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Last updated 1998-09-09

BALE: DELIVERIES AND SIGNATURES

A parcel tied with string that woke up one day and kept going. This is its docket.

The round, as signed

Copied off the docket. Smudges left in.
StopWhereLeft withSigned
1the back door, after hoursthe night staffN.S. (pls countersign)
2down in the seaGill, at the shopGill, plus half a page about the weather
3the foyerMo, at the kioskMo, with a ladle drawn beside it
4the sales floorOttolineOTTOLINE, initialled twice, once in capitals
5wherever the Drawer is openthe Drawerreceived; one item; string intact
6the back door againnobodyleft on the step; not returned

Stop 6 happens most nights. The words "not returned" are in a different pen every time.

Signatures (the back of the docket)

NameMessage
N.S.the back doorSigned 03:10. Signed again 03:10, second copy. Pls leave by the door, not on the step. Ta.
Gillthe seaGot it love - stamps are lovely - string a bit damp but that is the sea for you - Thursday same time
Mothe kioskThere you go petal, signed, and I put a biscuit on the trolley for the trip back, which it did not eat, but it was the thought.
Ottolinethe sales floorSIGNED FOR, DARLING! Straight onto display!
The DraweropenReceived; one item; string intact; which is to say, as described on the label.
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Bale is a parcel tied with string. One day it woke up, and since then it has kept going.

Whether it can talk is not on record. Nobody has heard it, so this page is not in its voice. It is the docket that travels with it, filled in at every stop by whoever signed.

It rides the post trolley on its rounds and carries everything that isn't oil, a wick or a glass. Those three go up the ladder another way, as errands.

Inside the string, this week

  • Letters for the sea (Gill reads the stamps first)
  • A box for the kiosk
  • Price tags, flat, in a band
  • A smaller parcel, also tied with string (no relation, so far)
  • Anything addressed to the Drawer, in one piece

Never oil, a wick or a glass.

Doors, and how it takes them

  • The staff door: straight through.
  • The showroom door: straight through, carrying something.
  • The back door: straight through, carrying something.
  • Any door at all, carrying nothing: it waits outside.

The night staff have a theory: Bale believes every door is a staff door if you are carrying something. Nobody has asked Bale.

Sign for it

RECEIVED: ONE PARCEL, STRING INTACTA. VisitorSigned for at the door (kept in this browser).Not returned to sender.Gone on to the next stop.No. 000001

Pals

Neighbours
The night staff (signs at the back door)
Gill (stop 2, down in the sea)
Mo (stop 3, the kiosk)
Ottoline (stop 4, the sales floor)
The Drawer (stop 5, wherever it is open)

Update log

  • 09/01/98 Docket started: stops 1 to 5
  • 09/02/98 Stop 6 added (left on the step; not returned)
  • 09/09/98 A column for countersigning, at the night staff's request
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