ing allegiance to principle which characterized
our dear departed brother and associate, we recognize the qualities which
would have rendered the progress of his career as triumphant as its
opening was auspicious;

"_Third,_ That while we humble ourselves before the mysterious will of
Heaven, which works not as man works, we tender our most respectful and
profound sympathy to the afflicted relatives and friends of the deceased,
to whom we fervently pray that his memory may be as a lamp to the feet;

"_Fourth,_ That we will attend his funeral in a body; that we will wear
crape upon the left arm for thirty days; and that a copy of these
resolutions, signed by the officers of the Committee, shall be presented
to his family."

"I think that'll do," said Mr. Condor, resuming his cigar, and laying the
paper upon the table.

"Just the thing," said General Belch. "Just the thing. You know the Grant
has passed and been approved?"

"Yes, so Ele wrote me," returned Mr. Condor.

"Condor," continued the General, "I've had enough of it. I'm going to
back out. I'd rather sweep the streets."

General Belch spoke emphatically, and his friend turned toward him with a
pleasant smile.

"Can you make so much in any other way?"

"Perhaps not. But I'd rather make less, and more comfortably."

"I find it perfectly comfortable," replied William Condor. "You take it
too hard. You ought to manage it with less friction. The point is, to
avoid friction. If you undertake to deal with men, you ought to
understand just what they are."

Mr. Condor smoked serenely, and General Belch looked at his slim, clean
figure, and his calm face, with curious admiration.

"By-the-by," said Condor, "when you introduce the resolutions, I shall
second them with a few remarks."

And he did so. At the meeting of the Committee he rose and enforced them
with a few impressive and pertinent words.

"Gratitude," he said, "is instinctive in the human breast. When a man
does well, or promises well, it is natural to regard him with interest
and affection. The fidelity of our departed brother is worthy of our most
affectionate admiration and imitation. If you ask me whether he had
faults, I answer that he was a man. Who so is without sin, let him cast
the first stone."

On the same day the Honorable B. Jawley Ele rose in his place in Congress
to announce the calamity in which the whole country shared, and to move
an adjournment in respect for the memory of his