Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 59
atched, and, if it is lost, somebody iscalled to account for it. Even if it is undulydetained at any particular point, the delay mustbe explained. The unwritten history of this little-knownportion of our mail service forms a mass ofromantic adventures. The pony express andmail-coach may have… … LETTER KOR ALASKA letters of Uncle Sam are carried, as formerly, bypony, coach, sled, boat, and mountain-climbersand fast runners. We spend some ten millionsof dollars a year more than any other countryin the world in carrying ourmails, and most of this ex-cessive expenditure goes topay for the…
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