Fye on't! O fye! 'tis an unweeded garden,

That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely."

The Thread of a Civil Service Reformer's Dream.

NEW YORK:

E. J. HALE & SON, PUBLISHERS,

No. 55 CHAMBERS STREET,

1882.

Dedi

THIS PAGE

TO THAT

GENIAL GENTLEMAN AND SHREWD CONTROVERSIALIST,

AN APT CRITIC, A CHARITABLE SATIRIST,

A TRUSTY FRIEND,

MR. JOE CALDWELL,

OF

CHARLOTTE, N. C.