Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-06-25
FRIDAY MORNING. % 1897 A
MOBILES REVENGE.
rs GOT EVEN WITH THE AUTHOR
y or THE SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP. 4


Paetmaster General villas Withdrawn
Rors suf,,o,.nt R...o,. wh,,h Ao,.
Il rA,. GEO.
Il 7lIlD
j Milton Mobiles, the actor and author,
/ and Senator Villas were schoolmates In
Madison B5 years AFRO. and thew went
4 from the scboolhousa m tho var 10.
ketber. Mobiles thinLs !. GOOD doal ~
i III. aid sohoolmate and A. ,roud ~ sha
distinction he has won amouyS the grsaA
men. OF Ms party. I'IDUIlJS
When the speoinl delivery stamn
made its nppearance. senator Vilea'
ceiyed many Constituencies Letters
among then, one from Mobiles Tha rest
Of the story is best told by the author
himself:
when l wrote this letter NJ copgrat.
ulation to the general. lbadn't had 90.
casion to use or receive any Of the
stamps, but tho idea seemed to me to
be a GOOD one. was spendAy "a ,veek
at home In BROOKLYN at the time One
bitter morning about q o'clook was
awakened by what seemed 10 me 10 be
the ringing of all the fire BELLS In
Brooklyn. Showing my head out of the
second story window, [ could SEQ \
muffied figure on the stems below Jerk
ing the bell with savage fury. What ia
it?' 1 asked. At that moment the bell
wire broke. and the figure fell back
ward down the stems. The snow was
knee deep, and the wind was blowing
30 miles nm bour Az the floure rolled
down the stems | could hear some choice
specimens of explosive English In a
familiar accent. mingled with some
thing about letter sneciaI de,ivorv >
star ,emov;r. chains and bolt.
o,,n,,ad tho o,,,or 400, ana ,ba ,,osso,
ger h1exv info tia veat;bpIa IN n shoat ~
snow
" .Wbat 10 ;t9 What b.y. Won ,o,p,
".Iattsr
".What tho Halep Rlaves ara Won
bringing a letter here for Mt this time of
| ,;.l,tp,
nishCs
Speclal dellVery, BIZ, please
II backed into the hall and alid my
hand all over the wall trviny IN find
~, ,..aI.a,,sa M, a,.,,''.,-.,, s.-I1
|
OF snow, and l had commenced sneez-
ing.
-. .Cona Il, aud sh,t tho doorp T vail
" " 80 'o 80 -
eu' DANG Went the uoor anu OUT went
my match Just AZ / had got the gas
tnrned nm Tbe ,nessenOer humned mn
-.,.-.A -, -, ~ ~
he"ihS' nho III inc u"rs' S.eppeo on my
toes and shook Shovelful OF snow on
his shoulders about my feet, filling my
slinpers and drof,pino down nv hack
| finally succeeded in lighting the gas.
signing the book, pushing tho messen-
yer out and boiling the door. Then
went mn stairs with nv prize. exam.
inld tho long blue STAMP, carefully. 10
was the first one that had received.
Then / devoted about five minutes to
wondering what the dickens 1t was all
about. After time It occurred to me
to open 1t and see. The handwriting
,yaa ,nL,o,yn INIT tho rafraip UNA ia
wa uD" NV o
mlliar' uere IL IN
"SHEBoYoAn, Wis.,, Jan. 10.
nMilton Nobles. ESQ.
nDEAR SIR-You will doubtless be surprised
nj receiving this letter from an entire stran-
ger But feel that / was born to be an actor.
HI am but ~, feot o. light curly hair, blue
ewes and have played several parts with the
shehovgan Amatour society. inoloae notices,
NV family object TO my going on the stage, but
feel that II il my duty, and as would only
join a first class company my friends urged
me to write 10 YOU. Should like to play lovers
marta saw Won pIay In Milwauhee last fall
Gan come any time I have alao written n
nIay Con,d Won lend me 1907 Yours TO com.
mand I. ARTHun JoHps,
"(stage name--E. Forrest Melnotte.)
"P s'@The new apecial delivery stamp hna
Just got here, and put one on to See how II
"orNS'
ny inc time had lhisnou reaoihB
this letter had emil. Ihree hours
later had SUCH a cold that couid not
pen my eyes. remained IN my room
or treatment Tor three DAYS. On inc
lGurth dhy became cohVaiescent ana
the flrst IaLor performed was the VIII
ing or tho following ietter:
"BRooKLYN. Jan: 90.
Hon. W. IT, NilA'' fos,'nnSter "onorai' """h
"BrAn s,p-ou,to recently, in a moment Of
unguarded enthusiasm, wrote you u letter
congratulnting you upon the brilliant stroke
?, geiins ,hna Sonn s.. ~ '"' p''is"''"
"Rocent events hive given mo a wider
knowledge Of the subject and opened my eyes
to the pcrnicious consequences hkeiy TO follow
'V ST dnssrn a. vithdpaw INV Iottor and enter a
protest against your making any use Of the
same Ms an apparent endorsement Of your now
OF W,'n v,o" No 'nes d Nj naoss
snrily Interfere with our friendship, but be,
tween ,r'nasp nna onS nSoos sS S ms rsa"ons
conclusive 10 myself, to draw 1t at the 0 O. M.
special delivery. Very truly yours,
"'HfoS No"LD'
II cut the special delivery stamp from