THE RULING PASSION
BY WILLIAM H. SIVITER
She had never mailed a letter before, and so she approached the stamp clerk's window with the same air that she would enter a dry-goods store.
"I would like to look at some stamps, please."
"What denomination do you want?"
"Denomination?"
"Yes. Is it for a letter or a newspaper?"
"Oh, I want to send a letter to my Uncle John; he's just moved to——"
"Then you need a two-cent stamp," said the clerk offering her one of that value.
"I hardly like that color!"