 So he became a storekeeper because that was one of the first options that popped up. He ended up running a store with another guy until it went bankrupt, winked out in his mind. So he looked and said, what else is available? Well, I can get this postmaster job because postmaster is not that important, especially out here. Plus, hey, postmaster, all these people get newspapers and I can read a newspaper before I deliver it to the person.