Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-04-10
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CAT lARlNE MclNNES.
or TUE wnoSG LETTER Dox.

Amusing incidents often occur by per
sons ms,akino the letter hov oi stores and
offices in this vicinity, for that Of the Post
Office. We sometimes find three or four
letters in our own letter box, intended for
the mail These We Of course put on their
way.
Standing once at our front window, We
observed n young woman, whose face was
not visible Ia US, drop ciief INTO our box,
and on taking il out. wc found she had mis-
taken our establishment for that of the Post
Office. 1t was directed to Thomas ---,
IN ireland, aud the inland postage accom-
panied II. The letter we caused To be sent
with some others - the Post Office, and |
gave The circumstance 40 further thought
Busted tc~ months afterwards IN exam
ming the contents OF our exchange papers,
and lnditlng such paragraphs as they sug-
geslcd To- Us, we did no, pay much attcn-
ton to a gentle tap at the door OF our pr
gaie room, un;il it wa, repeated. We then,
too ANXIOUS to conclude our labors to open
10 the applicant, babe the one that knock
cd "comc IN and continued our labors
without lifting an eve 10 the door, which
was opened quietly, and as quietly closed
We were startled nj length with ,weotly
modu!atcd voice, lnquring "is there a let
ter here Cor me :"
We at once raised our eyes, and saw "A
female about eighteen years OF agc-or, rs
No have Of late lost the AIT Of Judging close
" IN those natter, perhaps rg-Hy. 1t did
not make IA d,mplcs difference 10 her face,
and would not e five more years had been
added 10 them There was an oval face
with natures own blush, and u slight pro
lection of the mouth that told OF ireland, e
ven without the spitened modulaiion otNnicC
that belongs to the woman q! that island
Ncainess wa, all that could be a>cIbcd II
her dress II deserved that
Letters are frequently asked for IA news
paper Office, N reply to advcrtscmehis--sc
we babe the woman to 60 TO the front office
and inquire ofthe clerks.
She had been there, and there was NJ
one but a boy, who could not give her ih'
IA ormauon
so we inquired the name.
kun .hcianes: but perhaps it will bc
Caihariaf on the lctter,' sand she, -'as thu
Is my name
We looked on the letter rack IN the from
Office. among the N b. ilc *. w
the "P. as" &c. but saw none for Ca,ha
rinc.
Returning, We inquired to what gd,cr
uscment tie letter va, Ia be an answer.
ADVERTISEMENT to no advertisement
II would Toe IA answer 10 my letter"
"hud from whom do YOU expect letter (:
The Young woman booked much coulu,
od-buJ apparently surprising the que.uo
pertinent. ,hc said from 'ihpnas --
We SAW Al once that size had. a hund
reds hcipre had done, mistaken our Uiiic
iir the Post office and the name gwen wa
that upon the letter which we had SON
months before seat from our letter box 1
tia, Of the Post D,he.
ellie has not written, then" said Catha
nne ~ a 'iow voice, evidently not micndc
iof our ear
But----he may have wuiica.'
Then whcfcs the i,tler:' sad she lool
ing up.
Al the Post Office. perhaps
And Ne took CatharHe b, The hand an
led Ter To the door and pointed out III
Way ~ the Post Oiiice.
You Nall ssk al The window" SAID we
"but a. the clerks are Young n~n, Won nee
noi tell them Iron whom YOU espec, the IL
ter
-~'ld, said she, looking nj
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