en to understand that you do want men in New South Wales, and I am
a Smith by Trade; a single man. My age is 24 next birthday. I shood be
verry thankful if you would be so kind and send all the particulars by
return."

"London, _Nov_. 5, 18--.

"Sir,--i right to you and request of you sinsearly for to help me to
find out my husband. I ham quite a stranger in London, only two months
left Ireland--i can find know trace of my husband--your the only
gentleman that I know that can help me to find him. Thears is letters
goes to him to --- in his name and thears is letters comes to him to the
--- Post-Office for him.--Sir you may be sure that i ham low in spirit
in a strange contry without a friend. I hope you will be so kind as not
to forget me. Sir, I would never find --- for I would go astray,
besides i have no money."

"So you see, ma'am," continued Solomon, closing the Report, "much though
we do, more is expected of us. But although we can't exactly comply
with such requests as these, we do a pretty stroke of business in other
ways besides letter-distributin'. For instance, we are bankers on a
considerable scale. Through our money-order agency the sum we
transmitted last year was a trifle over 27,870,000 pounds, while the
deposits in our Savings-Banks amounted to over 9,166,000 pounds. Then
as to telegraphs: there were--But I forgot," said Solomon, checking
himself, "Miss May is the proper authority on that subject.--How many
words was it you sent last year?"

"I won't tell you," said May, with a toss of her little head. "You have
already driven my cousin distracted. She won't be able to walk home."

"My dear, I don't intend to walk home; I shall take a cab," said the
mild little woman. "_Do_ tell me something about your department."

"No, cousin, I won't."

"Sure, if ye don't, I will," said Phil.

"Well then, I will tell you a very little just to save you from Phil,
who, if he once begins, will kill you with his calculations. But you
can't appreciate what I say. Let me see. The total number of
telegraphic messages forwarded by our offices in the United Kingdom
during the last twelve months amounted to a little more than twenty-two
millions."

"Dear me!" said Miss Lillycrop, with that look and tone which showed
that if May had said twenty-two quintillions it would have had no
greater effect.

"There, that's enough," said May, laughing. "I knew it was useless to
tell you."

"Ah, May!" said P