The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-01
..os THE WORLD IS GOVERNED TOO MUoH.

the pouring rain. at the corner, un-
der "a shop awning, stood two lovely
damsels, evidently waiting for the rain
to cease, for. they were without um
brellas. 80 .'t5 .aa;a' afa sgsY
a Over sensitive in regard to my APP
EneaTance,I could not help noticing the
litter as they regarded me And, to
tell the truth, there was something OF a
contrast to laugh at. Imagine Il fash
lionably dressed young man, RATHER
good looking, decidedly gentaef, and
over his head an. eaormous.old cotton
umbrella, and you'll see. me as those
girls saw me them ses, aGasS
[ wasfnettled, put.out, and nrathful,
| utrresolydd to check their mirth at all
hazards. Stepping up to them said,
Ladies', my umbrella is. large, and as
1 see You are without one, can | offer
you my services as far as I go III
Mentally resolving that if they went
further than me my umbrella should
| go too. lA s.5Izaj 81; a5giI 4ltais's
After whispering for a moment, one
of them replied, .''Thank you, sir; we
would be. obliged for your eseart."uIs
or course, as we went alongI did my
best to open a conversation, and soon
had the pleasuraoof elieiting a few
words from them. They were both
very pretty but the one called Mary /
thought then was q particularly pleas
| ant young lady, and instinctiveiy de-
sireduto prolongh oar walk, that VIC
might be better acquainted. o"sli eils
Having reached the street in which
dwelt, | turned to Miss Mary, and said
If'ilive,iil this street, andohs see you
are going further, you are welcome te
the use of the umbrella for it is but g
step to my residence. YOU can return
ii at Your leisure. Good day..'' -
And leaving them with tho umbrel.
| la,fWhich. l knew they would never re.
turn; fpr,I purposely did not give then
my address, ran home, congratula.
ting myself at having SO pleasantly
disposed of my pest. s9s9s' ''ai BITS
Somehow or otlier: Mary's eyes were
ALWAYS in my mind, and j shonld al
most have forgotten about the old UNI
| bleill, if it were net for the remem
brance of her sweet face. After a
while lcame to the conclusion that
had'actnallyitallcn in love with Mary
but who'was' Mary, and where to find
IItdid not know. And tlicnT began t.
wish | had given my address, that The
iumbrella might have been returned to
me-" 4a 100 iHia.' "i fo a.l}.' t.ii'i
All this took place in March. Many
Months passed, and Il never came
across either Mary or the umbrella
How 1 wished for a glimpse of either
cannot tell you; bnt i did awful! -
During September l was down al
my friend Wyndham's place, on tho
sea coast, for week or two; and on,
day, he and | were out fishing in /;
ya,eh. bnt noticing storm coming up
we thought we had better put into tie
bay unit! it cleared up again
The sky il, the west was already
black with the rushing clouds advanc
ing up the zenith, and as VIC passed
the Point on our way in, we noticed /;
boat containing some parties still fish
ing, perfectly unconscious of the rising
storm, for the trees on the land OBJ
scured the western sky and overhead
was still clear. Wyndham called my
attention to them,
q" G gracious :" exclaimed /
"there's" my umbreHa!"
"WherePn said Wyndham.
"Why, there, in that boat, Wynd
ham," said I. 81 must see the pcopl,
in that boat, come what may"
And turning the yatcll around, WI
sailed toward tlien. Bat we had t.
sail round considerabledis AM
in the meantime the people in tn,
boat had evidently noticed the comm:
storm, for they were pulling up tbei
anchor.
The umbrella was sure it wa
mine-still remained elevated, so
could not see who was, beneath it, bu
my heart beat a little cxcitedly, for
hoped it would be Mary. @
We had nearly reached them whe,
the windy forerunner of the storm
struck the boat, and the next momen
it was overturned, and saw two la
dies and three men struggling IN tin
water, one of them ciutcling Tight,
to the umbrella, whose strong ribs ac
tually made a sort of balloon of il
and buoyed her up, while the win,
carried her away from the others.
mWyndllan" shouted I,i"you picl
up tie others, and I'll look after tlli
I'one.o
And tearing OFF my boots and coat
Ispfang into the water, and swan rap
idly toward her, the wind at the sam
time carrying her toward me. Sh
was terribly frightened, but, secin.
nc, she seemed to take a little couI
4 age, and exclaimed: 'Saye me, sir! Oh
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