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But he got his letter finished at last, the big post-paper carefully folded and sealed, and then went off to the post-bag at the little village shop, before hurrying back home to partake of his tea, which was waiting. It was a lonely meal, and the boy sighed as he stirred the sugar, and wished he could have Godfrey Boyne down, as companion for himself, and to cheer the poor fellow up.
Why are you dressed so bravely, Herr Anselmus? Will you chat with us for a minute, how grandmammy sat squatting down upon the egg, and young master got a stain on his Sunday waistcoat? Can you play the new tune, now, which you learned from Daddy Cocka-doodle, Herr Anselmus? You look very fine in your glass periwig, and post-paper boots."
The term "post-paper" is derived from the ancient water-mark, which was a post-horn, and not from its suitableness to transport by post, as many suppose. The original watermark of a fool's cap gave the name to that paper, which it still retains, although the fool's cap was afterward changed to a cap of liberty, and has since undergone other changes.
Was it a despatch was it in an envelope? 'It was a mere memorandum a piece of post-paper, and headed, "Draught of instruction touching D.D. Forward to chief constable of police at Letterkenny. October 9th." 'But you had no direct correspondence with Donogan? 'I believe, sir, I need not assure you I had not. The malevolence of party has alone the merit of such an imputation.
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