Come to see me again in a day or two and bring a list of their names and I will then see just what I can do along those lines." I then bade Mr.Lamar good-bye and left his office.

A few days later I returned with the list.

But upon that list I had placed the names of two men who had not been appointed on my recommendation.

One was a colored man, a physician; the other was a white man, a lawyer.

The physician occupied a position that was in the line of his profession.