The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-25

caSO ana never
ku---uu-...-s--u-u.uu.uu.uuaus saw an umbrella
again What are these initials? F.
C. NJ l wonder whose it is? Well
my letter.
Susan and 1 came downtown to shor
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. c. y. 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 ideal What in the
world am ] thinking Of? Wouldn't t
Tom scold me If he knew what came
into my head just now?
I must finish this letter to Tom.
boy at home. can hardly walt
to see YOU / am awfully glad you can
come up for day at the end Of the
That's good silk umbrella. 1t
must have cost five dollars at least.
Somebody will come in here and walk
off with it. / haven't even cheap
one that's decent to carry. believe
I've as much right Goodnessi 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 on it,
Everybody viii be delighted to see
YOU, especially me-that is l. Don't for
get to bring the umb-
Well, l declared If I'm not even
writing about this umbrellal 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 we're
mine
4 wonder who picked up the UNI
brella I left here that other time. She
must have done it in a hurry, for
missed it soon and came right back
for it. Well, l 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 took
Get thee behind me, umbrellal
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. +.
c. ~ evidently thought it was going
to rain.
oh, how tiresomel told Susan Il
would take me only minute to write
this letter. She viii be getting impa.
tient think III finish it after"
Excuse me" said a 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
of with it. People are INSCRIPTIONS.
Why"
We'll, Florence Cameroni" ex.
claimed the young woman at the desk.
y thought l recognized that voice.
Where 6id you come from?"
Frances Melversi You dear thing
Wasn't it lucky that forgot my UNI
brella?"
1t was luckier that / had a rag of
conscience left I've been dying to
walk of with your umbrella ever since
l noticed that it was a good one, and
that the initials on 1t were nearly my
own. That reminds me, child. Have
you been walking OF with somebody's
Or"
I've been walking of with some.
bodys name. The name / have stolen
happens to be Norris"
What surprise. Arn't people ter.
rible INSCRIPTIONS when Il comes 70
stealing names--and umbrellas7"