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Show Trials of Mall Smuggling. "I have known," said Depnty Bon Armstrong at the postofflr, "of whole-enits whole-enits coming in letters. You smilo? I will explain. A garment that has been cnt to fit a cuutomor can be sent by piecemeal. Wo discovered one-half a trouHors leg in a big letter once, and we decided to lay for the rest ol, tho writ. Sure enough, eight big, thick letters followed, fol-lowed, addressed to the eaino man. Our first idea was to send for the man and compel him to pay duty, but then tho joke was too good und had to be played to its legitimate conclusion. "We sent him a piuce of the pants, a piece of the vest and a coat sleeve." The deputy went on to say that on the following day the young fellow came in, all of a perspiration. He was expecting some foreign mails from ''Lunnon, don't yon know," and ut least five letters were missing. He was told to come on the following day and the letters might be found. Ho came, and Postmaster Van Cott forced him to open in liis presence the three letters they had discovered, and out came the dutiable goods and the swell had to foot. "But," conclnded the deputy, "these were not all the letters, aud we made him worry for two weeks over tho missing miss-ing punts log and one little coat tail, on all of which he finally paid duty."-""" |