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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
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The
mice
were
duly
fed
during
their
detention,
and
were
eventually
sent
for
by
the
applicant.
A
young
man,
conceiving
that
he
had
a
call
to
the
ministry,
quitted
the
Post-office
service
to
qualify
for
that
vocation.
After
a
time,
the
following
letter,
which
fully
explains
its
own
purpose,
reached
headquarters:--
"Enclosed
is
from
a
young
man
in
my
parish,
whose
sister
is
a
permanent
invalid,
and
his
father
a
retired
Church
officer,
so
that
he
must
have
a
dry
crust.
"I
suppose
his
style
does
not
take
amongst
the
Independent
congregations
wanting
pastors,
so
he
is
sent
back
to
business
(a
great
mistake,
I
told
him,
he
ever
left
it).
"He
says
something
about
being
over
twenty-four
years
of
age;
but
I
think
it
hard
he
should
go
to
college
for
three
years,
and
then
be
sent
adrift
without
a
plank.
Is
it
possible
to
reinstate
him
at
the
Post-office?
He
goes
to
chapel
in
my
parish,
and
his
family
are
all
deserving
and
needy.
Excuse
this
effort
to
help
a
respectable
though
needy
fellow."
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