The Grinder Papers — page 95: what you’re looking at

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90 THE GRINDER PAPERS. ‘The letter ain't,” says I; ‘‘I seen him put that in the eG : me ‘‘Oh,” says she, ‘‘then if it was stamped it will go.” | ‘‘Land alive,” says I, ‘‘it hadn’t no stamp on it. Up home. I always give the money to the people at the office, and they put them on. So I thought he would. Where d’ ye get stamps?” | « Oh,” says she, ‘‘I have plenty here,” and she opened her pocket-book and gave me a couple. 3 ss ‘Now if I had my letter out, I’d put it on,” says I. She laughed, and says she; - £*You'll have to write another one.” But I was determined not to. I didn’t say nothin’ to Marthy, but I posted up to my bedroom, and gota long bit o whale- bone, and. made a hook on the end of it with a pin, and then down I marched to the corner and began to try to get out my letter. It. was plaguey work. The little flap kept a falling down, and fish as I could, I couldn’t find nothing. I’ve got a heap of spirit, though, and I kept on. At last the pin did stick in something, and. I fished a letter up, so’s I could stick in my fingers and get it out. ‘Twasn’t mine, though; ‘twas directed to a Miss Albertina Briggs. Iwas provoked, I tell you, and I held it in my hand while I fished again. About ten minutes after upcomeanother. Then I thought I'd got mine, for sure, but this time ‘twas a dirty affair, directed to Bridget Rooney. ; < . ~ 7 ‘a PA | a e . . ' comicbooks.com | 4 - . — ee rs ” "es * .*