The Washington times., 1901-11-24
REVENGE OF A
TILTED MAIL CARRIER.
PUNISHED FAITHLESS FIANCEE.
Romance of an Ohio POstomce-
-Limburger Cheese and Its Sub
tile Perfume-TaIe With
an Evident Moral.

THE Romance of a General Delivery
Window; or, The Revenge of the Tilted
Mail Carrier" is the title under which
case recently under investigation by
postoffice inspectors has become known
to the personnel of the Department.
letter carrier in an Ohio postoffice
was engaged TO young lady, whose as
pirations ran in the direction of a Gov
ernment position. The letter carrier had
an aged mother 10 support and it was his
intention TO save a sufficient sum of mon
ey to enable him to marry his fiancee
and keep those dependent upon him in
comfort as we'll.
So finally. acceding to the persuasions
of his lady love, he went to the postmas-
ter OF his office and recommended the
young lady for a clerkship. The letter
carrier was a favorite and in due course
| of time the girl passed the examination
with flying colors and was appointed to
| a position at the general delivery win
dow.
Once framed in the square Of glass in
bHt Pdl lillOH Shal otpeioiSA ASA AAoAAA e''O
| outside world and called upon to deliver
important looking communications to the
people of the town, she conceived an ex-
| aggerated idea of her own Importance,
and when the carrier through whose in
| strumentality she had been appointed to
the position dropped by the window for a
| chat he was very eoldly received.
fitted Her Eieucee
Things went from bad to worse, from
the carriers point of view, until finally
the young lady, af' er month or SO OF
service in her position, gave the mitten
to her betrothed. He took his dismissal
with very bad grace and vowed to get
even. month elapsed and one day the
female clerk appeared in the Office of the
postmaster.
Il can't work in that Office" she said,
tearfully ITS dreadful. There is such
terrifc-er-smell, somewhere"
The postmaster. impressed by the man
ner of the fair clerk, accompanied her
to the general delivery office.
"W-h-e-w," he said, with a long drawn
breath. How long has this been around
here?"
Its been getting worse for the last
week." responded the clerk Il didn't
want to say anything about it at first, but
I'll have to go home IL it isn't taken
away"
Something must be dead under the
floor" said the postmaster after due de-
liberation, and he ordered the boards re-
moved and the space beneath searched.
1t was done and nothing found. Then the
CHEF decided that an army of rats must
have fought a decisive action behind the
partition walls, and ordered the carpen-
ters to remove the W iuscoting and hunt
for the slain. But thu -'' revealed no
signs of a fray among AZ roa.r.s, MI all
the time the smell grCN worse. a de-
spair the postmaster sent To. N''l- Der,
who pronounced the a-itGI. con Ion
of the pipes and drain y be gEl mt.
The smell continued .7 gro" in 'ce,
volume and effect, how sr. aii b. m
mime clerk applied for and $50. gran a
weeks leave.
Too Much for 1fFu.
A hard-looking indiv ra8 SCI ed
to temporarily fill her place. d appc,r-
ed for duty equipped ~'G 81 nsse-gu rd
and several bottles of p=ri1m srT. After
q day in the stuffy office hos Le, 90,
protested against the odor rarh be 1e-
scribed at great length iE -2eea u=ly
picturesque language. further h
to determine the cause q .H- rgi-.9 VS.
determined upon.
While the laborers were the r
of pigeonholes which cor the ua' !, |
it was knocked over, o con. sr
scattered all over the floor.
What are all these funny-looking lit
tie boxes" asked the postmaster, who was
directing the work of the laborers in per-
son. He stopped and picked up one, and
then dropped it with ar exclamation of
disgust, and rushed to the window Bun
die those things up he said, we've
found it, II anybody calls for those boxes
have him arrested for causing a nui-
aance.'
Limburger Cheese Galore.
When the boxes were examined they
were found to be twenty-six in number
and addressed to fictitious persons, the
names beginning with every letter of the
alphabet, from A to z, and each con-
tanning a little square Of limburger
cheese in a bad state of repair. Inspectors
were detailed on the case. After much |
trouble and with the aid of a handwriting !!
expert they ran to earth as the sender of |
the boxes the letter carrier who had been |
Tilted by : general delivery girl.
He frank confessed to the intention /
Of making In one-time fiancee desert her |
post and lose favor with her chief, be- |
slices sHbseetlng her to worry and an |
noyancs. And after he told his tale he |
said 70 Che M pectors: What are you
COINS to DO about it?"
The inspectors found that they couldn't i
90 anything either, for there is no pro-
vision of ths POSTAL regulations which |
prohibits the sending Of cheese, iimbur-
ger or otherwise. and regardless of age,
through .he mails. The letter carrier
wa OF course, dismissed for cause"
Blu he seemed 10 expect that and moved
to another raWl. st last reports he was
engaged again but vas not recommending
his aaneee 60 positions under Uncle Sam
The r-etty general dslivery clerk is rath-
er subdue,. lle,s DAYS.