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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
365
To
these
cases
of
newspapers
let
us
add
a
few
concerning
letters,
the
substance
of
which
are
adduced
in
subsequent
reports.
Thus,
a
letter
containing
a
cheque
for
12l.
and
sent
to
a
London
firm,
was
said
not
to
have
reached
its
destination;
the
Post-Office
was
blamed
for
not
delivering
it;
inspectors
were
set
to
work,
and
after
a
diligent
search,
it
was
traced
from
the
premises
of
the
person
to
whom
it
was
addressed
to
those
of
a
papier-maché
manufacturer,
where
it
doubtless
had
been
pulped
into
tea-trays
or
writing-cases.
Again:
A
bank
agent
sends
his
son
to
the
post
with
a
letter,
which
on
his
journey
he
opens.
Spying
a
figured
cheque,
he
abstracts
it,
and
posts
the
letter
without
it,
and
it
is
afterwards
found
ornamenting
his
copy-book!
Another
bank
agent
sends
his
youthful
son
to
the
post-office
to
receive
for
him
his
letters,
one
of
which,
containing
some
very
valuable
inclosures,
he
leaves
in
his
pocket,
and
immediately
afterwards
leaves
town
for
school,
carrying
with
him
the
precious
missive--worth
some
1,500l.--where
it
consorts
with
his
marbles,
Everton
toffy,
and
cold
Bologna
sausage,
till
the
vacation,
the
lad
all
the
time
being
in
blissful
unconsciousness
of
the
stir
paterfamilias
was
making
about
it.
Another
person
complained
that
several
of
his
letters
were
not
forthcoming.
This
case
was
a
mystery.
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