The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-28
on ARMNY NIGHT
A Most Difficult SOB in Log-
bankers estlmatlon.

A Most Difficult SOB n log
bHnker's Estimaiion
This dash for the pole business
may be pretty hard work said Mr..
LogbIinker mo doubt it does call
for quite some patience. skill and en-
durance. But if you want to under
take something that is really difficult
just try to hold an umbrella as It
ought to be held over the head Of a
lady IN a rainstorm I tiled that last
night with Mrs. Logblinker, and I
thought before we got where we were
going that I'd rather have been in the
far north with Peary.
"Rain2 It was just sluicing, with
the rain coming down like food
falling through a coarse meshed sieve,
and Mrs. Logblinker had on all her
fnery, including her tall wide pic
ture hat with the high, dropping
feathers.
When we opened the front door
opened the umbrella and held It over
her while she gathered up some Of
her warments Under her waterproof
and while she glanced around herself
to see that she had got everything
secure, and then we started; and
when we had gone about IA steps in
that pouring rain and looked around
at Mrs. Logblinker to make sure that
was protecting her all right / was
surprised to see that her towering
hat, that had surmounted her head 80
jauntily when we started. was now
creeping slowly down over her fore
head.
"Can't you see. Lucius, said Mrs.
Logblinker, that you are holding the
umbrella right against my hatg
And could see it then, though
certainly had not seen it before, and
50 raised the umbrella to clear the
back Of the hat had been holding
it low down. Of course, you under
stand, the better to protect her. So
now l raised it, but / must have
raised Il too high, for in a minute
heard voice plasntfvely saying;
Lucius, the rain is just pouring
on the side Of my hat.
80 now | brought the umbrella
down a little and then presently felt
something tugging at the umbrella on
the of side and Mrs. Loghlinker says,
with touch Of impatience now:
My! You've got the umbrella
caught in my haiti
And SO had. But / disengaged
{ 1t quickly, and then tried to hold it
and keep it balanced so that 1t would
just clear the big hat all around and
yet come low enough down to afford
J the best protection.
Il can honestly say that paid no
! attention whatever to my own clothes.
J ] honestly didn't care about them; all
! | wanted was to do the best I could
for the lady by my side; and though
? it did strain every muscle in my
hand and arm and body | thought ]
: was now making pretty good job Of
} it. but in a minute
MY hat will be ruined | heard
the voice saying; and then | looked
at the lady again. and raised the
umbrella and lowered 1t and tilted il
this way and that in a desperate ef
; fort to make it serve its purpose. an
impossible thing to do. am now per
suaded, for nothing less than an um
brella IA feet wide at least would
really shelter lady in picture hal
in heavy rain like this.
But tried hard, did the best
could, only to hear about ten sec
onds later:
4" Don't you know how to hold al
Z umbrellag in tones actually peevish
Mrs. Logblinker peevish actnall,
0 peevish, and to mel Then she actual
q " drew away from me, out from un
! der the umbrella, into the pourinl
rain
! "Humbly, but quickly, hastened Ii
her side again, to protect her, AM
, the other two blocks we had to go t,
E get the car we moved in silence. will
y me doing t-A best / could; and whei
we got in. lie the car and got settled
down little, where it was dry, sh'
did smile on me again.
I But can tell you one thing:
; don't shy at difficult jobs, and we ar
e pretty poor; but the next time Mrs
e Logblinker and go abroad on
9 rainy night we takes a barouche i
Il it busts us"