THE CHAMPION COINCIDENCE STORY.

Bush Advocate, Volume VII, Issue 647, 9 July 1892, Page 5

THE CHAMPION COINCIDENCE STORY.

Among the stories of extraordinary coincidences, writes the London correspondent of the Leeds Mercurt/y not the least carious is the hifltory of a letter, for the accuracy of whioh ho cau Touch. A short time ago a lady in Ijondon wished to write to a friend in America, whose address she did not know. The only means she had of procuring the address was to write to a mutual friend, who ulno lived in America. This i»he accordingly did, and the letter was duly despatched. Tho thip which carried tho letter wa« wrecked, a»d the mails for a time lout. They were eventually recovered aud brought back to England, the letters, now much damaged by sea water, boinjr returned th'ouj.'h the dend letter office to the senders. Tho lettor in question was sent bark to the lady, who naturally examined it minutely. To her surprico she found that another lettor had become closely stuck to it. Holding up tho twofold mixaive to tho light, sho deciphered the addroas on the one which wus .stuck to her own. It was a letter addressed to the friend to whom she had wished to "write, and to discover -whose whereabouts h r .r own letter hud be»n despatched. Her letter thug literally brought back its own answer. 1