The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
SPESHIAL
 DELIVERY
Eph Higgins, our accommodating M. says t is a failure in BingvIl|s as fur as hs is eonssrnsd -Ephs awful sxpsrlsnt.

Fob Higgins. our ackonodating P. M;
 had a turrible ecksperients last !nuts-
 dav which will probly flurish III ms
 IT .nry like a bad weed furnishes in tne
 soring time for To, these many years to
 come Eph he opened the mall oag;
 smiled out the mail, lit his pipe ana
 heoan to sort it over at his leeshurc
 and distribute it in the P. c. boxes.
 After Eph had read all the postal
 cards on both sides and hefted most or the letters and wondered what was m them and had read some in the 70. oeaI naner he came accrost letter Tn unoer inc pile that had a speshial delivery ann on it and was addressed to Moze Soooner who lives on the main road to- ward Hardscrabble miles West of Rinoville. Now, the P o. rules as Ephi ;nterorets them is that the P. M. of whatsoever orffice thereof receives letter having a speshial delivery stamp on same must deliver said letter to the nartv to who it is addressed imniejiate nr sooner if possible. Eph brides his-
 self on being a faithful servant ot the II 6 qoyerment and he made up his
 mind Moze would haft to have that Ter
 fer right off no matter what happened Foh's old hoss was lame and he could-
 n't get a hoss from anybody else i'll town
 so there dident seem to be anvth'ng eise
 to do but hoof it from Bingville to Mozs
 and deliver the letter in person.. Epf liked the thots of tramping them miles
 ;n the mud and back about as well as
 cat likes soap. ,,d |,
 and Foh told Hank he would give hin
 quarter if he would deliver the spesn1:i, 41., delivery letter to Moze. Hank told Epi he wouldn't do it for a half doz
 uartere and he reckoned he was a 5ard m as anybodv in Bingville, too Hank asked Eph why he didn't ope' the letter and see how important II wa and if it wasn't so turriole, important could lay in the P. o; until Moze com con, l for his mail. Eph said he gest ne "7uiu nit open the letter being as he ha ;; learned some pretty severe lessons D opening other peoples mall for 'nem the past. =, the speshial delivery letter to Moze place. Eph hadn't hardly got oute town until it began to rain: lie hadn 2 thought to take along a lantern wit ] him and he said it was darker tha . black cats and he couldn't scarcely te
 whether he was going or coming, How 2 ever. he wallered nobly on and about l g D. m. arove at Moze's house more oe l than alive and as hungry as bear bt C sides being as wet as dish rag
 q P M. Higgins pounded on the doc
 until he nearly broke his fists but ther
 was not sound within, Flnally Ep
 heard a team coming along the roa
 which proved to be Sid Wilkins of Hare
 scrabble who told Eph that Moze .Spoc' k ner and his wife and boys was viSitir e Moze's brothers folks over at Pea Ridt n in Pottowasie Co. II more miles distan : Eph's deep disgust may better l 0 imagined than desckribed;; lie tqrnt c rigl't around and walked back to Bini - vile in mud haf way up to his chin ar a arrove here at a little before dayligl Friday morning with the sPeshial ,ieli' F cry letter for Moze still in his pocket
 After Eph had ct harty breaNta