegivesomeoneelseabite？Someofusthathas，donethework，thathasbornethebrunt————\"
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can’tpronouncethenameofit，andI’mnotsurejustwhereitis，butIseethat，ofthelastsixconsulswesentthere，threeresignedwithinamonthandtheotherthreediedofyellow—fever。