Excerpt from The Argosy, Vol. 48: July to December, 1889 On his return from his honeymoon almost his first action was to go to the post-office and give directions that for the future all large parcels should be delivered in a large basket which had been received there, and freely commented on, a few days before. Much specula tion as to its probable use had exercised the postmistress, who took as kind and deep an interest in the letters, post-cards and telegrams which passed through her hands as country postmistresses usually do. This basket was duly provided with a padlock and two keys, one of which Mr. Ryot-tempest handed to the postmistress, and one he carefully fastened on his own private bunch. You'll be wanting an extra key for the post-bag now, sir, won't you i' asked the woman, who was anxious to discover on whose behalf this basket was introduced. No, said Mr. Ryot-tempest briefly but be careful that all the letters are sent in it. And when there are parcels send word, and my man shall call for the basket. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.