She was our postmistress, a tall, dark, not uncomely virgin of some thirty summers.

In the post-office, which was the front room of a small wooden house approached by a high flight of steps, was the postmistress, Miss Harriet Corvey, who sat on the floor in one corner, while before her extended a semicircle of men and boys.

In spite of the precautions of the postmistress uncalled for letters would gradually accumulate, and there was a little bundle of these in one of the few pigeon holes in a small desk in the corner of the room, in the drawer of which the postage stamps were kept.

" "I wouldn't have said it," returned the postmistress, "if I hadn't felt dead certain that you knew you were always welcome here.

Miss Harriet gazed upon her with amazement, for Aunt Patsy had been considered chair-ridden when the postmistress was a young woman.

"She went over the fields to Howlett's, to see the postmistress, who is an old friend, to whom she often goes for comfort, when things are not right at home.

She said that she was postmistress at Horner, and lived with her mother on a farm a mile out of the town, driving in and out each day in a buggy.

I look forward to writing to you from New York. 'OLIVER GOGARTY.' Two evenings were passed pleasantly on the composition and the copying of this letter, and, not daring to entrust it to the postboy, he took it himself to Bohola; and he measured the time carefully, so as to get there a few minutes before the postmistress sealed up the bag.

At least, the postmistress would not dangle a strip of tempting sixpenny stamps before the enthusiast's eyes as he was being dragged away with his tongue out.

I returned home, hoping to be in time for our way train, thinking I had mistaken her message, and missed it; but the postmistress,for every strange face is noticed in town,told me that the lady who visited me two weeks ago walked up from the ten o'clock train; that she had a new bonnet and "moved right spry," and asked if she was a relative of mine.

Yes, the postmistress was right, Lavinia Dorman had a new bonnet.

The postmistress told me yesterday that she's been expecting to hear of a second wedding any day, as when one took place it always meant three, though she couldn't "fetch the third couple together, even in her mind's eye," which I have found to be usually a capacious and well filled optic.

I had experience of this, as the postmistress had complained of Jimmy, to be insulted by his father, who could see no imperfection in his children.

The postmistress told Mrs. Gale, who told Mrs. Blenkiron.

It was because he had not even written the address in a disguised hand to deceive the postmistress.

Let us ask the Postmistress.

She was assistant postmistress; an editor of a reform paper advocating temperance and woman's rights; and an advocate of the new costume which bore her name!

An' old Miss Ruby's resaigned, an' a new postmistress come in her plaäcea tongue-tight pore crittur, an' talks London.