The lawyer was a clerk in the Pension Bureau, who had been recently appointed upon the recommendation of Senator Bruce.

The physician had been connected with the public service a long time.

I knew both men favorably and felt that it was my duty to save them if in my power.

Both were married and had interesting families.
When I placed the list in the Secretary's hands he read it over very carefully, and then said: "I think I can safely assure you that the name of every one on this list will be retained except these two"-- indicating the colored physician and the white lawyer.

"This physician," the Secretary said, "is a colored man, and the husband of a white wife.