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Show r)t LADY A IS It all happened In the cc.r,l'lnr of the poat oill, o. Hhe pureH""' IWO-cent IWO-cent atainp and carefulp affixed It upalde down lo the nt left hand corner of an envelop., wh r' It would exrltn the caiu i llntlon cck to profanity. pro-fanity. H.e.iuiio her (.(fr'uiondent lived In Chlingo nlin waa a'1'' " allp tho enveoie into a alot pair ly di-dg-tinted Now York City mat. alien her companion, a man. atopp. her "Heema to nie," be venlire.l to any, "that )o.,r l. t'er looka bull., enough to Hud more poHlage." "Why. no," ahe raid, amlTs ' ! put a two rent Htiitnp on It. ib'ii t you are?" "Yea- Inn Km r-rtlSa It a loo heavy." nnd be to. k the r, t.l nili H In hla hand. "It la too t.avy." he continued. "I mail ninnt I H"ra a day, and linv nniilrid tili i ll of giieaalng what Cnrlo H.un iil i! .n nnd for lila rervli-'-a na a cai't". I urn poalilvo Hint thla letter ill r. iiulie four coma' po'time. tin tlie hi. imp clerk to welth II for you." "I am euro you ate viti" " fhe aald gooilniiture.il); "Imt . will t.-rft tho mutter for an lea en -an " '!" "Done! If tho letter go.wwuli thai twocetit atump. I will tiea. If you havn to tut anot her atnmpon It. you treat." Hhe went lo tho atamp tn to and tlm letter waa weli;hd. j Tour cenla " aald the ifrk. "What? You muat lint) nnn'o a mlatako!" alio pxrliilmed.1 "There a not much In It. Widjth It ataln." The clerk gnnpeil, Imt an to re waa no one elan wnHIng to react the window, win-dow, he weighed the letter uiiiii mid very cat. 'fully. due niliht have tbougbt be waa weighing gild duat. 'Four centa, exactly," ho anrjiiiiced. Bho pouted. Then the anit waa ucceoded by a amile aweet tmuigh to overromo any one but a rllcr of atampa, "Well," ahe aald, "ll'a all rht, anyhow, any-how, t have a large correaionilencn, and frequently arm! lottert lhat are not heavy enough for a two-cent atainp, I alwaya put that kttn! of a tamp on tboin. Bo the gorarnment muat owe mn aime money, and thla letter enn go to help even up the account. ac-count. Thai a bllalneaa, lan't It?" The clerk Kiai-ia.d the llltln ledge In front of him to keep from falling. "Hut, mndHiii " "Ye. (miy .1t wiwk ,nt , teeny weeny l(le bit of tlaaue paper paltern- . wan for a buby'a cap to my coiiHn. ihe Hnine one thla letter e goltie to. and 1 put a two cent atamp on he envelope Why, If thla letter ci -ta four centa. that one ought not to have rot a cent. Thla la ton tlmea h' aW.-r. And the week before laat I aent Martha a ilreaa gooda aaraplo, and 1'ierc wan only a half sheet of paper. With a few worda of writing In the enve.i pe, and I put a two-cent Ht'iuip on It. it hardly welched any Hili '-'. I iMnk It a real mean to over-barer over-barer n-.. for Ik-M-wclght lettera and t'.eii Ho 1. 1 t Ii nt I pay full ralea on all "fie a. I imiv drop thla In. may I not? ( The fovrrninent will not lime any- ! Hilt"!, you I,..,., defame It arrlea ao 1 nun . lli-i.t letirra for me." j "Vadini. If the other lettera wore waVI. a twiwent atamp waa nccoa-aary nccoa-aary on eiu li. no mull, r how light tt vvr --, The eoyertunent doea not run leili.er airounta nr deblta and credit! ba-rd .,n iiMil weight with Hi poatal ptiiroi.a. "Mv In-other Ih a politician, and If you lot ti t. loiter go wlili one atamp, mn he " "Tho Mntai;e on thla lettor will be four cenia, mnilam." "And miiHt I reully put another aianip on It ?" "You miiHt, or the poraon receiving II will have to pay the extra poatnge." "Hear mel Why didn't you Bay that at flrat? I knew ono atump would rarry It." and aho turned from the window and pu.hr,! ihn letter Into the alot reai-rved for foreign malle. Thon ahe faced the man who waa with her. "You men think you know every thing. Como and buy mo that oda," aho aald. "Hut you did not win It." "I old. My letter will go to Chi-cbro, Chi-cbro, and I did not have to put another an-other atamp on It." I'hlladnlphla Ledger. |