The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-10-27

= Mrs. Carol Peters, y
"No.',> e
The-little figure turns quickly away, tears
CULVER on the long eyelashes that veil the ten
derest Of Blue eyes allittle hand clutches it,
self spasn,odically, when the voice through
the window calls
ssNDid you say Mrs. or Missp'
It is from him--ttere is no installing his
Writing. She can hardly resist the impulse
to press that dear chirogaphy to her lips,
and she hurries to au obscure corner, where
she devonrs every word, regardless of who
stares at her !; he is her own husbaud--let
them stare
Thelwoman who ftints Is one of the mys-
terious characters with which all public places
are supplied. She calls once in several months
for registered letter or a package. She is
arfayed in limp and shabby mourning, and
she. always selects the best chair in the post
masters room, aud then faints dead away
The handsome deputy fans her with his hat,
and the postmaster spripkles her with the
official watering, pot. aud the ladies of the
office crowd round in a sympathetic group
and whisper, ''Poor thing !" And presently
she-comes to, and goes away, bnt where, no
one knows. She has made her little sensation
and disappears into another six months OBJ
security.
Post Office etiquette is absolute as the law
of any social code. Ladies do not come to
the Office TO mail their letters or to receive
them" says the little man 10 blue, who PAGES
the corridor Except to the registry depart
ment they come here TO buy stamps some
times, Although some innocent good women
sometimes do so, it is not considered respect
able for them to come in here evenings and
crowd round the delivery window. There's
queer goings Oh here sometimes, when women
slipsin 10 thelafternoon and flook all round to
see If there's anybody they know in sight,
and then ask for " letter that is directed TO
some other name. There's lots of CORES
londence passes between young folks that
their parents don't know anything about"
A few days agoa popular divine who preach
es in one Of our most fashionable churches
rushed into the postmaster's room, overheated
and exhausted, to ask that letter mailed by
an impostcr to gentleman in the city should
be stopped. as il contained q reference from
him which had been given before the facts Of
the case were known He requested the post
master to retain the letter and have the man
arrested when he called for it, two important
detective services that official was utterly
powerless to render. Every day wives call
who are looking after the correspondence Of
their husbands, and husbands who imagine
their wives are writing to or receiving letters
from the man in the moon, or some other
equally obscure individual.
Parents cannot even handle the letters adj
dressed to their own children unless the child
rem are under age and non supporting.
/" Do not give my letters to any one with
out written order from me, ''-is frequently
heard from the lips of miss of sixteen
Forged orders are frequently presented, but
seldom houored.
From one TO ten blank letters are daily
dropped in the office boxes, and it is a COM
mon thing for the clerks to find three.cent
pieces and pennies, the letter and money be-
ing dropped together. Occasionally the two
are united by paper and strings A few days
ago woman rushed into the Office and pre-
scented a letter at the central window.
"Stamp it," she said In a vague whisper.
The obliging clerk offered tue stamp and
the woman was moving away. e
"Three cents, il you please, 'ma'am."
What for2" "a
+" The stamp on that letter."
!" Isn't this a government Officer"
I" Yes, ma Fam"
Sand don't they furnish those things =
pointing to the stamp.
But the clerk was busy, and the little blue
man took her in hand, and finally succeeded
10 getting the government dues.
= 1t would break mothers heart to see the
lovely baby clothes that never get beyond the
Detroit post office. They are sent 10 whole
wardrobes often, and in detached pieces, di-
rected to friends in Canada or England, and
subject to heavy duty that is never paid
IN the printed list they read Baby's shoes,
baby's embroidered cradle spread, chld's
dress, baby's afghan, two infapt's knit sacks
Infants slippers, wardrobe, baby's Christmas
box, baby's silver whistle, and 80 on, through
along catalogue of bahy's property, which
did not reach the King Of No Land because 0
Insufficient postage, custom duties unpaid