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"An' now, young man, w'at you want to remember is this -- an' take it fer yo' motto: ‘No monkey-shines with Uncle Sam. ' You undastan'? You aware now o' the penalties attached to monkey-shinin' with Uncle Sam. I reckon that's 'bout all I got to say; so you be on han' promp' tomorrow mornin' at seven o'clock, to take charge o' the United States mailbag."
This formed the close of a very pompous address delivered by the postmaster of Cloutierville to young Armand Verchette, who had been appointed to carry the mails from the village to the railway station three miles away.