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Show ,! : MUCH-fTRAVELED LETTER, r ; ; j! AttorneyvGimeral Breeden Got It Af-i Af-i ''i !' jj. ter It Circumnavigated the Globe. ,j I1,1!'' ' j fl Friends of Attorney-General M. A. Breo-den Breo-den who liave been let into the secret , j f' aro having a good laugh at his expense j. i. these days, but thus far the Attorney- ,!! ! General has been unable to see anything 'i funny in the causo of their laughter. f Rather, ho holds that his dignity lias been j t Injured and he fears that at least ono : citizen of South Africa has formed a ' poor opinion of the Intelligence of the ; Attorney-General of Utah. , i, Early last July MaJ. Broedon's son, ,j Marshall, through a spirit of fun and , .; . curiosity, wrote a letter addressed to , V: Marshall Breeden, Capetown, South ftj Africa. The official stationery of the I k Attorney-General was um.'d In sending tho i ""M letter, and on the envelope ,wns the re- i ouest to forward tho letter to Hongkong, i il I j If ot called for In five days, with a , ) A similar request to tho porftmuBtcr at 1 I Hongkong to forward tho letter to San 'Vr', Francisco If not called for In the same , j length of time, the letter Anally to be ; ; forwarded to Salt Lake. , ,:,;( Ono day last week the letter reached i M MaJ. Breeden. At first he did not un- I' derstand It, but when he told of the oe- i ., 1 currenco at his dinner tablo and ac- ,!'! cusod some one' of trying to forg his I , ; name, a laugh went round the tablo and 1 1 Maj. Breeden's son confessed to being the , J ' i culprit 4 j, K At Capetown some ono who signed :' himself "Clam ChowdtT" opened tne let- 'Ky: ter and. In answer to tho question which I ! young Breeden had aaked, 'How long ; Ij does It take a letter to go around tho nil j world and how much Is the postage?" M , wild: "To satisfy your curiosity, will say A ' that It cost rno 10 cents to send thl3 ' ., letter to Hongkong, and think you're gef- J l ting the Information darned cheap." It 't i was a little more than two months from f i the time the letter won mailed until It ;! j was returned to MaJ. Breeden, and Mar- l"l ' shall Breeden thinks he not only gained ,i d the desired information, but had a good I f Joke on his father at tho enme lime. |