Show Our Postman's Perquisite 8 C. C G. G HAZARD I 1923 Western estern Newspaper Union commuters along the line of the D D. D r. r I. I L. L V w. It R. R I K n. used to call It the Dclay Delay De Dc lay Linger and anti Walt Wait route I and und those who for various reasons were In iii a hurry to get their mall mail were wire tempted to apply the term terra to our postman Certainly they could not call him Th The Thc Fast Mall Mail To the pace of a tortoise he added ed conversational abilities that arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested him with passing acquaintances and Interests that detained him upon street corners so that agonized agonize lovers ers who had hud not had ha letters since yesterdays yester ester da days clays s 's would woul see him hini heave In sight down own the street lon long before he ered the precious messages fretting themselves In hi the meanwhile But he was so Interested In our so sympathetic In our disappointments disappointments so willing to take packages an and letters down to the he office and to buy us stamps and such a bond between between between be be- tween us and our friends afar that we forgave him him even when he was a missing link and brought us nothing an and always New upon Years Year's day we tre were glad to make both him and ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves happy with not unexpected but bul fairly earned bills bill on our Uncle Sax |