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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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Another
case
occurred
in
which
a
fast
young
gentleman
confessed
to
carrying
on
a
confidential
correspondence
with
two
young
ladies
at
the
same
time,
and
that
he
had,
or
feared
he
had,
crossed
two
letters
which
he
had
written
at
the
same
sitting.
We
heartily
hope
a
full
exposure
followed.
Writing
of
this,
we
are
reminded
of
a
case
where
a
country
postmaster
had
a
letter
put
into
his
hand
through
the
office
window,
together
with
the
following
message
delivered
with
great
emphasis:
"Here's
a
letter;
she
wants
it
to
go
along
as
fast
as
it
can,
cause
there's
a
feller
wants
to
have
her
here,
and
she's
courted
by
another
feller
that's
not
here,
and
she
wants
to
know
whether
he
is
going
to
have
her
or
not."
If
the
letter
was
as
explicit
as
the
verbal
message
to
which
the
postmaster
involuntarily
lent
his
ear,
no
doubt
the
writer
would
not
be
long
in
suspense.
These
cases,
however,
are
uninteresting
compared
to
one
related
by
another
postmaster.
A
tradesman's
daughter
who
had
been
for
some
time
engaged
to
a
prosperous
young
draper
in
a
neighbouring
town,
heard
from
one
whom
she
and
her
parents
considered
a
creditable
authority,
that
he
was
on
the
verge
of
bankruptcy.
"Not
a
day
was
to
be
lost
in
breaking
the
bond
by
which
she
and
her
small
fortune
were
linked
to
penury."
A
letter,
strong
and
conclusive
in
its
language,
was
at
once
written
and
posted,
when
the
same
informant
called
upon
the
young
lady's
friends
to
contradict
and
explain
his
previous
statement,
which
had
arisen
out
of
some
misunderstanding.
"They
rushed
at
once
to
the
Post-Office,
and
no
words
can
describe
the
scene;
the
reiterated
appeals,
the
tears,
the
wringing
of
hands,
the
united
entreaties
of
father,
mother,
and
daughter
for
the
restoration
of
the
fatal
letter."
But
the
rule
admitted
of
no
exception,
and
the
young
lady
had
to
repent
at
leisure
of
her
inordinate
haste.
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