Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16

however, without much love in It,
The other Ietter-the one TO the Cuun-
tess \ mtlli-waS running over with
affection and hints ut suicide. he
enc to Louisa "a. phllos"piIlcai aud
non commlttal: very muca So, indeed.
As | had something to attenl to, |
nurned to i dry snds store, s,i,cted
the patterns, and put them with the
letters in envelopes, and put them IN
my pocket, Just at this moment, who
should | see driving past in his buggy
but my friend Maxine. He called to
Tie to get in. | did SO, and just as
We were passing the Postoftice it &C.
cured to me post the letters.
Yes, begin to understand"
Il got out, bought two stamps, stuck
one OF them on the letter 10 the conn
tess, showed it through the hole, and
was about to do the same for Louisa 5
epistle, when | felt faint. gasped for
air had addressed my letter 70 Louisa
10 the countess at Var aud posted il.
In my hand WAS the letter to the coun-
tess with the samples Of sllk, adde's
ed 10 Louisa IN Normandy.
You were IN fix.
Never wps in 80 hdeous a * in all
my llts. Unles. | regained that letter
IT Was all up with the beautiful couu-
tess, who, as ! told you, Was rich as
she Vas pretty
'Yes,you told me she quite wealthy.
Not only that, bat ! was really des-
perately in love with her besides. |
went right into the postotiice and ask
the clerk to hand ME out my letter.
The clerk began TO cross examine me,
and iutlmated that VS. Candidate
tor the pepltentiary. As my answers
did not suit hlrl, he refused TO hand
ont the letter. | remem cred tnat |
had a friend who was high official IN
the postotlice department.. / Jumped
into hack and Has driven 10 his of
tee. lie was not IN. Then | went to
his resld,ncr. | found him, explain
cd the matters, aud arm, d with al Of
.iclal document drove back 10 The post
Office. The anal was already made up
aud on board the postal car. jump
ed aboard just as the train moved Oh,
The postal officers in the Car, under
the impression ths. | Was trying to
-ob, siu.ss5. TIC 10 ti.o aoos, and while
one kntel,d on my breast the others
cnckei ire and and searched ME for
arms. As soon rs | got chsncs to
sp~sA showed my document ard ex
planned. Profu.e apologies were offer
I'd AMI accepted. However, my collar
wss torn off and my clothes suffered
10 the scu.fle.
Did they give you your letter.
'The car Was packed up 10 the roof
with sacks OF mail mater. The Ot-
ticial laid
Ny dear sir, from four or Eve hun
dred thousand letters you can't exp CT
rs 10 pick out yours. Resides, We are
forbidden under any circumstances to
deliver any mail en- route.
What did you do 2
There was nothing for IRE TO 90 eI
cept to grin and bear it. took a seat
on the mail bags in order to rest mg.
s.lf, and think the sacks we're not as
comfortable rs pillows. They seemed
te be full Of hard and irregular shap
ed articles mixed up nth letters.
wondered if it Was possible that | was
setlingon the identical bsg thatcontain
ed my atfrcrionat. letter to the coun-
tess. Perhaps there was nothing be-
tween me and that accursed document
except AN eighth Of an inch Of leather
aud | whistIed quietly. Thou art so
ue.r and yet SO far
should think, Jacques, that your
conscience would have troubled you
No, my conscience did rot trouble
me, but my stomach made me wish
that | were desd. There is no doubt
that | suffered internally. Ian very
sensitive about smells, and the car wa;
{ Ill OF them. There was evidsntlysome
hing rotten in Denmark, as far as tht
post, flee department is concerned
The worst smell Wa that damp leath
er. Judging by the smells in the Cal
the people of France were in the habit
Of sending Limburger cheese, sausage
seasoned with garlic and the like
through the mails. 1t Was very warm
damp weather. The motion Of the
cars made things worse inside Of me
In order to be more comfortable the
clerks removed their shoes. At las
the crisis came on. | needed fresh all
Nv bosom heaved convulsiyely How
[ wished | had hot eaten that hearty
breakfast. 'Oh, Amelia, Amellan
groaned, 'how little do you know my
bosom heaves for thee! How little
dost thou dream what sacrifices | madi
on account of my love for thee
You must have enjoyed yourself very
much on the excursion.
That was only the beginning of my
suferings, resumed Jucques. After
the spasms and convulsions in my
breast had subsided, owing to the vile
smells and the racket, could not get
wink of sleep until about 3 O'Clock
in the morning. The clerks KEEP
distributing mail all night, and do you
believe 1t, when they came across thai
letter they woke me up to show it to
me, but refused to give it to ne.
could have murdered them
Did you get it at last.
TO cut things short, when we got
to Lyons the postmaster was very po
lite, but he said he could not let me
have the letter because the order was
not countersigned by the postmaster
general. l kept right along with tha
letter, undergoing all manner Of ex-
no.ures and hardships, until it got t.
Var, which is very couDtry town.
nad to ride To 'Hat place on d wagor
without any springs, alongside of th'
letter bag containing that inferua
'docucment l had writ II to Louis;