CALORIFIC CORRESPONDENCE.

NZ Truth, Issue 510, 27 March 1915, Page 9

CALORIFIC CORRESPONDENCE.

Maud McCroe's Curious Kink. For some considerable time a Christ- ] church young lady namod Eva May Johnston, who knocks up a daily crust by respectably toiling domestically, has had the doorbell of her domicile kept brightly polished by the postman's persistently pressing thumb, and Eva's particular Eden, Incidentally, has become clotted with correspondence, of a volume which has worked the little lady ln^o a whirlwind of mental torment. Magistrate "Tab" -Bailey was therefore called upon m the Christchurch Magistrate's Court the other day to reckon whether it necessary to bind over Maud McCree, the calorific correspondent, to keep the peace. Lawyer Hunt cornered Eva May and "Costs" Weston said what he could on behalf of tho malkln malingering Maudle. Eva'B "Copts" said that young lady was In service, where she had been for the last four months. Previous to catching her last job, Eva May hung out for a few days at Maud's house and paid her board. While ahe was m her new job, Eva received a whole heap of letters from Maud, couched In indecent language and abusive of Eva's character. After a lull m tho current of correspondence, Eva received the following note: "In reference to tho slanderous statements reflecting on your moral character, I admit they were untrue. I under t take not to annoy you m futuro and m view of any further annoyance you can produce this letter." Then the correspondence dropped for a while, but letters recently began to arrive once more, and Eva called up the Jonnop Department. Twice this week Eva received caustically-couched communications from Maud. The total number of those she had saved during Maud's letter-writing stunt, numbered about half a century. Occasionally, Maud sent along suggestive postcards. "Cpats" Weston reckoned that there was no doubt about Maud having written a heap of letters to Eva, because she had had her snouted. But she now promised that she wouldn't use any more ink on the worried little lady. "Costß" Hunt, however, said Eva was entitled to something moro substantial than a promise. Mnud had written the Superlntendant of Police a couple of letters on the subject which gnawed her heart. Some further dlscußsion finished m Maud being ordered to find a surety to chance £10 on her good behavior for the next six months.