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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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At
length
it
struck
one
of
the
shrewd
officials--who
grow
shrewd
through
dint
of
unravelling
the
most
curious
cases--that
the
letter-box
at
the
person's
door
ought
to
be
carefully
examined.
This
was
done,
and
the
box
was
found
exceedingly
defective.
Fifteen
letters
were
jammed
between
the
box
and
the
door,
where
some
of
them
had
quietly
reposed
for
the
space
of
nine
years.[197]
The
secretary
of
a
charitable
institution
in
London
gave
directions
for
posting
a
large
number
of
"election
papers,"
and
supposed
that
his
directions
had
been
duly
acted
upon.
Shortly,
however,
he
received
complaints
of
the
non-receipt
of
many
of
the
papers,
and
in
other
cases
of
delay.
He
at
once
lodged
a
strong
complaint
at
the
Post-Office;
but,
on
examination,
circumstances
soon
came
to
light
which
cast
suspicion
on
the
person
employed
to
post
the
notices,
although
this
man
had
been
many
years
in
the
service
of
the
society,
and
was
supposed
to
be
of
strict
integrity.
Ultimately,
the
man
confessed
that
he
embezzled
the
postage
(3l.
15s.
6d.),
and
had
endeavoured
to
deliver
the
election
papers
himself.
Once
more:
A
short
time
since
a
registered
letter
was
said
to
have
been
posted
at
Newcastle,
addressed
to
a
banker
in
Edinburgh,
who,
not
receiving
it
according
to
his
expectation,
sent
a
telegraphic
message
to
learn
why
it
had
not
been
forwarded.
The
banker
supposed
that
the
letter
had
been
lost
or
purloined
in
the
Post-Office;
but
it
was
at
last
found
to
have
been
duly
delivered
to
the
bank
porter
in
order
to
post
it,
but
he
had
locked
it
up
in
his
desk
and
forgotten
it.
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