The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01
A COMPOSITE ROMANCE.
A Story Told from Seven Differ.
emit Stand-Points.
THE LETTER cARHrER's STORY.

THE LETTER cARErER's STORY.
There is one family on my route that
gives me more trouble than all of the
others put together. Not that they
ever complain of me or compel me to
walk to the top OF fve-story building,
but can't make 'em out. don't usual
ly bother my head about the people to
whom deliver mail; there is some
thing SO singular about this one family,
however, that can't help taking par
ticular notice of them.
They live in an elegant stone house
on Kenyon avenue, and consist of a
middle-aged gentleman, John Godfrey,
by name, his maiden sister and his
daughter, girl of seventeen.
Mr. Godfrey, who is a wealthy rail-
road man, has hard, stern look, and
his sister doesn't appear to be any too
amiable, but the daughter has fairly
won my old heart She is as handsome
as . picture, and she always had a smile
for me when she came to the door (the
maiden aunt answers my ring now),
and how her face would light up when
handed her letter addressed in
round, manly hand to Miss Nena God
frey, and postmarked c.
\ At first, when she and the servants
stopped coming to the door, couldn't.
understand it, but have arrived at the
conclusion that the maiden aunt always
takes the mail in order to prevent Miss
Nena from getting her letters During
the time Miss Nena came herself /
brought her letter postmarked c.
nearly every day. Since then have
delivered only two for her, and the
maiden aunt's face has worn such sat-
isfied look as she took them, that am
sure the letters are from some young
man Miss Nena is in love with, and her
father and aunt are trying to break of
the match.
met her on the street one day q
short distance from the house. and she
stopped as though to speak to me. She
changed her mind, however. and passed
on with pleasant .'Good morning."
but noticed that her lips quivered as
she spoke. think she wanted to ask
me something about her letters Poor
grill wonder how it will endi
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THE MESSENGER BOYS STORY.
Las night bout seven o'clock had
ter take message up on Kenyon ave.
nue.. 1t was fer Miss Nena Godfrey,
an wen rung tn bell young lady
coined to tn door. / axed her If ther'
was a answer an she tole me to come in
an she would see. She then went inter
the parlor an tore open the message,
an wen she read it she turned as white
rs sheet an l thought she was goin'
to faint Jes' then the boss came inter
tn room an he said to her, awful stern:
"What's the matterl Who's the tele-
gram from?'
me see it," but she turned quicker'n a
fash an threw it into the CRATE w'ers a
fire was burnin', an it blazed up in
second.
TIL old gent started for her, lookin'
awful mad. Jes' then he seed me an
he axed what was waitin' fer. l told
him tn answer. He said ther' wasn't
nun an fer me to clear out l didn't
wait fer him to tell me twice. I'll bet,
pnon&ns NO tSlAcu MlSAty sHdFp 10 MS
daughter after I'd gone.
sees a good many funny things car
ryin' round messages, but ] never seed
anythin' like that before.
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THE TELEGRAPH OPERATORS STORY.
Something rather out of the common
happened at our Office last evening.
The following message was sent from
c.:
Miss Nena Godfrey. 1893 Kenyon avenue:
Come at once, II possible. Will is very low.
DR. OrTo SCHMIDT
The message was delivered to Miss
Godfrey, and about nine o'clock the |
lady's father came into the office. The |
clerk having stepped out for moment,
got upto wait on him.
Mr.. Godfrey wanted to know IL we |
had 9 copy Of the telegram that came |
for his daughter that evening ] told |
him that l was scquairted with the |
contents He'then wanted to know il |
would tell him what wo6 In it He |