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MRCH SETTLEMENT
Tax Apportionment for the County of
Mille Lacs Showing Distribu-
tion of Various Funds.
Settlement Aggregates $40,066.94,
of Which School Districts of
County Get $15,725.47.
The tax apportionment of the
March settlement for the county of
MilJe Lacs aggregates $40,066.94. Of
this sum $3,788.93 is apportioned to
the state, $7,522.20 to the county and
$6,121.07 to the town funds. The
lollowing apportionments are made
to the villages: Princeton, $2,714.32
Milaca, $3,006.36 Wahkon, $410.33
Foreston, $9.33 Onamia, $7.79. The
school district distribution aggre
gates $15,725.47, the farm school tax
$325.25, and the current school tax
$435.89. Distribution in detail is
given hereunder-
STATE TAXES
Revenue $3830 29
School 911 83
Reassessment, moneys and
credits 46 81
Total 83788 93
COUNTY TAXES.
Revenue
Revenue, resurveys
Revenue, of penalty.inter-
est and cost)
County Road and Bridge
County Poor
State Loan (countv)
State Loan (ditch)
County Poor Tarm
Ditch No
Ditch No
Ditch No
Ditch No
Ditch No
Ditch No
Ditch No
Ditch No
Total
o
Revenue Road and bridge
State loan
Bonds and interest
Water and light
Revenue
Delinquent road
Revenue
7 8 9
63771 51
90 79
435 90
1933 3.
188 23
473 35
192 3b
200.09
68 48
*2 29
10 82
92 80
27 81
7 97
1 59
4 78
$7522 20
VILLAGE TAXES
PRINCETON
Revenue $2370 04
Road and bridge 1 69
State loan 442 18
Bonds and Interest 41
S 2714 32
$1174 45
552 88
217 05
731 89
330 09
$ 3006 36
5305 73
104 60
8410 33
FORESTON
$9 33
ONAMIA
Revenue 79
TOWN TAXES
State
Loan
Rev- enue 104 73
126 34
24 99
35 04
29 86
57 77
127 78
22 91
57 09
79 04
53 94
73 32
110 40
34 35
Bogus Brook
Borgholm Dailey
East Side
Greenbush Hayland
Isle Harbor
Kathio Milo Milaca
Onamia Page Princeton South Harbor
Road
and
Del
Land Road
54 33
60 76
100 52
57 47
93 29
124 30
146 75
60 72
34 13
43 71
146 14
70 83
a5 95
63 51
Bridge
382 94
240 44
49 00
63 26
38b 24
108 92
359 19
73 88
512 52
375 36
142 72
56 28
367 86
142 70
20 80 05
66 46
83 21
18 71
41 90
151 11
79 92
$462 16 937 06 3260 31 1081 61
Total township taxes $6121 07
This total includes $13 38 for sanitary tax in
Bogus Brook, $11 00 in Milaca, and $9 31 in
South Harbor, $11 64 for fire warden tax in
Kathio and $6 52 for building fund in South
Harbor also a total of $327 98 for road drag
ging in county
SCHOOL DISTRICT TAXES
N of
Dist
1
State
Loan One mill
$158 54
12 64
23 71
19 37
VI 04
8 07
13 59
6 85
14 33
9 43
16 87
9 75
81 11
34 96
U.51 IT 10
16 84
25 45
14 33
7 65
7 34
5 01
2 33
14 59
6 78
8 61
13 87
8 98
10 14
5 87
4 71
45 95
25 73
13 45
5 44
4 47 36
2 14
51
t) 58
8 86
0 93
2 ti4
Special $3390 14
36 97
181 20
418 64
153 04
63 03
138 99
59 01
237 38
94 74
202 81
119 35
3004 67
339 74
38 75
155 *54
375 91
204 22
$10 88
3
4
33 il
50 b7
48 98
10
11 12 13 4 98
73 00
10 49 15 If.
11 18 20
2S 24
1( 78
33
94 25 26
32 39 06
0 60
fc"
29
50
31 .12 33
28 64
24 78
349 45
40 60
76 58
il 25 33 i7
38
39
40 41 42 43 57
35
15 8o
rI
3uilding
$89 30
74 55
31 11
11 43
173 78
72 34
30 17
63 93
25 09
141 84
50 77
73 66
105 22
oS 48
48 48
62 30
46 19
1151 42
505 61
111 43
94 78
34 00
21 71
19 5b
59 89
65 74
113 71
102 76
32 56
72
23 69
121 01
Totals $1915 86 $710 96 $12490 58 3351 87
Total school district taxes $15,725 47
his total includes bonds and interest in
district 5 of $ 99 district 13 of $220 56, and
in district 15 of $4 05
Farm school tax $325 25
Current school fund $435 89
Total settlement $40 066 94
Public Sale.
An auction will be held on the old
Bill Orton farm, 5 miles west of
Princeton, on the Greenbush-St.
Cloud road, on Tuesday, March 31,
beginning at 1 m. sharp. At
that time 8 head of horses, 8 cows,
2 2-year-old heifers, 7 yearlings, 7
spring calves, 6 hogs, poultry, lot
of farm machinery, vehicles, corn,
oats, parlor organ, farm tools, and
numerous other articles will be
offered for sale. See posters for
further particulars.
As the owner is about to move to
Canada everything must be sold.
Farmers and others shoud not miss
this sale.
as Harmon, Owner.
J. Kaliher Auctioneer.
14-ltc G. A. Eaton, Clerk.
Everyone who can possibly so do
should attend the annual entertain
ment of the high school pupils to
morrow night at the armory.
PEASE. N^n
Mr. and Mrs. Roelufs of Prinsburg
came on Wednesday of last week for
a visit at the W. F. Groeneveld
home. They have many friends here
who are always glad to see them.
Mrs. Harry Van de Reit came
home from Milaca on Wednesday.
Miss Mary Olson, who has been
staying with her sister, Mrs. Gran
lund, at Bock for sometime, came
home on Saturday.
Miss Elsie Nystedt of Princeton
spent Sunday with relatives here
and returned home on Monday morn
ing.
L. Lunn spent two days in the
twin cites last week. He went to
buy repairs for his sawmill. He be
gan sawing lumber on Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. John Kok and Haijo Kiel
came home from the Northwestern
hospital on Monday and we hope
they will soon regain their normal
strength.
Miss Abbie Lunn went to Milaca
on Sunday and returned Monday
morning. Tuesday she went to
Princeton, where she will be em
ployed for some time.
Miss Cora Renzenbrink is taking
Mary Baas' place at John Timmer's
this week.
Mrs. Fred Timmer has been quite
sick this week. Mrs. A. J. Jetsinga
and Mrs. F. Groeneveld have also
been on the sick list
John Van Slooten commenced work
as helper in the creamery on Friday.
There was an exciting time at
Pease on Monday afternoon. John
Vuerink brought a load of potatoes
to town, had them unloaded and was
picking up some that had fallen
down, when his horses suddenly be
came frightened by the noise of an
approaching buggy and ran. The
wagon came apart before they had
gone very far and the horses pro
ceeded on their way down the road
with the front part of it. They
turned out of the road and one of
the horses fell ovei a large stone,
breaking his hind leg. John savs he
would not have taken $250 for the
animal.
A carload of lumber arrived Mon
day for Peter Van Someren of Wood
ward Brook He had it come to
Pease in order to avoid hauling it
over the hills on the Princeton road.
George Lunn, who has been em
ployed at J. A. Jetsinga's for the
past year, has resigned and gone
home to help his father in the saw
mill. Clarence Norman has taken
his place.
John Norman has bought a fine
new buggy and last Friday he went
to Princeton and purchased a new
harness. When be drove out of town
Sunday with his new buggy and his
pretty little pony wearing a new
harness he looked nice enough to be
going to see his best girl. Perhaps
he waswho knows?
A carload of farm machineiy ar
rived on Monday for the DeRose ma
chine shop and another is expected
soon.
John DeRose, land agent, has sold
40 acres of the farm where Geo. Ben
son has been living to Mr. Van der
Veen.
The correspondent made a mistake
in the price paid tor butterfat for
the month of February by the
Farmers' creamery. They paid 33
cents The creameiy shipped 46
tubs of butter this week. M. Roosen
daal has purchased a share in the
creameiy and is patron No 99. Who
is going to have No. 100 on his cream
can?
John DeRose and Arnold Anderson
went to Milaca Saturday evening.
Nick and Johan Johanson took
some cattle to Milaca on Monday.
Hans Chiistopherson helped them.
Nick savs there is some difference
in the price of cattle as compared to
what it was when they first moved
here. He received $60 Monday for a
\oung beef animal 1 year nine
months old and says it would not
have brought over $25 a few years
ago
Neal Byl has finished his season's
sawing in this -vicinity and has
moved over to Wilkin's, across the
river. He has had a very successful
season of sawing this year, being idle
only two weeks since November 2.
Mrs. Roelufs, Mr. Brink and Haijo
Kiel went to Minneapolis on Monday
on account of the illness of John
Brink, MTS. Roelufs' son-in-law. He
is suffering from appendicitis and
was taken to Minneapolis from his
home in Renville for an operation.
Mrs. Roelufs and Haijo came home
on Tuesday They reported that
John Brink's condition was improv
ing and that as soon as he is strong
enough he will be operated on. Mr.
Brink will remain until after the
operation.
S. De Boer was out with his auto
Saturday for the first time this
season.
Jerry Timmei and Frank Kuperus
have closed their feed mill.
A business meeting was held by the
members of the church on Tuesday
morning. They voted to build a
new barn. This will make three
barns on the church lot. New
families are constantly moving in,
and as they Iteve to drive to church
^jj^gjjgjgg^igBaaasasBasaeii^i:
they must have shelter for their
horses.
A basket social was held in district
9 on Friday evening. A short pro
gram was given by the older pupils.
Miss Eva Ross of Princeton also gave
some recitations. The young women
of the district failed to bring baskets
and there were only 10 baskets,
while there was a house full of young
men to buy them.
Hei man Van de Reit went to Mil
aca on Tuesday evening.
Warren Shutte came down from
Milaca on Tuesday to help Jonas
Modin reshingle his house.
Mrs. L. Kempton drove to Prince
ton on Tuesday.
The following were passengers to
Princeton this week: Peter Kiel,
John Kok, Mrs. Shutte, Mis. Van
Dalen, Sarret Strating, Peter
Pluimer, Nick and John Jongejeugd,
and L. Otter. John Jongeoeugd and
Otter took out citizenship
papers.
Mrs. John Timmer is very ill at
her home here. Her sister, Daisy, is
caring for her.
Spring Blood and System Cleanser.
During the winter months impuri
ties accumulate, your blood becomes
impure and thick, your kidneys,
liver and bowels fail to work, caus
ing so-called "spring fever." You
feel tired, weak and lazy. Electiic
Bittersthe spring tonic and system
cleanseris what you need they
stimulate the kidneys, liver and
bowels to healthy action, expel blood
impurities and restore your health,
strength and ambition. Electric
Bitters makes you feel like new.
Start a four weeks' treatmentit
will put you in fine shape for your
spring work. Guaranteed. All
druggists. 50c and $1. H. E. Buck
len & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis
Advertisement.
BRICKTON.
Henry Greenwood has gone to Joi
dan, Minn., to take the mud baths
He is suffering from rheumatism.
Ernest Sellhorn spent Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Young. He returned to Redcliff on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Farnham left
for Minneapolis on Saturday morning
to attend the graduation of their
daughter, Marion.
Don't forget the big dance on Sa
turday evening.
Those who spent Sunday at Bert
Young's were Mrs. Shaw and Mrs
Rudolph Lueck.
Henry Kuhn has purchased a line
horse from Mr. Deglman of Green
bush, i
Fred Schenck and Mrs. Pitmon and
daughter, Hazel, were guests at the
Markgraf home on Sunday.
Ruth Gordei entertained many of
her little friends at supper on Mon
day evening, it being her eighth
birthday anniversary.
Grandma Johnson is on the sick
list.
Ethel Olson was a visitor at hei
parents' home in Greenbush on Sun
day. Her friend, Hattie Young, ac
companied hei
Best Family Laxative.
Beware of constipation. Use Di.
King's New Life Pills and keep well
Mrs. Charles E. Smith of West
Franklin, Me., calls them "Our
family laxative." Nothing better
for adults or aged. Get them todaj.
25c. All druggists or by mail.
H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia
or St. Louis. Advertisement.
GERMANY.
A son was born to Mr. and Mis.
Perc Harter on Friday, March 27.
Miss Beitha Newman visited at
August Meyer's in Bogus Brook last
week
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schmidt visited
the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Schmidt, on Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Thoma and children
and Mr. and Mrs. August Thoma
spent Sunday with Chas. Rosen and
family.
Mr. Pike has purchased a new
horse.
Ernest and Richard Dehn spent
Sunday at Marion Cater's.
Those Who sawed wood the past
week were Ett Bockoven, Lessie
Bockoven and Geo. Schmidt.
Miss Cora Bockoven is staying with
her grandma.
R. Manke helped H. Heitman haul
hay a few days last week.
OXBOW.
Oliver Dibblee cut his hand quite
badly on a circular saw while help
ing John Gates last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hall spent
Sunday evening at George Tomlin
son's.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hyndman, Mrs.
Ellen Hyndman and Mrs. Redmon
and son were visitors at Otto Gra
pentine's last Wednesday.
A party of young people spent
Wednesday evening with Selma Gra
pentine. The evening was spent in
playing Flinch.
The many friends of Mrs. Carl
Dehn will be pleased to hear she is
getting along as nicely as can be ex
pected.
The neighbors discovered a nice
baby girl at Herb Gates' last Friday.
The Ladies' Aid society met with
1
Miss Selma Grapentine last Wednes
day afternoon. Nearly all the mem
bers and a large number of visitors
were present. A fine lunch was
served and all enjoyed the first meet
ing with Miss Grapentine. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Lewis
Palm.
Mrs. Sjoberg of Princeton visited
her sistei, Mrs. Edward Hall, one
day last week.
Warren Gates celebrated his sixth
birthday anniversary last Thursday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Hemy Steeves are
very pioud of their little grand
daughter.
Miss Annie Roadstrom has re
turned from Minneapolis, wheie she
has been at work.
Mr. and Mis. Tomlinson attended
the surpiise last Thursday evening
for their son, George, who resides in
Princeton.
Otto Giapentine returned last
Thursday evening after spending the
winter in the pineries.
The following attended school in
district 32, for the month ending
March 13, without being tardy or
absentHerbert, May, Dorothy and
Warren Gates, Ernest and Helene
Grapentine, Ida and Ernest Henschel,
Hattie Hall, Marshall Hall, Florence
Lindell, Walter and Sophia Meyer,
Elma Radeke and Ethel Whitcomb.
DISTRICT NO. 50.
Herb Campbell and Miss Blair were
visiting at the former's home on
Sunday.
Myrtle Norberg and her two
brothers, and Miss Spicer were callers
at the Campbell home on Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Usher received the sad news
on Monday morning that his father
was dead at his old home in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Mrs. Anderson and family were
visitors at the Johnson home on
Sunday.
Julius and Selma Egge were callers
at the Campbell home on Monday
evening.
They have got the state road
across Cartwheel marsh nearly
covered with brush and logs.
BLUE HILL.
Mrs. R. A. Wood left on Monday
for Waseca county, where she was
called by the serious illness of her
mother.
The fires have begun and faimers
are busy hauling their hay from the
meadows. nZI'T"^
Andrew Wahl hurt himself quite
severely by a load of hay tipping
over and thiowing him on the frozen
ground.
Chestei Tayloi is heie from Graf
ton, N. D., to spend a few days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Taylor
Miss Heim will make her home
with Mi and Mrs. Arthur Groff the
coming two weeks while Mis. Wood
is away.
Mrs. Geoige Taylor leturned to
her home in Greenbush on Sunday
aftei spending a week with C. W.
Taylor and wife.
Mrs. H. A Humphrey is quite ill
fiom asthma.
Our farmers are taking advantage
of the fine roads to haul off their sur
plus potatoes
A number of young people spent
Sunday evening with Roy and Mina
Groff
Miss Heim was called to her home
at Forest Lake on Tuesday morning
by the death of her grandfather.
Claude Bragg has gone, to house'
keeping all by himself on his new
farm, but is looking for a house
keeper.
LIVONIA.
Miss Laura Ljnch came home Sat
urday from her school and returned
on Monday morning.
Mrs. Smart was in Anoka last
week to consult a doctor.
Geoige Spencer has moved his
household goods here from Minne
apolis and will spend some time at
the Briggs home.
Fred Young of Princeton has
plastered Wm Haase's new house.
Ed Foley and Joe Cohoes of Zim
merman were out this way Sunday
trying theii new auto.
Among the callers at Jas. Illfl's on
Sunday were Chas. Cohoes and
family, Mrs. Pratt and daughters,
Beatrice and Ellen, Ernest Mac
Kenzie and Raymond Lang.
A number of young folks gathered
at Oscar Oscarson's on Saturday
evening and listened to his phono
graph until a late hour.
Art Johnson left tor the west on
Monday.
The "Mischiefmakers" gathered
at Chas. Cohoes on Thursday night
and gave Otto Johnson a farewell
party. A lunch was served and a
nice time was passed.
VINELANO.
Stuart Oliver is erecting a log cot
tage for Mr. McKay.
M. E. Stange of Minneapolis was
here last Wednesday looking over
some lands
J. H. Faught departed for Prince
ton last Sundav,' where he will serve
as petit juror for the March term of
court.
L. P. Roscoe and family, who
spent the winter at Wigwam bay,
moved to Staples last week.
-i"*iMiMBa^
:r
ONE BED FOR THE COURT.
It Was a One, Though, and Held
All Its Numerous Members.
The first courthouse of* Henry
count}. Ill, was a frame structure,
eight feet by fourteen, set in the
midst of an uninhabited prairie But
as little villages began to spring up in
the county a lively contention for the
honor ot being the county seat began.
Cambridge finally won, for it was
nearest the center of the county.
This was the forties of the last
centurj The first session of circuit
court was at hand and Cambridge was
on its mettle to entertain the court
suitably The difficulties to anything
but pioneer courage and resourceful
ness would have seemed insuperable.
The village consisted of eight or ten
little dwellings, a tiny general store, a
blacksmith shop and a carpenter shop.
The new courthouse wias unfinished,
but would be used, as the session for
tunately fell in the summer.
Now the housewives laid their heads
together to contrive how the court
officials, litigants and witnesses
should be lodged and fed There was
almost nothing that could be bought,
except sugar, molasses, tea, coffee and
flour But they had an abundant sup
ply of yellow legged chickens, home
cured hams, milk, eggs, butter and
cream, as well as their vegetable gar
dens to draw on There was no fresh
fruit, but they brought out their cher
ished stores of wild plum marmalade
and wild crabapple preserves Both
were made with molasses and after
they had sufficient time to season were
really delicious Besides, the hillsides
were pink vvith the beautiful wildwood
sorrel, the leaves of which make de
licious pies in skillful hands.
The village boasted one group of
forest trees, a small grove of sugar
maples, half a mile away, and in their
shade Mr Atwater built a long table
with sawhorses and boards With the
combined stock of table linen, crockery
and cutlery possessed by the house
wives the table was laid with suffi
cient elegance, according to pioneer
standards. It was felt that the court
would be properly feasted, but how
about lodging? That was the real dif
ficulty The tiny houses and their
beds were full to overflowing with
their proper inmates
But there was the loft of the car
penter shop. The store had a whole
bolt of unbleached muslin It was
torn into lengths equal to the length
of the loft and sewed together by
hand, of course
Then the loft floor was covered deep
with nice clean shavings, the immense
sheet laid over them and tacked to the
walls all the way round On this
Brobdingnagian bed the court lay in
two rows From the extra supply re
quired for winter enough quilts were
mustered to cover the sleepers. As for
pillows no one gave a thought to those
effeminate luxuries The lawyers
might lay their heads on their saddle
bags or their rolled up coats and be
thankful.
Thus was the circuit court sumptu
ously fed and sufficiently lodged,
thanks to the ingenious women of
Henry county Youth's Companion
Might as Well Have Seen Him.
Awakening with a bad headache the
morning after a banquet, a suburban
dentist mused, not unpleasantly, on
his last evening's spree But suddenly
his wife appeared and, advancing to
his bedside, shouted hysterically
"You wretch! What will the neigh
bors say at your coming home drunk
last night?"
"But, my dear, nobody saw me," the
dentist protested.
"Nobody saw you! What if nobody
did see you' You know well enough
they all heard the way I carried on
when you got back."New York Trib
une
A Lesson In Curling.
Inexperienced Member (to venerable
skip)What a patlid, Mr Macpher
son? SkipDae, ye no see, ye gowk?
Ye ding yer stane cannily, but nae so
fine as tae hog it Nae halrlm fleg. nor
jinkm' turn, ye ken. but tentily, that it
aye gangs snoovm' an* shouthrin'
amang the guairds, till straucht as an
elder's walk, hogye fa' on this verra
tee When ye'ze dune that, laddie,
ye'ze made patlid, an' ye may bear th'
greeToronto Globe.
Even Worse.
"Why do they hate each other so?"
"They are rivals."
"Oh, both trying to man."} the same
girl, eh? That sort of thing certainly
'does arouse a man's pumal passions."
"In this case it is worse than that.
They aie both trying to marry the
same fortune "Houston Post.
Barrett's Pun.
Lawrence Barrett, though stem and
dignified, could unbend a little occa
sionally. Once a popular low comedian
proposed a combination with him,
which he declined
"It would have been tin unhappy il-
lustration.'* said the tragedian in relat
ing it. "of Grin and Barrett"
Flustered.
It was Smith's first Sunday as usher
in church and he was a bit flustered.
Turning to, a lady who entered he said,
"This way. madam, and I'll sew you
into a sheet"-Boston Tnuwript
Fussy Baby.
MammaNettie, what are .vou doing
to baby that makes him r.y so? Small
NurseOh he's got tus because I
tried to open his mouth with your
glove- stretcher Chicago News
The elect are thoso who will and the
nonelect are those who won't Hear
Ward Beecher
GERMAN RED TAPE
A Most Irritating Brand Is Used
In the Postdffices.
SENDING A PARCEL BY MAIL.
Experience of an English Tourist Who,
With Joyous Confidence, Undertook,
to Perform What Was Supposed to
Be a Perfectly Simple Operation.
In all innocence and lightness of
heait I set out one morning to send a
small parcel to England from the town
in Germany where I was staying. At
the postoffice I was confronted by
three booking office windows, each
having a weird and formidable inscrip
tion over it These inscriptions were
not to be comprehended at a glance,
so, not wishing to gaze up at them too
long, I selected the least crowded win
dow and handed over my parcel. It
was promptly returned to me with a
curt "Go to the next window!" Ifi.
was just that window I specially wish
ed to avoid, being the most crowded,
but I waited my turn and then made
another attempt. The official looked
at^me sternly.
"Have you the circulars?" he asked
"No," I replied faintly
He handed me three circulars, for
which I had to pay a small sum and
which I was requested to fill up. Pick
mg up my parcel, I sat down to study
those circulars. They were covered
with instructions, the language used
was magnificent, and the effect was
so o\eiw helming that I found it diffi
cult to grasp what I was instructed
to do If my papers weie not filled up
accurately it was not from untruthful
ness, but ow mg to my limited German
vocabulary
By the time I had described the
parcel, the gross weight theieof in
grams and kilograms, the gross
value thereof in marks and pfennigs
and given a detailed descnption of
each article contained therein, with
its separate weight and value, I felt
like an old inhabitant of that postoffice
I had seen, as it were, generation after
generation of stamp purchasers come
and go, and still I remained. As to
the weights, my idea of kilograms
was about on a par with my knowl
edge of definite integrals However, I
did my best I guessed at the prob
able weight of the parcel and divided
the articles into it
At length I came to the end, and
feeling like a candidate at an exam
ination, I gathered up my papers and
the parcel and went over to the win
dow. After waiting my turn I handed
over the papers. The onlcial glanced
at them, then at the parcel, and
frowned.
"Did you weigh the articles?" he
asked sternly.
"Ya-a a!" I stammered
"Then go home and weigh them
again You have put them down at
half a ton!"
There was no help for it With a
sigh I gathered up my papers and
went back to a secluded corner. After
patiently reducing all the weights I
again presented the papers This time
they were passed, and I was sent on
to the next depaitment. where I had
to purchase and fill up another docu
ment I was now getting into form,
and this paper was soon dealt with
Then, with my heart beating fast, I
handed over the parcel It was once
moie leturned to me The official said
he could not take it in that condition
it was insecurely made up
Now, if there is one thing upon which
I pride myself it is upon the neat wa\
in hich I turn out a parcel So,
smotlienng my indignation as well as
I could, I assured him that it would
be all right, that it was perfectly safe
and that there was nothing in it wThich
was breakable He lepeated firmlj
that it was insecure and that he could
not take it So I sadly collected my
papers and the parcel and went home
\o dmnei,
I spent all the afternoon trying to
purchase a cardboard box of exactly
the right proportions and some water
proof cloth to wrap round it I next
procured a stick of sealing wax and a
German seal, and by the time I had
finished that parcel looked as if it
were piepared to travel to the north
pole
It was now* getting towaid evening,
and I was feeling weaned after my
day's work, so I besought my brother
a willing, guileless youthto take it
to the postorflce. He took it so .inno
cently that my conscience leproached
me for not havipg given him a word
of warning. He was a long time gone,
but that was to be expected When
I saw him come in my heart sank in
despau
"They won't take it like this," ho
said cheerfully
I groaned and asked* 4
"Why not?"
"There's not enough sealing wax
on it"
5
"Not enough sealing wax?" I cried
incredulously
"No. You must put a blob wherever
the string crosses and wherever there's
a knot"
In desperation 1 seized the sealing
wax and worked away until 1 had
used it to the last speck and the par
cel was one intricate mass of string
and wax Theu 1 conveyed it once
more to the postoffice It was now al
most closing time, and the officials
were in a hurry to get away I hand
ed over the papers aud the parcel with
out a word. fV&./fi
Two minutes later 1 walked out of ^-ts
the postoffice with joy in-my heart and
a smile of satisfaction on my face. 1
had sent the parcel off.trfrodon Jftunl
ly HraW.
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