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He consequently began to feel that there was some mystery in the matter; but whatever it might be, he knew that it was beyond his power to develop. On coming forward from the dark part of the shop, where he had been standing, he asked the post-master if there was a second letter for M'Mahon. "No," replied the man, "there is only the one.
The tavern-keeper is, politically, a quadrupled personage. He combines the four offices of post-master, justice of the peace, town council, and publican; and is considered a monstrous small person with all. The truth is, reader this aside he has been democrat and whig, alternately, every second year of his political life.
It appears, that the king, previously to coming, had gone to visit the dauphiness; he had not mentioned whither he was going, so that his attendants believed him to be in my apartments, and directed M. d'Oigny, post-master general, to seek him there.
A few minutes after, just as I was going to look after my change, the post-master came up and asked me to pay for the stage. "I have paid already, and I am waiting for my change. Did I not give the money to you?" "Certainly not, sir." "Whom did I give it to, then?" "I really can't say; but you will be able to recognize the man, doubtless." "It must have been you or one of your people."
Throughout Java, there are excellent roads, and on every road a post establishment is kept up; so that the traveller has only to apply to the post-master of Batavia, pointing out the road he wishes to travel, and to pay his money according to the number of miles: he obtains, with a passport, an order for four horses all along his intended line of route, and may perform the journey at his leisure, the horses, coachmen, &c. being at his command night or day, till he accomplishes the distance agreed for.
Message from the Tuileries My interview with the King My appointment to the office of Prefect of the Police Council at the Tuileries Order for arrests Fouches escape Davoust unmolested Conversation with M. de Blacas The intercepted letter, and time lost Evident understanding between Murat and Napoleon Plans laid at Elba My departure from Paris The post-master of Fins My arrival at Lille Louis XVIII. detained an hour at the gates His majesty obliged to leave France My departure for Hamburg The Duc de Berri at Brussels.
Kintchin tied his horse to a "swinging limb," and the ladies were assisted to the ground. Tom conducted them into the post-office, a store wherein the merchant had for sale snuff, red calico, brown jeans, plug tobacco, cast iron plow points, nails and cove oysters. The post-master came forward dragging after him two splint-bottom chairs. "Set down," he said.
The applicant moved away chewing his lip. What he had "only wanted" was to change the form of his letter's salutation. In the street it came to him that by telegraphing the post-master at the other end of the route he could "Oh, thunder! Let it go!" He had begun it, "Dear Miss Barb."
"After no end of disappointment, Armstrong suggested telegraphing to the post-master at Havana, off which the letter was written, you know, and we heard that there had been a ship called the `Cyclops' ten years ago trading between the West Indies and Ceylon, but that nothing was known of any one of the name of Ingleton." Rosalind looked up suddenly. "Ceylon and the West Indies?" exclaimed she.
When Alexander set out for England he changed horses at Ecouen, and the post-master said to him: 'Sire, the pupils of Ecouen are still expecting the sweetmeats which your Majesty promised them. To which the Emperor replied that he had directed Saken to send them.
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