Show 1 1 I 1 HONEY MONEY WELL SPENT the records of 0 the united states pension office tell many a strange story often pathetic sometimes amusing and occasionally sensational of conree course the nations bounty al always ways comes acceptable but when as la Is I 1 frequently the case it is bestowed tardily and is scarcely received in L timeto time to avert tho the results of a long season of privation and suf faring it famishes a chain of incidents into and around which the novelist might weave a tale cf intense interest and which the posts fau amsy jr might inight deck with the choicest prod product act of big ls muse even now comes the report that an aged veteran in the empire state whose eyob in ia jared jaro dbr br an explosion at chancellors ville boon soon afterwards give gave up their I 1 light and left the patriot in utter darkness ness has been placed in fa affluence by the receipt ot of nearly sixteen thousand I 1 dollars of pension arrears with the I 1 nations promise to pay par him hixa 72 per month during the remainder of bis big life for years he baa bas been a mendicant a burden upon his friends uis his loved ones long since passed away and now with one foot in the grave ho he bitterly feela feels that the hoi hol p which 4 w was nia his due baa has come too late 1 I 1 more cheerful in lis his disposition is another blind soldier bailing balling from pennsylvania who while on a long march suffered a sunstroke which caused total lie ile baa has been awarded arrears and 72 a month this veteran has a passion for horses and his hie first move after getting the check for uis his back pay wao was to pay for a farm and then to stock it with twenty two horses and fourteen sets ee s of harness at a cost of nearly as much more with rare philosophy bo he overlooks the want and loneliness which tor for over twenty years have been his portion and blesses the provident government that kept his money where he could not spend it until if grew to be such a tidy lump uncle sam has a family Ac nily and bi hia Is treatment of them has at times been very peculiar but it is a pride to those who are enjoying the peace and prosperity of today to day to feel that the dutiful sons of an earlier day are no longer denied the recognition and reward their conduct merits |