Daily Republican., 1889-05-10
IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
BY LUXE SHARP.

write this In st. Augustine, Fla.
hoped | could stay here week without
having my usual row with the y stmas-
ter aud his minioDs, but | was mistaken.
Last winter-or perhaps should say a
year ago last wlnter-I went iDto the
postmaster's private room to Stay him in
cold blood, but he told me that II
thought cou run the postofiice better
than he WAS doing 1t could have the
Office next day and lie would 90 fishing
He was tired of being jumI cd on by
Northern men, he taid, and the next man
who came in would have to take the
pOstoilice or get hurt.
The trouble last year was this: The
postoillce was OF the calibre required for
a sleepy old Southern town where people
didn't care hang whether they got their
mail that week or next month.
Suddenly 81. Augustine jumped into
prominence by the building Of the big
hotels, and the sleepy old village became
that win'er town OF many thousands Of
inhabitants, all Northern people, who
wanted their letters right away. One by
one the postal clerks dropped into the
outlet retirement of the local lunutic
asylum, and every day In front OF the
one delivery window was long line OF
Northern men swearing deeply In unison.
Now and then man who had stood
In the broiling run for two ours with
negro in front OF MIN and another behind
would break away fIom the line, 90 aud
get a clun, and Interview the pos; master.
He might be great lover OF the
negro In the North, but down here 1t
WAS different. Here is what would happen
when negro came to the delivery win
dow:
"AnyGrg fur Mistah Smith to-dayp'
The clerk would look through all the
letters labeled IS"
"What Smilhi"
| 'Nisiah Jonas Smith"
| "Nothng."
| "Anyling fur Mistah Jones9
"What Junesp
"Mistah Jacob Jones'
All The Us would bu gone tn: on. h and
the clerk would shake his head
ANY fling tur Misses KIng-Nliss Julia
4 Kmg?"
Tie clerk would run down the King
row and shake his lead.
W hen the negro had asked tOr every
man, woman ana child he knew, none OF
whom had received a HITTER iur h. last
/ ltu ltalHl NthttA Alhl u Abll-t shAo VI
having done his duty.
IL is the chivalroU, rule at ST. A llgLstlre
| that VIII ma lady mes 10 NE niudow
she takes proceed, nee OF the Tory men
standing in line. The negro wOtucn we're
even worse than their color. d bre thrcn in
asking Tor "the letter thar never c1mr."
II was very provoking when person had
slowly worked his way ria hit up to the
window TO have 10 wait there another
half hour because a lot OF negrtsses walk
ed up to the vi dow and inquired Tor
eve! badly they had ever heard OF.
| notice that some OF the visitors Who
were up to snul gave colcTed girl
dime and he card, whcreupon she walked
up to the window and got Ills letters
while all Ct us waitcd in row. One
man who stood in front of me lasS winter
,aij impatien,ly:
"1here ought to be separate window
for the negroes"
care you Republican or Democrat up
north." ISL ed.
Reaublican."
"Ihen Just think what IA vi your
folks would raise il such thing were
done"
Wei, as was going TO say, am down
here oHt of the season, when everybody
else has gone, and did hope could get
my letters without coming 10 swords
points with the postmaster,
The mails from tho north come iu al
SIS p. III, Last Saturday evening went
doSn to the pa atial old warehouse that
they call the poststlice, and waited Tor
The delivery window TO open. At 6
o'clock " was not yet open and | began
to get ALARMED. ! gskea soMe one about
IL, and lie said the window would not lie
open again thai night.
tried to break it open, but 1t was ac-
ctSi omeI TO such attacks, | Went round
to the re lstry window and p0undel o.
that Einaliy an official opened it.
"Lnok here,'' sid, 81 want to get my
mail"
Then come to morrow"
"But I'm going away Tonight"
'NO mail IS delivered tonight unless
you have box"
what In thunder do l want of box
when Pm only here for few iaJsP
ppm sure don't kGow."
"And can't | get my lettcrs:"
"Yes-to-morrow.
"What do you mean 10y shutting your
office ust when the mos important mall
Of the day comes in! what are you here
foIi To obstruct business and aggrayate
the publioi | win sec about this thing
and"
"see all you Ike, but let me close the
window"
lie shut down the window and l paced
up and down the corridor, hesitatlng
whether IL would lie better 10 demoieh
the OLD barn or break in and slaughter
the officials.
Just then had an example of how to
do the thing in another way. A man
softly raped at the registry window, and
when at last IL was opened an inch he
said, in very quiet, inslpuatng tone:
"Im awfully sorry to trouble you aud
know it Is against your rules, but would
YOU have the kindness to look if there's
any mail for mtl Here is my card. I'm
going fishing tomorrow and can't get
TO the Office. Awlally sorry to bother
you SO much"
mo bother at all, !" said the CLERK, TAX
ing the card.
waited to jump on his neck when he
returned.
"Look here" / cried, "you can't do
that, you know You've just given that
mau his letters and refused to get mine"