The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-10-11

a BLIND LETTER.
The CLERKS Patisacs Wa Amply H.
wAfded That Time.
In the matter Of fact language Of
the New York Posto fca . blind
letter. II letter the address Of which
II either insufficient or written 30
illegibly that 1t cannot be deciphered
even by clever experta Yet though
the term Il prosaic there Is often q
touch Of romance about these letters
that cannot see their destination and
are therefore blind Here is q brief
account Of the strange case Of one Of
them that came under my own OBJ
servation.
To my mother. New York.
This was the sole subscription Of
the letter in question--simple not
without pathoA but enough to bare
the shrewdest and keenest- witted
letter carrier in Christendom. Tho
letter was contained in . common
white envelope and gave no more
clue TO the identity OF the writer than
1t did to the whereabouts Of his
mother.
Long years Of experience had made
the blind clerk. as he was called.
skillful at interpreting the most mys.
ferrous addresses but this missive
completely nonplussed him How
ever he was interested in . document
with seemed to suggest that there
was one mother in New York who
could not be mistaken for anybody
else's mother; so he put the letter
aside carefully. and determined 70
await events when his curiosity might
b satisfied.
But month after month passed BY,
and no client put in an appearance
for the epistle that was now grown
dirty with dust His colleages in
Office used to chaff the blind clerk
. bit about his affection for the sim
gular letter. and ultimately he told
the mates that he would lock it up; 30
the sight Of 1t should NO longer irri-
tate them or annoy him
On the very day on which he made
this announcement to his fellowA .
poor old Irishwoman called at the Of.
fee. and asked the clerk if he had .
letter for her from her son. She gave
her name to him. but after making
search for the missing letter in the
proper department he had to tell her
there was no letter in the Office adj
dressed to the name that she had mem
toned.
The woman shook her head. There
must intimated in so many words DO
q letter somewhere in the Office from
her boy-her only boy.
My good woman" in luired the
clerk .'how long have you been ex-
pecting to hear from your son?'
Every day for many a week. was
tho answer.
And your son; where does he iive?"
she was asked next
.'Somewheres out West sorr. but
forgit the name OF the place."
Like n fash il came into the clerks
mind that the letter which had puz-
zlei him so much bore the postmark
OF an outlandi shly named place out
West Was the mystery to be solved
at last?
Going to the cupboard whore he
had placed the lette. he read out the
name Of the post Office from which It
had been despatched. and the woman
replied at once
Yes that's the name Of the place
where my son works."
The clerk handed her the dingy
letter. She gazed at it for . moment;
then kissed it again and again. sx-
the while Its my boys
q Then she added. in undertones, -
If speaking to herself Il knew he
would not forget his poor cid mother"
With these words she bowed low to
the clerk thanked him earnestly for
his kindly attention. and walked
quietly out Of the Office clasping the
letter to her breast