Show T the e salary to small f fop both when L Q C lamar was made secretary of the interior nearly ev every ery yo young un g man who had known him in mississippi sis went to washington Washing tou to get a job said H P F cole of water valley miss among the number was john youngblood editor of the oxford globe who called at mr lamars office on the ath day of march 1885 the secretary was of course glad to see him youngblood had once been mr lamars private secretary he expected 60 something methin 11 big but bat a cler clerkship iship only was ten tendered deret him and this he declined ti time me wore on and youngblood in common parlance went broke could hz his 5 old friend mr lamar let him have fifty dollars mr lamar could and did two weeks more could his bis old friend colonel lamar let him have a hundred while he was waiting to be placed again mr lamar could and did A month rolled by Young bloods board bill was due he had to live while waiting and he be knew no one else in washington except his old friend from oxford his board bill was settled the next day he be filled Ail led again and wanted to be accommodated he was after youngblood went ouk mr lamar turned to colonel muldrow his assistant and said see here henry youngblood has got to get away from washington find some place for hini him soth of us cant live on a year the next morning youngblood was made superintendent of the arizona schools and was sent to yuma where he later died 1 I st louis republic |