Show our postman s perquisite BY bocc C G HAZARD G 1923 western newspaper New paper union 11 PATIENT comm commuters liters along the line of the D L W II 11 L 1 it II used to call it the dt delay linger and walt wait route and those who for various reasons were in a hurry to get their mall mail were tempted to apply tile the term to our postman certainly they could not call him the list faist mall mail to tile the pace of a tortoise lie he added conversational abilities that arrested him with passing acquaintances and interests that detained him upon street cir corners ners so that agonized lovers who had bad not had letters since bince yeste yesterdays would see him beave in sight down the street long before lie delivered the precious messages fretting themselves in the meanwhile but he m was as so interested in our portals po so sympathetic in our disappointments point ments so willing to take packages and letters down to the office and to buy us stamps and such a bond between us and our friends afar that we forgave him even when he be was a ints missing sing link and brought us nothing and always upon new years day we were glad to make both him and ourselves happy with not unexpected bul bug fairly earned bills on our uncle raise |