Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department

CHAPTER XIV.

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OBSTRUCTING THE MAIL.

A sound Principle--A slow Period--A wholesome Law--"Ahead of the Mail"--Moral Suasion--Indignant Passengers--Dutch Oaths--A Smash--Interesting Trial--A rowdy Constable--The Obstructors mulcted 213