The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-07-11
The Inspectors S
Romance
By CLAUDE PAHAREs
Copyright. 1909. by II. n. cunn.nghs..,.

cuce every TWO montAS-nOW iny
'or two earlier. aud now a day or two
iater-Inspeetor Cranforth had entered
the different postoffices on his routs
-nnd checked up and Strengthened ont
affairs. There were postmasters who
mad seen him grow old and gray since
slis appointment. They had always
found him pleasant spoken and Just
man. but all stood In awe of him. In
mo department Of the public service ts
Uncle Sam more particular than In the
postal. The cash must balance to q
Gent with the postmasters, and ANY
man or woman who attempts to play
tricks with his letters are certain to
Vie rr:sSIeG with relentless energy. :
Inspector Cranforth was gsneraIlv
regarded Us flint hearted man. It waa
understood that he was an old bachelor
and had never known what love was.
he accepted no excutes from postmas-
tiers and indulged In ne> Airtst lions while
aFavellng. At fifty yea,-s OF age he had
fgot to be part Of the route, and no one
lkneW him for just what he was. Out
iside. Of his oficlalIsm be had q heart as
warm .as any mans, and one reason
sand perhaps the main one why he had
not married was the 1act that he had
always maintained a home ! for q
lmother, and q crippled sister. His sal.
tary could do no more One day q wind
1all came in the shape Of a legacy, and
pr the inspector had dreams OK lnatri-
tmeny and fireside all his own, M one
scould blame him. ~ Z. !: Il:
Those who looked upon the man as
Aint hearted did not know the ms and
outa Of the case at tt :; Dover post
office. An old soldier lad been post
master there for years When he died
mis- widow took hid place. When she
'adied her; daughter Mary, who had,
known tho Inspector since her baby
hood, was lsft* motherless, fatherless
and almost penniIess. It was the :in-
aspector who paid q part of the under
! S1taAers piiiii; it wAs tine Inspector VINO
had Uncle Billy Smith appointed: &; ii
was the inspector who got Mary VIII
llans q clerkship 1hnt practically made
Ges ppstm!stress and financially snda-'
pendent. :s H 5 :, c,&5I $ : Sj ; S. ;3$! i # II
:. Even the fgiri did not know the ,ex-
ctent Of bis kind ness, ,@ When: he. found
;;himself asking why he did IL he found
fhlmself reply lying that III two or three
years more he hoped to be Id q posi-,
gtlon to marry: AZ present his feelings
Ftowara the girl were merely paternaI.
), gEGhat they might be in the future he,
wouldn't discuss with himself. !; y! :.5
:; VIZ lsa1 snas inspeetor Sfenfortn
!ocR toEset sl.ne ZOE inspe tion az me
( =, i else.
ssoIe oI me gossips saiu ~ was
pece use of MafyBsYl ~ ltliams, who regard
tsa DIN IN as %a frien1 ana 1yas always
tglad 20 see him come. and others said
stho had bis eye on Tillie Langtcn, the
daughter of the village innkeeper. It
WAS the talk that the two girls were,
rivals, and the innkeepeF'a daughter: az:
least came to believe IL ;nnd to feel BIT
iterIy toward the girl In the postofice.:
The situation of a ffalrs was 1ust right.
slYhesc iis.- came an sofficiaf complaint
:againet the Dover Bcstof lee. 3 3:: 4:
iIfIamG Pent1eId eol, z,e Yaee nnn: :pes,-
Held, was III the hnb BIT of sending his;
month o. tWso. III 4. IS 81. &:
William |.was nf an af.nsa ica 4s,,rn
2..s lii lid 1iut yIiE is pilys registry fea
Sor the premium exacted for, sa money llt
orde The Bill fwaas sim, ,ivs ncinfsaT Il,
"a aletter. Tha fathap yxsla: :incIin fos RI,
;garynious aiid9 Is; sIook mon is "a a
art frIck f IA isaa. 81 s1, IT,,ass n a., sa q,
and sc tn time ayerv on i ana arss,,sS
Ueyer came to5 know sEWhat would have
;s9 A money Sysns 81 issine. mi ::
and then 81, as5r,otaE {, Eto sY iiiian svill,s