St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-05
4. NEW MAIL BOX.


a 0eutlenan frsn t. Ceunerv. . Lse1ee
aaA . Hoe 1Amals Dex.
lie was from the country. This wao
evident. He had . cowboy hat and :
pair of store pantaloons, creased In
front, and . weak mustaehe, rather %
tho blonde order, and an honest, sum
burned face. He was new TO ths city.
and Is his folks were likely TO be nm
easy about him. he had written them .
to mail it. The hour was late, but the
street was full Of people, for Il WAS
fair week. the weather was pleasspt
and many were out Of dooTA He stood
ON one Of the corners near tho post
Office and woudered how he was TO get
his letter mailed. II It had been at
home he would have taken tito the
corner store and given II 70 the store
keeper, who was also the druGgist and
the postmaster, and filed other places
of little honor and less profit. aud the
store-keeper would have taken il, and
read the address before putting it in
the box. and he would have explained
how he - ne to write it, but in the city
It was 8snerent
But the letter had to be mailed seos-
how. and 50, plucl<ing mp his courage.
he asked . paaaer-by where he could
attend to this piece Of businesc.
mail letter." said the man. 'Oh.
in that box over there" pointing with
his finger across the street., and O. -
went.
Here was some light on the subject
at least, and across the street with his
letter went the horny-hauded, and
straight mp 10 the box that stood on
the stone wall that surrounded The
post ofiice area 1t was . aeuriOus box
1t was white, and . strap fastened at
each end and danRied down behind.
It was lettercd, too. bat he paid NO At
tention to that; he was too glad at flnd-
ing . place to put his letter. It was
different from any letter boz he had
ever seen, but then maybe he had not
seen all the kinds Of letter boxesin the
city. and this might be new one He
peered first 1t one side Of the boz and
then at the other, but no slit appeared
in which the letter could be placed He
caught sight of . handle in front that
looked rs though it raised the lid That
was certainly. to his mind, the solu-
ton Of the diAaculty; he would raise the
lid and put the letter inside.
He placed his hand ON the cover and
WAS just lifting it. when . harsh voics
smote upon his ear, commandine him
to desist, or, to use the exact language:
..Ssy. young TELLER. Let them tamales
be!'
He looked round. hastily lroppiAg
the lid Of the letter box. and he beheld
. wrathful individual. clad mostly. 70
far as outward appearance went, in ,
white apron. H9 hastily protested thxt
he only wanted to mail letter. but
the man with the white aprsn rsu1Ane-
gether too thin for any substantial use.
and loudly announced his intention of
handing the offender over 70 The 20
lice. ss.sss. 49,
81 didn't do nothing! I only wanted
to mail my letter" projected the poor
young fellow, lookinu mfneetm
another in the crow ZSa1fjyl
gathered.
'sNow. whoonell ever heard Of nail
ing . letter in hot tomele boxF
shouted the sproned msn.. and the
crowd gathered the situation at once
and grinned accordingly. II can NJ
ways get onto the likes Of yous," con-
tinued the irate man with thosoqEun-
'sYon pay me for them tsmale1 ipa
stole or git you palled. he roared
The letter mailer protested. ands the
crowd GRAINED and laughed snA The
tamale man stamped and shouted, m
til tardy guardian Of the pcecsap-
peared. to whom the situation wos ex-
planned. The maaswi the letter MA
crossrexamined, md not even the smell
Of . tamsle was found upon his enr-
ments; the tau1a1e man could not swear
that he had seen any Of his goods dis
appear into the pockets Of the rustic.
while the letter spoke for itself Sweet
peace soon relGned In the vicinity lof
the post oAice. The gentlemaa IRON
the interior was shown where letters
could be mailed without disturbing ths
peace Of the whole neighborhood. and
particularly Of the tamale vendes&
The man with the apron vos paei1ed
and finally was induced 10 see the
humorous phase Of the case BY the
liberal o6ef Of the letter writer - in-
vest . nickel IN what was to him . sew
article Of diet The policeman dissp-
peared into the nearest saloon to tell
the story, the nerTy crowd nnslted
away in the nei9hbring streets, and
the countryman. too, melted. munch-
ing - he did 20 the remains Of his
tamale. He has probably gone hose.
heard Of the terrible time he had try
ing TO mail . letter IN . hot tanale
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