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

CHAPTER XVII.

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DETACHED INCIDENTS.

Bank Letter lost--The Thief decoyed--Post-Office at Midnight--Climbing the Ladder--An exciting Moment--Queer Place of Deposit--A Post Master in Prison--Afflicted Friends--Sighs and Saws--The Culprit's Escape--How it was done--A cool Letter--A Wife's Offering--Moral Gymnastics--Show of Honesty--Unwelcome Suggestion--"A hard road to travel"--Headed by a Parson--Lost Time made up--A Male overhauled 229