The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-02-10

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stss that the threw herself II voau..
tarity. One thing 10 certain. that o..
cry four years, on the 18th Of FeE.1.
aEy. she traversess the psi on her
way 70 the rendezvous. ana her pass.
ting Is alvey III. I'd by some VI.
usually ct j .idsat, somethi :.
queer, ycN y CIV 1t is as ii she Wa
deternsiMet 80 10 te forgotten
1. III II he'd been anywhere else than
~ this sLcp. with onlysthe two won.
q Tor aa3ienee,- T. would. hive
ruf yed sTsi shoulders, but. curiosity
FSee IL better Of ny skepticism.
Lid you ~.er hear asked I, that
d bad weather the phantom q Ber.
The 6albris sometimes lent tn vmbrsL
j. to A5soeksd pedsstriSnr
The wine seller burst into I l6ud
laugh.
~ know nothing about IT, replied
the old woman. but there are soms
people who laugh and who won't u
ways laugh
"At this I rose and went out. leav.
ing the umbrella In the corner where
! had placed It. What was my sur.
prise on reaching home to find 1t in
+ my dining room! It vas vide open
before the IRE drying itself.
Aarsuerits.' said to the eerv.
ant. 'did someone come in during my
abSsAeef'
No. monsieur
.Whsrs did this umbrella cone
fsour
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] eeSod ~ umbrella u he ssss1.
Il Ind paees1 issslS n tAe raca q.
tween two canes.
1T sssNs % b sSstiasta.. NOR.
INJURED / hut Il isn't eea.e y have the
llett wof1.' aAl % I roaAAel fer q eane
tAs handle q tAe umbrslla cane into
~ s14sp. 4 ser.4sA.it With ~ Win
" 0OSsso8 ~ u n 0vy0
u Tie cost q Q crime. Whea I sot .
little way from my aoaes ebaee. came
. sudden downpour q rain, aaA I
thought to myself with . laugh:
"'Is II . barometer % we'll q a
umbrellar
7 WAS going TO my lawyers. I d.
posted the specter.umbrella In the
entry. and the clerk showed me into
the chiefs ONCE. After having die.
cussed the business I had on hand I
was making for the door when the
lawyer called me back and said:
=" You are forgetting your umbrsl.
u. What possessed you.' he added,
TO stand It IN. your hat?'
In fact I perceived my hat on the
carpet, and the umbrella WAS using It
as q basin into which 1t was dripping.
That Vas too much. I went out With
out q word and began to feel uneasy.
What was TO do? Smash this ridio,
ulous prosecutor, and throw its pieces
to the winds? But to begin with the
thing did not belong to me. and Who
could cay what vengeance It might
have brought down on me. charged
(as II evidently Was). with mis-.
sion! What could I do. humble detain.
Or Of an umbrella from the other
world?
my nights became atrocious. II
succeeded in falling asleep for an
instant the umbrella appeared to me
with q bats head and Mapping wings.
TO what ruses have not had recourse
IN order to rid myself Of the persecu.
tons Of that accursed object! Once
when . little beggar was holding out
his hand to me:
Here said I, here 10 four cents.
and besides I will make you Q pres.
ent Of this umbrella
Thank you, MONSIEUR cried he,
But the umbrella slipped from my nm
gers. How heavy It u.s. cried the lit
tie fellow. I could never carry it,
And as fastened my steps saw that
the rubber catch had twisted itself
around q button on the back Of my
coat, and that was trailing the fatal
thing like the tail Of q kite.
This misery. lasted four years. I
was counting on leap-year to put an
end to IT. February %! To-day was
February 20! / went to the plain Of
Grenelle ct four O'Clock IN the after.
noon. In the middle I. thought I saw
. shadow. held out 'tAs Umbrella,
saying: Thank you. maAsmoisells!'
A tie unhsslla svas ,gs9lly drawn
ont Of ny 4and and disaypsafedi NJ
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