The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-31

One Household In Which Letters are
Mailed in Fathers Hat.

Mailed in Fathers Hat.
'1t is q common thing to say OF
men, said Mr.. Glimmerby, that they
never can be trusted to mail a letter.
Sane men, sound men, men of intelll-
gence and general level headedness
who attend to business in the strictest
sort OF way and never forget anything
else always do forget letters given to
+, them to mail.
But I do know one man who is 10
this rule an exception, this being my
old friend, Serene W. Noggleton and
f, he came into his trustworthiness in
, this direction through curious ex-
I perience.
Mr.. Nogg)e,on was in fact in his
| earlier life in this respect like other
men, only worse, If thGt were possible:
be could perhaps forget a letter and
carry it around I'm his pocket for a
! longer time than any other man going,
/ but finally out of this habit there
came to him a shock so great that It
| reversed him completely. 1t came
| about in this fashion:
"one fine June morning quite some
years ago Mrs. Noggleton said to
Serene as she handed him a letter:
Now Serene, don't forget to mail
this letter. Now don't forget: IL is
very important
:" All right, my dear, said Mr.. Nog-
gleton, I-won't forget. III mail 1t all
right and he put Il in his pocket and
walked awawy.
That fall along In October. when
/ Mrs. Nosgleton was going over Mr..
Noggleton's summer clothes ard get
1 ting ready to put 'em awey for the
winter and as usual going through the
pockets. in the inside pocket OF the
| coat that Serene wore away on that
| bright June morning she came across
| that letter and that night she pounced
In with 1t on Mr.. Noggleton in the
| library
'sereno she said, you didn't mail
| this'letter that ! gave you to mail last
June to Aunt Samantha
| "Whereupon Mr.. Noggleton sat
straight up saying nothing. but just
waiting for what was coming next.
Serene Mrs. Noggleton went on,
| I'm so glad.
which natm ally was a great relief
to Mr.. Noggleton and to tell 1t as
| Lriefy as / can this was the story:
That letter was not exactly aaucy
but 1t was sort OF snappy letter from
| Mrs. Noggleton to dear old Aunt Sa-
mantha in response to somewhat
| sharp that Aunt Samantha had writ
| ten her. and Mrs. Noggleton had re-
| gretted her letter the very day after
she sent 1t. mainly because she was at
heart a very gentle person, who was
| always very sorry when she said any
| thing harsh, and incidentally perhaps
because Aunt Samantha was lady Of
| somewhat generous means, and such n
| letter as Mrs. Noggleton had hastily
| sent her might make difference in
| her will. | might mention right here
| as well as anywhere that seven years
| later when she passed away Aunt Sa-
[ mantha left to the Noggletons enough
| to buy the house they live in now
| "Well, naturally when Mrs Noggle-
ton held up that letter to him and said
| what she did Mr.. Noggleton was glad
too; but at the same time the incident
| was quite shock 10 him. You know
people have been killed by Joy shocks,
| Just as they have been by shocks Of
| great grief This shock didn't exactly
| kill Mr.. Noggleton. but It was shock
| enough to make another man of him,
| at least as far as remembering to mail
| letters entrusted to him was con-
| cerned, and thereafter il was as safe
| to trust him with letters as before 1t
had been dangerous
| And Low in the Noggleton house
| hold they make a sort of domestic
post Office of Mr.. Noggleton's hat
| When he comes home from business at
night lie always puts his hat in cer-
tain spot on table that stands in the
hall and If anybody has any letters
they want mailed, why. they put them
| In Mr. Noggleton's hat and he mails
| them when he goes out in the morn
| ing.
| "The foggletons have children now
| you understand, including some pretty
| well grown I'M and thew all vyrita mora