Show flam ikek 4 t I 1 REFORMAT AT 41 I 1 1 I 0 4 P ee Z dy cy HAHOLD CARTER S mi s 9 copyright 1315 by IV 0 chapman tho whole trouble arose when achen aunt lily always been a democrat got tho the post office away from sol RoE Ro cors Ors republican r be postmistress ot of a fourth class post office like that ot of seacliff Sea cliff I 1 with nothing but tho the value ot of the pa post X aga ago stamps for pay unless there was something higher than money in tha all profession read tho the postal cards open letters that arent properly jb caled well all I 1 can say la is show I 1 me tho woman who or tile the man either besides De sides in these days with morals and everything else de cayl ng nV chos goin colas to look after the tha community unless its somo some god fear ing respectable person like ilka aunt lily or me my name Is miss sarah twist and 1 I am thirty years old I 1 have always disdained disdain ed men though having had several end and having many yet that would like to be I 1 say this to prove prova 1 I am a respectable maiden woman naturally aunt lily asked me to help in tho the post office well I 1 had always had my suspicions of that old gregory pratt who used to 1 run down tor for sundays with the Sch schofields that day when sir mr schofield had been called away and mr pratt came down pretending not to know that mrs schofield would bo be alone well the minute I 1 saw them walking down the street together I 1 voiced my suspicions to aunt lily naturally in view of the bad character of most city folks I 1 kept my eyes peeled as tho the saying is so chen a postal card came from george blenkinsop blankinsop BIank insop who was at harvard an noun bouncing cing that lie hs was going to come down to seacliff Sea cliff for a week I 1 was suspicious it was the middle of the term why then she should uld georgo blenkinsop blankinsop leave his studies unless lie ha had been turned out of 0 college I 1 and now ensued the most remarkable display of corruption corria eption and debauchery that has ever been known in seacliff Sea cliff first was a letter from gregory pratt addressed to mrs schofield oh ch it was shameful shameful it began my darling anno anne and it anjou announced n ced that he was coming down the very first time mr schofield would not to ba there to try and persuade her to elope with ath him to china where here they would have hava au humble cottage among amon tho the roses and bo be happy ha appy tor for ever more next a letter from george blenkle sop to his mother hs he had gone gona back to harvard announcing that he had left college and married a vaudeville Tau deville actress who wes vies going to get a a ill dl vorce from her third husband finelly Flap lly there waa a letter latter from little mrs airs wrenn to mrs Scholl schofield eld ask ash IBS lia liar her advice as to the best quick that would get rid ot of an ur desirable without leaving ay any trace behind it aunt lily and I 1 stared at tile tho letters we isnow biow what it waa our duty to do we talked it over tor for a long iong time and at last decided to write abony mons letters to each ot of the che parties coni ceri bernd lod tho the bittar to mrs schofield ran like this you kicked woman I 1 have my eyes on you and it you dont send that old pratt about his business instead ot of going to china your husband will hear of it del being ng anonymous I 1 felt that I 1 could express my real feelings better th then an I 1 told george blenkinsop that the police were watching him and unless lie he separated from that va Yu udevilla devillo actress at once he would be arrested tor for bigamy and I 1 wrote to little mrs wrenn who was intending to come down to her cottage a little later saying that it if anything happened to mr air vreni all the slow poison in tile the world save her from the electric chair and then I 1 felt id done my duty well august came along and then what do you suppose happened it was sunday and of course the post office was closed aunt lily and 11 had bad been entertaining somo some of our friends and telling them of the fiendish contrivances tri vances gainon in seacliff Sea cliff when suddenly in there walked mrs bler blerk k insop mrs airs schofield that wrenn hussy and george blenkinsop my you could have knocked me rn down dova with a feather and all their faces had the same satirical look I 1 had noticed before well wel miss twist said mrs blenkinsop blankinsop you will be glad to hear that mr pratt you remember mr air pratt has gone to china to take up a pj position as banker there yes and hes gone alone the brazen vixen vison I 1 had hardly caught my breath to murmur something when mrs spoke up 1 I thought like to bg be one ot of the first ot of our friends to know that george is going to be married sho she said such a nice woman miss twist not an actress or anything common like that you know george georga has such an aversion for the stage then little mrs wrenn said by the way miss misa twist can you recommend to me a really good poison tor for gett getting irig rid of the miserable rats rat our house is overrun with them and mr wrenn thinks you might know ot of one seeing that the post office suffers butters in the same way and before I 1 had managed to answer a word the four got up and left me they were wera outside before I 1 realized they had been referring to me when they spoke ot of rats or id have given them a lewon leshon how to insult a lady |