GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL LIFE—HOW PLACE AND POWER ARE WON.
Keeping his Eye Open—The Sweet and Winning Ways of Mr.
Parasite—In Office—The Fault of the “People” and “my
Friends”—Pulling the Wool over the Eyes of the Innocent—Writing
Letters in a Big Way—The “Dark Ways” of Wicked Mr. P—— —A
Suspicious Yearning for Private Life—The Sweets of Office—John
Jones is not Encouraged—Post-offices as Plentiful as
Blackberries—Receiving Office seekers—Dismissing
John—Over-crowded Pastures—John’s Own Private Opinion—Peculiar
Impartiality of the Man in Office—What the Successful Man
Said—A Certain Kind of Man, and Where He can be Found, 382