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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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On
applying
to
redeem
his
property,
he
found
that
the
coat
had
been
mislaid
by
the
pawnbroker,
and
that
his
book
was
thus
lost.
In
a
somewhat
similar
way
another
depositor
accounted
for
his
loss
"through
putting
the
book
in
an
old
coat-pocket,
and
selling
the
coat
without
taking
out
the
book
again."
It
was
suggested
that
he
should
apply
to
the
person
who
purchased
the
coat,
when
he
replied
that
he
had
been
"to
the
rag
merchant,"
but
could
find
no
trace
of
his
book.
On
another
occasion
a
depositor
explained
that
his
book
had
been
mutilated
by
a
cat.
Another
book,
which
was
kept
in
a
strong
box
in
a
pigsty,
had
been
destroyed
by
the
tenant--a
pig.
While
in
yet
another
case
the
depositor
explained
that
"his
little
puppy
of
a
dog
got
hold
of
it
and
tore
it
all
to
pieces--not
leaving
so
much
as
the
number."
A
coast-guardsman
employed
on
the
Sussex
coast,
writing
shortly
after
the
occurrence
of
some
severe
storms,
explained
that
his
book
had
been
washed
away
with
the
whole
of
his
household
effects.
In
a
case
of
mutilation
of
a
book,
the
following
account
of
the
circumstance
was
given
by
the
owner:
"In
the
early
part
of
last
year
I
was
taken
seriously
ill
away
from
home;
and
having
my
bank-book
with
me,
I
wrote
in
the
margin
in
red
ink
what
was
to
be
done
with
the
balance
in
case
of
a
fatal
result,
and
as
a
precaution
against
its
being
wrongfully
claimed
on
my
recovery,
I
cut
this
out."
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