Evening star., 1922-11-26
Heard and. Seen

| Bernard Webb IL Postmaster Cen
eraI Works messenger.
Webb came into prominence when
he WAS messenger to VIII H Hays.
The postmaster of Scottsviile, Va.
sent Postmaster General Hays fine
opossum. It came in a box and was
| delivered at wardman Park. where
| Hays was stopping.
Webb, alone in the Postmaster Cen
| erals apartment. managed to get tho
possum out Of the box Then the ami
! mai managed to get away from Webb.
After demonstrating his PAGES to the
astonished colored man the opossum
did some high diving along the win
dow tops, while the messenger sent
out an s. o. S. for help.
Well, Postmaster Gault caught an
other fat possum recently and decided
10 send it to DR.. Work.
| The beast came In a box. through
which were punched number OF
small holes.
Some waE placed the box beneath
the desk occupied by Webb and said
nothing about 1t.
When the messenger saw that box
he leaned down to investigate. Some
kind of q critter was rumbling AROUND
in there. He could hear it and almost
! He feared tho worst. Yep. the box
was Just like that one he opened last
| year.
lie went in to see an official.
| Say. boss, what you going 10 40
with that box out there under my
| desk?" he asked. Visions of opening
j another opossum cage came into his
"oh. don't know said the official
webb retired to contemplate the
bog again: The more. more he % look ,9oked Sot the
Boss" said Webb. after another
! half hour had gone By. don't you
! want me to send that box down.
stairs7"
.tOh. I don't know-haven't decided
what to do with it yet." replied the
So It went through the day. with
the opossum inspecting the box from
the inside. Webb looking 1t over from
| the outside. In the end everything
came out all right for every one ex-
cept the possum.
|
the way, is one of the popular sports
right now with some Of the young
blood messengers at the Washington
city post Office.
Some good dogs, a keen autumn
night. a coon fleeing for its life. and
you have all the ingredients for a
royal sport, according to the enthusi-
| asts.
Some coons are run for hours, nm
( any being brought to bay. when the
dogs are sent on the animal. The
[ coon then proceeds to take artistic
slices out Of the dogs jaws.
There seems to be a sort of honor
calls for 2 chance for the, COON. II
he can night the dogs to standstili-
| lick considerably more than his
weight in dogs. whip several dogs, in
fact he is entitled to his life.
/ One messenger was telling of the
| offense OF another coon hunter.
"He was going to knock that coon
on the head with an axe" he said
| warmly, but l stopped him.. i wont
hunt with any man that kills a coon
| with an axe I told him. II he beats
the dogs he is entitled to, his get
away"
Peggy is three, going on four.
One day her mother warned her
| about playing in the street.
Soon, however. she saw Peggy and
Mary, her friend. running across from
curb to curb.
"why did you do that, Peggy:
asked. her mother. Didn't I tell you
not to get into danger?'
srweli," declared Peg. stayed out
Of danger, but Mary always does dan
ger"
X !:
This same child was told by her
father one day not to go out OF the
| house.
Looking out the window. there he
saw Miss Peggy.
"Didn't tell you not to go out?'
the father inquired.
"Oh, father" she replied. YOU should
| see the cute little flowers growing out
| there"
| very pretty" replied her father.
But how about your going out when
told you not tor
,nn"esnt tone. .s now sSout itr'
Il :. ELL.