The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03


c. NJ | wonder whosessit is? Well,
my letter.
Susan and / came downtown to shop
this morning, but I've slipped off from
her to write to my dear
Say" she thought, laying down her
pen, its funny about those initials.
F. G. NJ are my initials, all but the
N, and it would be easy as anything
to change that N into an NJ An UNI
brella is common property. At least
everybody says so, and then laughs.
world am / thinking of? Wouldn't
Tom scold me if he knew what came
into my head just now?
Il must finish this letter to Tom
boy at home. L can hardly wait
to see you 1 am awfully glad you can
come up for a day at the end of the
week, for
That's a good silk umbrella. 1t
must have cost five dollars at least.
Somebody will come in here and walk
off with it. | haven't even a cheap
one that's decent to carry | believe
I've as much right Goodness! If
l go on this way I'll be stealing that
umbrella presently. An umbrella
thief! Not even as good an UNI
brella as this is worth the hurt to
ones conscience, particularly when
it has somebody's else's initials on it.
Everybody will be delighted to see
you, especially me-that is, l. Don't for
get to bring the umb-
well, [ declare! If I'm not even
writing about this umbrella! | can't
think of anything else. It's rolled up
neatly, as if it belonged to some trim
tailor-made girl who wouldn't be so
careless as to forget it except under
great provocation. Now, if it were
mine
Il wonder who picked up the UNI
brella l left here that other time. She
must have done it in a hurry, for
missed it soon and came right back
for it. Well, 1 hope she enjoyed it,
suppose there are lots of women
who would walk off with somebody
else's umbrella and think nothing of
it. I've just as much right to this
umbrella as anybody who doesn't own
it. If I took
Get thee behind me, umbrella!
Say, isn't Satan the limit?
What was 1 writing? Don't forget
to bring the umb-' What was it |
wanted him to bring? Oh, l remem-
Der.
Susans home is only two blocks from
bathing beach and when this rainy
weather ceases
BY the way, if this rainy weather
keeps up I've got to get an umbrella
1t looked like rain VEN we started
downtown. If it goes to raining hard
Susan and l simply can't keep from
getting wet under one umbrella Fl.
c. NJ evidently thought it was going
to rain.
"Oh, how tiresome! / told Susan 1t
would take me only a minute to write
this letter She will be getting impa-
tient. ] think I'll finish it after"
Excuse me- said voice from be-
hind. did leave my umbrella here?
The initials are F. C. NJ Yes, here
it is. If you hadn't been sitting here
some one surely would have walked |
off with it. People are INSCRIPTIONS. |
Why
Well, Florence Cameron" ex-
claimed the young woman at the desk.
Il thought l recognized that voice |
Where did you come FROM
Frances Melvers! You dear thing. |
Wasn't it lucky that forgot my UNI
brella?''
TT was luckier that had rag of |
conscience left. I've been dying to !
walk off with your umbrella ever since
noticed that it was good one, and |
that the initials on it were nearly my |
own. That reminds me, child. Have |
you been walking off with somebody's
umbrella, Or
1--WE been walking eff with some
body's name. The name have stolen
happens to be Norris
What a surprise. Amt people ter
rible INSCRIPTIONS when it couaa to |
stealing names-and umbrellas r.