Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1884 — A Reliable Carrier. [ARTICLE]

A Reliable Carrier.

A business man near the foot of Woodward avenue had three or four important letters to mail one day, and as an acquaintance was going up Griswold street he asked him to drop them into the Postoffice. The mission was cheerfully accepted, and yesterday the acquaintance happened in at the office again for the first time since that date. “Say, Ben,” began the dealer, “do you ever forget anything?” “Never!” was the prompt reply. “Do you remember the letters I gave you to mail one day last month ?” “Perfectly.” “And you mailed them ? ” “I did.” “Please feel in your left-hand coattail pocket and see if they are not there.” “I’ll feel, but I remember posting those letters as plainly as I remember ” He felt something and began to haul up, and out oame four letters, crumpled and soiled and worn. “I thought so. ” “Well, by gosh!” “And the money I gave you to buy stamps !” “Bless me—bless me—did I ever! Say, I had that coat day to go to a funeral, and 11l be hanged if I didn’t forget to go to that, too!”—Detroit Free Press.