The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
How Lickshingie Preserved His Umbrella

Lien me yer umbrella minuit +,
Such was the exclamation of Jones H. he rushed
INTO the office of Squire Lckshnsc, yesterday
Certainly certainly. said the squire laying
down his newspaper, ANA taking fresh chew Of
fine cut glad to Accommodate you" And he
opened Il drawer in his desk and began rIumagiug
through Ms legal forms and blanks
Jones ,tarled into the corner, seized the green
glnghan relic, and was preparing to fly with it,
stop. stop. stop said the squire raising his
hand maestically mot TOO fast, young man Wait
Till make ont the necessary papers
Jones cropped the umbrella On his corn. of
course. After pumping his lame foot up and down,
and tying hard knot in his coulhruluce and uu
doing il again, he echoed
The necessary papers
YES" said the squire stcrnly, the necessary
papers And he continued his search among the
blanks.
The right one found, he filled il out i'll iItiy and
handed it 10 Jones to sign.
As Jones read the paper his knees knocked to
gether. It was Il mortgage on his house and lot
security that he would return the umbrella in good
order within fifteen minutes. ii tatrred
"Wh-why squire. only want to borrow vour
umbrella to run across the street with I'll fetch
IL back III two seconds
The squire showed his spectacles up over his bald
spot until they formed two skylights in his intel
leotual roof. and looking Jones tull in the face
SAID
You OILY want 70 RIM across the street You'll
return it in Two seconds loung man. that's what
they all say. | take no stock in it, Man wants
but little Here below hut by the Good Samaritan
when he wants his umbrella he wants It have
known people in my time who have listened to the
song Of the siren who came to borrow umbrellas
untIl She has transformed them into Il people with
out an umbrella between them and the the peltng
storms. | am not one Of that kind | have lived
long time. have accumulated fortune. WHY;
For the simple reason that ! have not spent my
substance in buying umbrellas. That umbrella
which Wou hold III your hand is certainly not of
uncommon beauty, nor is it of great value. 1t is
simply gingham umbrella. 4 green one at that
But it answers the purpose for which, etc. | have
had it since | was boy. Why Because no
man. neither the son of man, has ever taken it be-
yond tina range of my vision without first signing
over his estate that he would return it in good
condition, 1t may not seem neghborlv, but its
business Here is the mortgage; there is the UNI
brella; without beats the ram Of heaven. You
have your choice" And the old man resumed his
newspaper.
Jones thought of his wife and babies and the
pleasant home that was all his own. Then he
looked at the rain that was pounding at the doors
and windows, as If to get in out of the wet
glance at his new ovcrcoat and Jones was decided.
"lll risk, he said, and, stepping to the desk
with measured tread and slow, he capped his
name to the mortgage. and off with the uu
brclla. lOil City Derrick.
When the cabinet meets in Washington they
range themselves around the table in an order
carefully observed. The President, says a mem
ber who describes it, has the large chair at the
head of the table On his right sits Mr.. Evarts
who is the leading officer and in this cabinet is
decidedly the most loquacious. Opposite Evarts
on the Presidents lett is Mr. Sherman Below
Evarts sits MCrary, of the war power, VIII 20 is op-
poslte Thompson, the naval chief, and Key, the
Postmaster General, whose ots-a-ris is the Attor
ney General, Devens Carl Schurz is at the foot
of the table, turtheSt from the President because
his department was the latest i'll time of its nsti
tuition. MIR. Hayes speaks with considerable pos
ltlveness sometimes, and more than any cabinet
ing or forming his Judgment. The members push
back their chairs from the table, reclining or sit
ting at ease If a cabinet minister is absent, the
assistant represents him, and thus it has happened
that Fred Seward and Richard Mccormick have
had the right and left hand of the President