The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
STONY or iN in2REfli.
How Nrs. P!m!cy Lost Hc;, aud lhen just
Missed Finding u.

When sugar .lrmled the ,i'rr day iu -.
Nr rin,,,y did A little ,|iuug,rE Ca L,yrnolrsI-
81! iriurirl,.. ard when hr IuUdard a. ~.
Il-. PIn.rv's ra,,-,N Na. 70 ','N-t}o-G Nan
umbrella. 10 common uuris H. ,.,r--
-ir, To- r,ll.,u t.a' u 'Dr,N-uy,-du..r wa
hrr,a T., 40 ordinary r. Ilru,nL Mr.. PINE
lo,', Wa a lr,nr,.~ auors riuh'rla.. tow
u'd NLu.r rrna, on ,rI,n," aaG MI Gyi ,u'I-
h..,i. t., lar1'" VS. lurthpl Oft rdil. .uy-
rrrd with heavy r,ll hlgr., m r.ut. go
d...:n. .lnyiug urr, rutull,i o. Mr.. PM
ley vuY'! ,," been content ro 1--we ro',>"r
ia N,'opr!n
v.I. .., ,r ,.a,. I.i la,r t,i .,url.,.l
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Ia 80 "ih N'r va Icy ''''''~ . .'it
dIr T., de- h"r -l'u- .',u, .u-. ... Ia'ur.
,an, l.., B.. ,Na, vnru 49,, .ia,..i dovpruo,.
lnh d.A'''' aver "'''' "-'' on "' '''"-
son. lnr ~i,ui,hlr. touch Of n"r ra.u} -dlN ,u--
| u.me we. the fp.' a,o-4o'ar umbrella. T.
Wa "a long Any -u'Ii'lf' ana '''" Va VI"
aIcrrD,u when Mr.. P,rI., reached luu".
rho first remark of Nt.- Anne. p,nlry. "A.
~ $780, "
via" met her al We d""l' Wa "h\, mamma
what have yuu done WIKI Your 8mbrrIla:'
In r.,ly Mrs. Pm,ey east one rani,--,ri,krn
glance al h"r hand~ ana N"t Down IN He ran
and wrpL She had l'eu II a du2en store dur
trg III" day, ana.or which -he had lerr'ne forty
Iu -- -. ll I t.. lid. -.
h'e-doi'ar u''or'Ia' OF "u''h'r n"r n'u'r,' ~ III
the cable ears, or in tie elevated, or whether It
had been stolen somewhere as 4, stood beside
low "
NV s"c ma h"' 'Hc i''""''s' '"'d "H
PIml'r continued to Weep at intervals dur
ins the evening The sympathy which, in
d''rn'y' n'S"t nave been "Npe'''h IRON MI
Finley va. not forthcoming. Mr.. pimley
HAu pr'' i'a"'"S more eAp'''"''n,I oh p5l-
Geological iflh'lpI"S ana had troubles OF hLH
own. Mrs. Plmiey lay awake the greater
r,rt az ,hat nigh, irving IN remember lust
ldr' ., NAV ns"' "''ps " '''"'"o.. 'uS'
when Ill" had had lhe uiIDielIi last ana COM
!ug 10 "a" conclusion that tie human mind
Early morning. however. brought a ray
Of comfort. FOR, about daylight, il came TO
Mr. pinley with sudden distinctness that
when she went into McTolly's TO look al table
| linen she had had her umbrella with her. She
rciuenbered LAYING it on the counter before
her. She remembered also that when, She
left the store She carried her purse In one hand
and Two snail bundles in Die other. SO She
must have left the umbrella behind. The
y.rl MAT had waited on her must certainly
have seen il. and IL had probably been turned
over 20 await identincation. Of course. some
customer NAV have laid uLrighteous hands
on H. but. having worked II ont so ~cLeverly.
snch uhlns. Immediately after, breakiast she
started downtown. and whom should She meet
ON tho car but her friend, Mrs. Van Antrim.
Mrs. pinIev'- spirits were So much recoy-
ATIhI 1IAI @hH IAhAl VII VII htN HAN hAA, VAN
story om!tting neither a full aud eloquent
descrintion Of The umbrella nor is price. As
sha snake she noticed a woman In a plum
cnlorad cloth suit and velvet toque, Just OBJ
nosite who seemed greatly Interested.
Tin sure 10 find il at McTolly's," said Mrs.
pinInv as she finished her story. That was
he last place | went 10, with the exception Of
Renrel Brn,hrrs, and | distinctly remember
boVFnr II when went in and LAYING il on the
counter"
The i~interes, Of the woman in the plum-ool-
ored suit had grown vlsibly during Mrs. PIN
jny's recital Al lis CONCLUSION she leaned
ncross the aisle,
Excuse my addressing YOU" she said po-
l,ely. Il could not help oyerhearing What you
said II Is such a peculiar coincidence, |
happened to see a clerk urn over 10 the floor
walker precisely such an umbrella ~ you de
scribe When / was in Bengel brothers yester-
day afternoon. II must have been yours and
il nndoubtedly waiting for YOU"
Mrs Finley was very much surprised.
We'll how I'm the world" she said, did I
take that umbrella from McTOllOy's, But I'm
awfuIly glad 10 know that is safe, and very
much OBLIGED fo< your kindness IN telling me-
IN, woman smiled pleasantly and said Mrs.
Pi,niey Was entirely welcome.
Mir, Pimley ha.tened 10 Bengel Brothers
and finding the intall gence department, after
many windlngs, demanded her umbrella. Then
Mrs. Pimiey received a shock The intel grncr
49, 1880