Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-11

and were easily pulled aboard. Of course, she
tainted after the danger was over, and. OF course,
she proved 70 be Mary OF the umbrella; and, OF
course again, bad the pleasure of making her
acquaintance; which, of course, did not fail to
improve; and, Of course, fell more in love than
Well, things were In this state for some weeks,
and at last / thought that the time had come
when would know my destiny from her lips; so
10 take few sketchcs-things knew he abovni-
nated-I just walked OF to Mr.. Graham.s house
that was Mays father-hoplng to m ,et her aloae
rear Of the house, stalked along for some dis
lance, thinking OF what was about TO do, when
happening TO glance up, noticed on the rocks
OF the shore my inevitable cotton umbrella ex-
panced in all its glory.
That umbrella haunted me then, and pre-
saged evil from its appearance; but, neyerthe-
less, went toward il, thinking of coarse that the
wind and tide had driven il ashore-which they
had, but not just there.
There il lay, wide open, its top toward me;
and when Preached II seized il by the projec-
ton of the stick and lifted IL toward me.
BY Jove! when think of the result always
Wonder how got through Ii at all; for, as 1
lifted the umbrella, what was behind and under
i was revealed; and there. comfortably seated
Cr the rock was my Mary and a deuced good
locking young fellow. In was astounded, they
were about as much surprised. Mary Flushed,
and looked at me as If 10 rcproach me for such
an nngentlemaniy action; while the young fell
low looked as il he was about 20 eat me up, and
muttered, What dye nean, sir?'
Il
" BY seeing this umbrella, to which L have a
silSht claim, and not noticing its occupation BY
any one, OF course thought was recovering a
lost article of my own"
"Oh, then" said Miss Mary, I" Won are the
gentleman who lent us the umbrella so kindly
some months ago in London? Harry, this is
James and my escort. Don't you remember"
This familiarity may have been pleasing to
Harry, but it by no means followed that Ii was
TO NO; so i remarked, as colby as possible,
Miss Graham, again beg your pardon for the
interruption; and as the umbrella is pleasant for
your use, allow me the pleasure of transferring
the ownership TO you"
Gentlemen" She said, "allOw me to intro
duce you to each other. MIR. Thornton, this is
my cousin, MIR. Harry Graham, brotl er to the
young lady who was with me that day. Harry,
Mr. Thornton, the gentleman who saved my life
the other day"
Did she not .'accent" cousin pretty freelyP 1
thought she did, at least; and IL made me take
heart, and act more pleasantly; and in five min
utes had the pleasure OF finding that though
the young lady was on the freest terms with
Graham, it was only on account Of the relation
ship between them.
10 explain my appearance, 1 gave fhe same
excuse as had to Wyndham, and was forthwith
put to work to make sketch Of the umbrella,
and with them beneath it; which, of course,
did, only wishing that Graham was in my place,
and in his.
After while 1 noticed Tim Hayes, the
fisherman, launching his boat from the point,
going of for an afternoons fishing, and Gra-
ham seeing the same, it suddenly struck him
that he had promised to 20 with the old man
that afternoon; so, begging the young ladys
leave, he placed her once more under my escort
with the umbrella, and need not tell you the
result, for here comes Mary, and she would be
angry If she knew that had been divulging our
love affairs, even to tell the story of old blue
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