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Show tViiiaMi fault la 117 A government clerk In Washington, ality yean of age, mafcea doleful walb lie got a government clerkelilp thirty yeara ago, wlien he waa a young man. lie haa-'aerved the govenmieiit faith fully'' for thirty year. Now ho flndi lilmaelf about where l.o begin thirty yeara ago with no money laid np, U-Klnnlng U-Klnnlng to bo an oil tnau, no peneloti and no nothing, liable to bo turned out at any time to make room for a younger tlerk. in turn tho younger inan will donhtleM nettle down in front of a dealt on a leather cot ered their, end dry up and blow away with a pen bfhlnd hie tar. Thirty )rar from now, In IMI, when title) "vend fellow, too, ahall be alily ymraold, lie In turn will doubtleei wall tbat be it Juat wliern li wa wlien he atarted, ami Ilu no money laid up, no petition and no nothing Hut tbia fueetllied giivrmmtntrlerki Kill have nobody to ldeine but them elrre. In tho enthnalaatlo daya of )outh, when with atrong young arutt they might hare breaalvd the wave of life and fought and gained a aure liar bur and anpport for age, they got a gov in.uientclrrkhlpattl.SOO a .tear. In time It locreaiwl rhap to tl.). Tlty Hald and grew round bouldered anddjra.pllo and gray headed, Cour aeand jieranterancu would bar built forthtm a tiuliie iiidept mVnce out-tldei out-tldei for thero it money enough andoi-irtantty andoi-irtantty rnongh In ILU country for eviry Intelligent jtrraoii with average health and bruineea gooil luck to lf up a competency. IJut tliey did not tako tlulr CUhtlng rliancea, and now they are left. IVihably tho moat unfortninlo thing that can hapien tuajouof man ia to get a overmutut clerkthlpla Waah |