Show 5 aake A pounds worth ot of stamps and the raab rash all in coppers cop pera I 1 cant take it you on must brine bring silvere sll sil veri verl said tho the postmistress to an old irishwoman but mr johnson sen lor thein them aid said the irishwoman cant help it suld the po atnita tress who wai was an old maid and as crusty as II 11 ehe the had been bard hiked faith and aure sure marm bald said the Trish irishwoman woman 1 I cant go ridout em but I 1 say viala the postmistress 1 I wont take copper and ehe she banked the little door in the old woman a face the irishwoman was nonplussed for or minute or no and then a brilliant idea occurred to her which she put into operation at once taking a f from rom the bag ehe she knocked at the little door with it it well what do you want said the old maid opening the door la is this the post postoffice fico offIce said the irishwoman politely you know it tat snapped the old maid plaze marm do you sell stamps of course I 1 dol do I 1 I 1 would you bo be after giving me ie one then airm said the irishwoman the postmistress could not refuse this request though a pounds worth of copper was not a legal tender a penny most certainly war wai and she handed banded out the stamp and swept the penny into the drawer thank you kindly said the irish woman and the door banged to again in a few seconds adoth rap at tue door brought up the old maj mad again who was getting her tea well what Is to it she angrily sure marm marant im thinking I 1 it bo wanting a stamp said the Irl an with a look of innocence ten laches inches deep and she put a IL penny down the old maid aid 1 in giving her the stamp brought her open band hand down with a thwack on the desk that would bare have caus caused d a mortal explosion in a black beetle and her looks would have turned beer into vinegar on the spot thank you kindly said the irish woman again with a curtsy that made the old maid blush and wish 7 faith an sure marm I 1 cant go o 0 wid out bem fem cm that swearing a sin and the door went to with an extra bang in a few law ml nua more there was another Trap rap at it the door and the old maid the tea table with some something th ing that did abound just a little like an oath but which wn hope was not one what do you want now she said maid to the old dame looking in at the lit tie he do doorway orvay 1 I think I 1 it have a stamp hone honey I 1 was the answer delivered with moat most exasperating humility here then I 1 said the old maid with a look of hate that would burn a hole through a Gr firebrick ebrIck it it could have been comer concerted ted into force merell Wh erell I 1 put it on the letter surel aliro eald said the old lady coaxingly go hang yourself you old hagl eald said the furious postmistress and tho the door went to with a bang thit shook the whole huil building ding another rap caroe came presently and then the old maid let out something beginning with a big D but ehe she turned it into something else at the last minute and looked round for some 0 ill be troubling you for a tamp stamp im thinking said lid her tormentor weapon for there wae was murder in her heart but it as no use she knew the old dame aa flaa within her right rights and bilth hands clenched till tho the nalla nails entered the flesh ehe she again opened the little door plaze marm la in this a posto posta acel ince I 1 said the irishwoman with a look chUd like and bland and then the poet post mistress went on off after dancing round the room tike like a gushing thing of fifteen summers and upsetting the tea table in her gyra eions sho she clapped her hands together in an ecstasy of boundless bound lese rage and madness sure marm its it a good news yovo been havin this morning yoro roro ro lively eald said the old lady and then the gushing maiden wont went off 01 again jumping like au an ladia rubber ball plaze Pit ize mam do you sell tampa stamps here iero said tie irishwoman putting her head inside ob oh der abt oh u eart 1 ale sl ed the postmistress after her tib exercise whatever do you wont want now ill be troubling you for a stamp im thinking said her tormentor very well there it la is said bald theold tho old maid with an effort to be calm tl tuat aaa shortened ned ened her life several b arm ara oh thank you kindl said sall the bel danio dame outside ou taldo and the little door went to once more this time with a gentler sw swish ish than before after listening awhile the tress bearing hearing nothing more sat down on a chair and what irish won an and this ono one in particular were ere made for then she wondered it it would be possible to lure this one inside and cut her throat and hen then ahe she mt like lilt crying and then thon she looked at her broken brohen teacups and the comforting tea that wa wasted and then ehe she crouched down in a corner and opening a drawer put plit her head lapide it and swore a olley of fern feml nine oaths into it in a boario whisper this comforted comfor tod her tor for a minute and then came that awful rap at the little door again with a groan that seemed to come all the way from her roes ahe the joaq to her feet and bulked brouna the room two or throe three times tim es to cool coal herself and she opened be the floor door again A stamp if it ye yo plaze eald said the to lm X poster pastor outside with a smile a 0 super a human innocence how flow many do you evant bald the humbled postmistress oh euro ture maria marm oily only ene at present tc t omin comin again soon eoon maybe waybe its A ralo rate customer ill be marm and aha ulle turned avay away take them now please caldwe sald tue old maid in a gl taint choking voted 1 ill take copper liverpool eng mercury A |