That day he found the postmaster, Elmer Ivers, thumbing through a handful of valentines and preparing to give them an ordinary Loveland cancellation.

• 当时，一个名叫汤普生的汽车旅馆老板去取他的邮件，发现邮局局长埃尔默?艾文斯正在翻看着一大把情人卡，并准备去邮局给它们进行正常的盖戳。