The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-20

again. What are these initials? F.
c. NJ | wonder whose it is? Well,
my letter.
Susan and 1 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, tits funny about those initials
F. c. N 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.
If Why, the idea. What in the
world am l 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 good silk umbrella. It
must have cost five dollars at least.
Somebody will come in here and walk
off with it. l haven't even a cheap
one that's decent to carry. I believe
I've as much right Goodness! If
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 onsett
everybody viii be delighted To, See
you, especially me-that is. Is Dor 3 for
get to bring the umb- ~ ~
We'll, declare. If I'm nSt even
writing about this umhrel IL, / can't
think of anything else. Itsx rolled up
neatly, as if it belong ed to some trim
tailor-made girl ,Fnp Swouldn't be so
careless as to forget 1t except under
great proyocc,tion. Now, if it were
mine
woneser who picked up the UNI
brella left here that other time. She
NUS have done it in a hurry. for I
nzssed it soon and came right back
I0r 1t. Well, hope she enjoyed it.
| suppose there are lots of women
who would walk off with somebody
elses umbrella and think nothing of
1t. I've just as much right to this
umbrella as anybody who doesn't own
it. If / took
Get thee behind me, umbrella,
Say, isn't Satan the limit?
What was ! writing? Don't forget
to bring the umb-' What was it |
wanted him to bring? Oh, remem.
Der.
my bathing suit and your own
Susan's home is only two blocks from
a 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 when we started
downtown. If it goes to raining hard
Susan and | simply can't keep from
getting wet under one umbrella. F.
c. NJ evidently thought it was going
to rain.
"Oh, how tiresome! 1 told Susan it
would take me only a minute to write
his letter She will be getting impa.
tent. l think I'll finish it after"
Excuse me-" said a voice from be-
hind. Did leave my umbrella here?
rhe initials are r. c. ~. Yes. here
L TO- IL JOu Dttu SlILlnR mere
'ome one surely would have walked
'ff with it. People are INSCRIPTIONS.
Why"
We'll, Florence Cameron" ex.
claimed the young woman at the desk.
i thought l recognized that voice.
Where did you come FROM"
Frances Melvers! You dear thing,
Wasn't 1t lucky that forgot my UNI
'rella?"
1T was luckier that l had a rag of
Conscience left. I've been dying to |
Walk off with your umbrella ever since |
noticed that 1t was a good one. and
hat the initials on 1t were nearly my
wn. That reminds me, child. Have
GU been walking OF with somebody's
UMBRELLA, Or"
1--we been walking of with some
ody's name. The name have stolen
appens to be Norris
What surprise. Arn't people ter
lble INSCRIPTIONS when 1t comes to