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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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A
business
firm
having
frequently
failed
to
receive
letters
which
had
been
addressed
to
them,
made
complaint
on
the
subject
from
time
to
time;
but
the
inquiries
which
were
instituted
resulted
in
nothing.
After
much
trouble,
however,
it
was
at
length
discovered
that
a
defect
existed
in
the
letter-box
in
the
firm's
office-door,
and
fifteen
letters
were
found
lodged
between
the
box
and
the
door,
some
of
which
had
been
in
that
situation
more
than
nine
years.
A
letter
said
to
contain
a
cheque
for
L12,
4s.,
addressed
to
a
London
firm,
not
having
reached
its
destination,
inquiries
were
made
with
respect
to
it.
At
the
end
of
three
months
it
turned
up
at
a
papier-mache
factory,
whither
it
had,
no
doubt,
been
carried
among
waste-paper
from
the
office
at
which
it
had
been
delivered.
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