The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-01-11

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That dead Iesief Office i curious
concern, ssd somsiimss lssjs % us-
pleasant consequences. Az oar fssd.
era know, sll lstiess plseei IN ihs
posiosics without Q stamp. iastssd
OF being sent ~ directed, are eop-
signed 20 the department at wash
ington, and the person 70 whom the
letter IA directed 10 notified that
letter, addressed TO him, or her, ~
the case may be, 10 held for non
payment Of postage, aud that If three
cents IN stamps is sent TO the Third
Assistant Postmaster General, the
said letter will he forwarded. l.'l
Smith, We will suppose, II msdel
husband IN some respeets--that 10
when under the immediate eye and
care OF Mrs. Smith. lie Is weak
and obsdisnt, and receives the daily
lectures so elegantly and forcibly
delivered by her, 30 ouly q model
husband can--patiently a. lamb.
But Smiths great failing was, that
when away from this gentle restrains,
he would sometimes-just for fun,
you know.@-talk lore to q pretty
little woman in another part OF the
city. This, OF course, was only for
fun, but Smith, knowing his wife
did not enjoy such jokes, kept oil
this TO himself. si W z 'lhiiiip
:. Smith received a notice from ths1s
! dead letter Office, that a letter ad- iis
, dressed to him was held for non.
payment Of postage. This excited
{ bis curiosity. lie was not man Of
] much correspondence, in fact had 2.
. not received even 4 note for twelve q
!, months, and he was Of oursessxei Bis
I ted to thinks that lettershould have
0 missed its way to him and gone 10
Washington City. Tie thought the
q matter over, and finally talked II
!. over with Mrse Smith, and after Y
Q much conjecture about 1t, caniaE to
4 the conclusion that 1t, must have
Q been written by some one away Of
II ii Georgia, informing him Of the
] death Of 4 maiden aunt, whore heir
!" he expected to be. Smith didn't
10 care much for that aunt, but cared
10 a great deal for her money, and
~ dreamed that night that the letter
ur had come, AMI he was the only heir
ID to his sunts five thousand. sF'leh
30 The next mail carried to the de.
st partment at Washington, the nseesi
N, sary three;cent stamp, and Smith
ng was a happy man-happy in antici.
as patton. he promised Mrs, Smith
nd new bonnet and any amount of
q calico dresses and other articles nsc-
-ly essary to make up Awoman's sppHrr,
III el, and Mrs. Smith was happy--so
much 50 that she even neglected for
", la day Or two to give Smith bis
i'd nightly lecture, which made smith
hg still happier. Smith watched the,
nd postoiRcs closely, and every day,
M asked for letters for "John Smith"
ID, but 10 letter came. One day he was
,b, called away from town and did not
expect to return until aight, but 70
IN anxiously did hs look for the core
di-l tied letter, that he asked Mrs, g. Il
th, she would call by the Office IN the
ny evening and zee II Il had como. =
as Fatal request, Is the sequel viii
ely show. F'6as NHi# la So #4al laia
he Mrs Smith did call at the Office,
be- and sure enough the letter had come,
his Size scanned il closely. Il wss ad-
ous dressed to John Smith, but the I'd.
vas dress was not in the hand AfitiDg of
rcd a man. A woman tvidsntIy wrote
I'm. that, and what business had sny
ch, woman to write to her husband,
Ith, Her eyes looked green; and whom !
lice woman's eyes assume this color, you
may look out for further develop.
ual |mcnts. She hastened home, and
sire forgetting everything but the fact
the that she held in her hand . letter
addressed to her husband in tho
eepl handwriting Of a woman, che tors
<eylit open, determined to see what any
and other woman had To- say to Smith,
nir her husband. The letter read thus
lc'i aay dear Mr. Smith
the dwhy hsvn't You called around rscently,2
! Of hayht sssn yon for nearly whole nonth,
4 and as yo,s may know, fssl ionelyasi -
~ that squint-cyed rrd-headcd Spouse of yours
W.T. has heard of your visits md keeps yoillslti
had 70 hsr apron strings. Daso1s Yoar, iri;pd b u
per- w3 m aAn1 80 49,
,ly-| That was Al, but that was enough,
was Mrs. s. didn't say anything, fof gks
d Of didn't have anybody u ssyit 10
and but she looked crest dssl; - u
ring Smith could on)ysshavs ut on
sire glance ather he'd hare seen epough
ain. to have made him Shivef. About
him dark . step was heard nppyQathial
| a. the house, AMI poor Smith, III %
'ous conscious ofsomibg cvents, teinktnl
red, only about that forfuns of4hh daa'
a. aunt. entered the room
Whst transpired for The next hon
and or 90 will sYer remain I secrel
fam Smith says Il now seems very muel
Ilikca confused dream, buths hssl
ONE vivid rec0llsctionIthat The c0nyere4
"a 10 tion was very mush mixed M MN
the l"squint- eyed, y il, 1red- -hesdad " !!
ball ""a2ron strings, 4" " yodf lene y
Inv Mary Ann, and smSn hsbdinII
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