—Life.
One of Chauncey's Latest.
Chauncey M. Depew tells the following story of another of the many interesting characters he encountered last Fall while addressing his fellow citizens on the vital issues of the campaign. It doesn't sound so much like a true story as some that are extant, but it is getting pretty late in the day to doubt his word:
One night, after the meeting was over and while the hall was clearing, a weather-beaten man buttonholed me and said:
"I'm postmaster out here at Shingle Corners. Blaze away and elect your man if you want to."
"You don't care for the office, then?" I said.
"No, that ain't it," he replied. "It don't pay but $14 a year, or mebbe good years, when I boom 'er a little, $15, but it's powerful handy to have in the house. No, my idee is that we can keep it in the fam'ly anyhow."
"How's that?"