قراءة كتاب Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department

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Ten Years Among the Mail Bags
Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department

Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department

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289     CHAPTER XXI. UNJUST COMPLAINTS.   Infallibility not claimed—"Scape-Goats"—The Man of Business Habits—Home Scrutiny—A Lady in Trouble—A bold Charge—A wronged Husband—Precipitate Retreat—Complaints of a Lawyer—Careless Swearing—Wrong Address—No Retraction—A careless Broker—The Charge repulsed—The Apology—Mistake repeated—The Affair explained—A comprehensive Toast 323     CHAPTER XX1I. PRACTICAL, ANECDOTAL, ETC.   The wrong Address—Odd Names of Post-Offices—The Post-Office a Detector of Crime—Suing the British Government—Pursuit of a Letter Box—An "Extra" Customer—To my Grandmother—Improper Interference—The Dead Letter—Sharp Correspondence—The Irish Heart—My Wife's Sister 333     CHAPTER XXIII.   Responsibility of Post Masters 348     CHAPTER XXIV.   Official Courtesy, etc. 353     CHAPTER XXV.   Importance of Accuracy 358     CHAPTER XXVI.   Post Masters as Directories—Novel Applications—The Butter Business—A Thievish Family—"Clarinda" in a City—Decoying with Cheese—Post Master's Response—A Truant Husband—Woman's Instinct 360     CHAPTER XXVII.   A Windfall for Gossipers—Suit for Slander—Profit and Loss—The Resuscitated Letter—Condemned Mail Bag—An Epistolary Rip Van Winkle 365     CHAPTER XXVIII. VALENTINES.   Their Origin—Degeneration—Immoral Influence—Incitement to Dishonesty 368     CHAPTER XXIX.   The Clairvoyant Discovery 375     CHAPTER XXX.   Poetical and Humorous Addresses upon Letters 381     CHAPTER XXXI.   Origins of the Mail Coach Service 390     CHAPTER XXX1I.   Evasion of the Post-Office Laws 392     CHAPTER XXXIII.   Post-Office Paul Prys 394     CHAPTER XXXIV.   Special Agents 397     CHAPTER XXXV.   Route Agents 403     CHAPTER XXXVI.   Decoy Letters 409    

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