MAIL BY THE PAIL!!

So how do those on board the freighter get their mail? .... MAIL by the PAIL..., 

As Barb and Dianne... I was in bed zzzzing.... were outside admiring the water, sky, stars and the sites of Port Huron last night, they were aware of a small boat that came up to and seemed to disappear under the bow of The Tregurtha scaring the wits out of them.  The boat hovered a while and then sped off.  Come to find out, that was the delivery of the mail which happens when the freighter is in the Detroit River and then again while at the Ste Sault Marie locks.  The delivery:  mail, small boat, yellow bucket, hand off to the freighter; hence,  Mail by the Pail.  Follows are five pages from a delightful children's book of that name written by Colin Bergel and illustrated by Mark Koening.

Cover

 The beginning of the story.

Continuation of the story.

 And this is the mail in the pail; however, the Tregurtha's mail is delivered in a bright yellow pail. 

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