to my own private diary - that notwithstanding
all the mistakes which I have made my life
is now fairly a success - not that I have
reached the end, but that I am now in that sphere
where successful men stand, and from which
I can do more and better work. I am particu
=larly proud of my reappointment because
of Darrell - he can now always be
reasonably satisfied to say who his father
is - and my good clean pure minded
wife is to be credited with nearly all of
it. I try not to gloat over anothers misfortune
yet the following reads well in connection with
my past recollections of "jury fixing" at Nome:
[newspaper item, line breaks disregarded:]
" Washington, Nov. 20 - The president has
the matter of Alaskan appointments still under
consideration. The marshal for the Second
division will be named soon, and will be
expected to proceed to Nome at once, over
the ice, to relieve Richards."
