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

CHAPTER VIII.

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A NIGHT IN A POST-OFFICE.

Midnight Mails--Suspected Clerk--A trying Position--Limited View--A "crack" Agent--Sneezing--"Counter Irritation"--The Night Bell--Fruitless Speculations--Insect Orchestra--Picolo introduced--Snoring--Harmless Accident--The Boot-black--A tenanted Boot--The Exit 165