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. 



