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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 60

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f the country,it would be nec-essary for a run-\ ner to travelseveral scoresof miles, it issaid, in orderto cover thefive-mile route.There are mail routes which Uncle Sam at-tends to only spasmodically, and others whichare traversed by the mail-steamers only twice ayear. In the South Atlantic and… … A LETTER FOR MANILA. 48 SOME QUEER MAIL-CARRIERS AND THEIR WAYS. [Nov. tributing-points the government officers areready to despatch mail-sacks by the first steamerwhich sails there. Sometimes the mail is deliv-ered twice a month, and again no ship of anycharacter touches at the islands for six…

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