The sun., 1901-09-29
As THE ENVELOPES TOLD TT.
4 story Of Good Intentions and Their
Failure Revealed TO the Postman.

tAuufe HeNeaicO 10 inc FostfuAu.
'wen.' said tho postman. putting away
at his pipe and grinning renectively-
Il was between trips on his uptown branch
postoffioe route. Il hops she didn't bite
his arm or or dent his frame In any. or
swipe his clothes SOS he couldn't get out.
or any of those stunts who1 Oh. party
along NV route. Hope he's been able
% slip out 10 get one TO make the circula-
ton circ. anyhow. He's a pretty good
fellow and Id like 90 see things come bis
way. even II he has bcen ba-ad.
Hes a patent attorney, man about
forty. and he lives with his wife. same age
or mAyts n l.etle more -. In q heat two
story house not far from Riverside Drive.
I've been carrying EN- their mail for yearr.
and know EN- both well. He's one Of
tho Kind that gets miIed up with the old
thing about oncs every ak months or -.
and then for three or four days he kicks
the stats out O. things. racing around In
cabs withou; bothering where hos going.
and things IKE that.
Then he oomes nett TO himself and /
me-t him looking dead solsmn. and he
eyes me TO find out whether I'm next or
not. and when l grin hs grins and shakes
his head and sighs. and passes on. know
ing that / know, and it's all right. He's
good people. and has got a fine business.
very much when To slips on the ice wagon
tho way I'm telling you about. but it's a
cinch that he gets what's a-coming to him
at home when he's bronoo- busting. |
know that when hand the mail to his wife
during th-Ss little chickering's Of Pops
her faces harder'n battleships, and when
say Good morning or Good afternoon
abe doesn't seem "a hear m".
Well anyhow. ] met him coming out
of his house when was making my noon
tnp eight days ago yesterday He was
carrying a suit-case. and hts wife-just n
leetie tit hatohet faced, she is to my way
Of thinking ng-was bidding him goodbye
at the front door.
him with sort OF sour smile. holding up
waning finger, as she started down tho
steps. 'Hememier, Jsme-
oh. all right. Gertrude. said he, next.
of course Honest lnJun, cro-s m heart
and he went through the motion with a
grin. he back In three days or l...s. right
side up with care. Got Ia work like a beaver
down there anyway no time for foollshn.sS-
and then he waved his hand a, her and
she closed tho door ! asked him in pass
ing " he was going away.
Yep, said he little run down 20 Wash
inston on business back In a few days.
and he handed ma SORT 81 crafty smile.
and ] gave u hack 90 him. and told him
-
Now us fellows got into "a habit after
we knew the folks on our route for q long
time, OF kind o reading between the lines
~ the addre~ss,s on letters We deliver
] had bis fat one. with tn. Washington
postmark To hand To her the next morning
after he went away 1t Was addressed
| on an envelope Of swell Washington hotel
and In fine swinging hand-hes n swell
penrnan. this patent attorney I'm talking
about, generally.
We'll, laid To myself. 30 far all right
he's working and che looked very much
satisfied when she scrutinixcd tho writing
on tho envelope
'SeIt morning had another ono for her-
not quit" - fat. The writing on the en-
velop- was pretty good. but no, ~ high
grade as the Address on ths envelope ~ the
| previous day
| mAngl" hum up any said ! TO myself when
! saw that l''itcr from him to her She
eazed a. the envelope a bat dOuh,fully
Wien handed II to hcr-you cant fool 'efn
th's-e DAYS. you know, snn, like YOU think
| YOU can. They ~ too wise
Next morning after that. third day
after he'd gone. the address on the letter
from Washington. and ther. wasn't much
faiD~-@ to that letter. was quite q lot to
the tad. Kind o' sCraichv booking, hk. As
II u was doue With an eifort -uri % hur
'lh-huh, Sav- l 10 my-rlf wishing
around spule down th-r,,. ehT and | hAn,le1
h~r the lrtt"f when si. App-,Ar,sd a. IN.
front dpur as usual. l.auLs nay whistle
doSn the sirs~t, aud loked a. h-r out
q tie tail ~ NV sy- wheu rhe glanced AZ
tho Addrr-s on tho -nNeluT- nef is--'h
t'ii~k~t tnCei ifef. aud sh- shu' the tsuf
yu.s . little hAf,i-'f than ~s. n-s~~.srs
Vel, h- ~As ,i,ie iiont- tief. and didn't
think thrfv q 10 Anutlof frofn him ~ llef
tho D~At morning hn ther~ ~as AL 'he
zane And. cay. u vas . s'Shs u 49,