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Show will notify him that there Is a paper to his address being held, which will be forwarded upon receipt of tho required re-quired postage. But suppose either , finds a good opening for such craftsmen crafts-men as they may happen to bo laying lay-ing brick, cracking a safe or to signify sig-nify that certain place Is a sure haven hav-en of rest and brub, without labor, the next card notifies the addressee that a parcel Is being held. Now tho letter may bo simply an addressed envelope containing a piece of folded newspaper, and the paper ruallod any old back number, while the parcel may contain anything from discarded underwear to rejected socks. In the language of this type of the wanderlust, "Can you beat It?" BEATING THE POSTOFFICE; HOW THE HOBOS DO IT Modena. June 27 With the resumption resump-tion of through trains on the Shu Pedro, the hobo la asaln evidence. The first one to arrive at Modena today to-day revealed n gcheme by which tbe United Stales mull may be worked without paying the postage. According Accord-ing to thi.s disciple of seeing America, Speedy Jim and Lingering Pete meet In Philadelphia, for Instance, Rod decide de-cide on their Itinerary. Say they select se-lect Chicago as tho flr.t jostoffleo of prime Importance. Speedy Jliu beats there via Pittsburg and Lingering Pete via Buffalo, X. Y. Tho first one to arrive lu Chicago and size matterB up, whatever the object drops a letter let-ter to the other In the postoffiee there, without a amp being affixed. The postol'flce. duly drops a notification notifica-tion card to the one addressed, slating that a letter to his address Is being held for postage. Say Lingering Pete rt-celves it, ho knows, according to his code, that Chicago Is "pung." "on the blink,'" etc, and Speedy Jltu Is still moving westward. Pete, to let" Jim know that he Is on the caboose end of things, drops an un-stamped letter addifMed to him at the next mull polut of their selection, which may be Kansas City, Denver. Omaha or Salt Lako City. Speedy Jim roaehlng one of these points first, receives re-ceives the notification card through the general delivery of the postoffiee and knows that Llugerlng Peto Is flagging along behind. Should, by some chance, Pct forg-e ahead, fh" next cord received hv nm |
