270 KEW : 1879-1885 



You may call me a mule for my pains, but I will have 

 the whole matter thrashed out. 



I do not like bothering others with my evils, but I know 

 your nares will dilate at the scent of strife, even as do those 

 of one parent of the above-named quadruped, and of which 

 I may be the other. 



In the end, his claim as to naval pay could not be resisted, 

 but the Treasury had the last word, striking off the civil 

 pension what was added to the naval. 



