EVER THUS—!
It was Boxing Day. The postman ploughed his way through the snow and- bitter wind with an unusually large sack of letters'on his back. He ascended the steps of a fashionable residence, and, in answer to his ring, a manservant appeared. "Wait a moment, please," said the servant, as he took the .letters; "the mistress wishes to speak to you." The letter-carrier's eye'brightened..lt was the holiday' season. He had done his duty with fidelity. In a few minutes a richly-attired lady appeared. "Are you the regular postman?" "Yes, madam." "And the afternoon and evening." Again he assented eagerly. Then the lady said with a frown:
"Well, then, it must have been you who broke our bell." '
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Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 17
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118EVER THUS—! Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 17
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