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

CHAPTER XXI.

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UNJUST COMPLAINTS.

Infallibility not claimed--"Scape-Goats"--The Man of Business Habits--Home Scrutiny--A Lady in Trouble--A bold Charge--A wronged Husband--Precipitate Retreat--Complaints of a Lawyer--Careless Swearing--Wrong Address--No Retraction--A careless Broker--The Charge repulsed--The Apology--Mistake repeated--The Affair explained--A comprehensive Toast 323