The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-07-24

Ancient Mariner Has Trying Day
in Boston Town.
And He Will Find Many to Agree With
Him In His Positive Assertion
That "UmbreIlies Is Dan
oerous Weapons"

heard sigh behind me as un-
folded my favorite evening snee
Someone settled into the seat and rest
cd YEARLY against me. exhumed my
self from my sheet and stole SUE
long glance. In the little ieathery ihan
with the nervous bit of chin MINISTER'S
I recognized Cap'n Ezra Godskihs u
our town.
His mild blue eye caught mine ana
T wished him good evening. he re-
piled with another sigh and the cryp-
tic remark, .Umbrellies is dangerous
weanons.- Then, like another and pet
ter known Ancient Mariner. ne seelnea
unable to contain himself and iauncneu
forth into the subject that was tortur-
| ing his soul.
This is the captains plant
i ~ come into town this mornhi
haarin. no man any malice. 1t looked
like rain. but didn't calclate to let
that spoil my good nature. MOST every
ono hut me was totin' a umbreliy.
i ~ was bumpin along in the crown
ieavin, the station an just al tne gu.
i trance was surrounded Dy lve iae
did ladies who was so interested In oe-
cidin' where they was goin' TO meet
i for. lunch that they didn't notice tnal
T was standin' in the middle of the con-
4 feerunce an gettin' the benent OF an
4 the emphasis of the pointin' they olu
Z with their umbrellies.
i IA lady pointin' one direction VIII
a parasol wants to look where's sne ?
a-pointin'. 49,
.I suuoze out of there just In time
y 10 get gouged in the nigh leg by 2
s. vonnr Teller that carried his umbreily
sfrapped to the side Of his valise. he
gave me a nasty look for bein' there
III / started up the street and see q lei s.i'
Ter ahead Of me carryin' his umDrelly
over his shoulder like musket. he
turned to look into a store winder anu
bumped a old man into the side OF gne
head with the muzzle of his weapon
They had some words.
sak Young girl that looked bright
, oe.n; q, "a know better was carryin' hel
i nnmbrelly in the middle and talkin' sc
3 fast at the same time l guess snt
!; didn't know She was proddin' z folks
, both ahead and behind as though sns
! might be sayin' Get up, Jessie g
9 Tong, Bil1si'
!. "a tall felfer with black ribbon OF
a fis eve glasses was whirlin' his sim
q iH,mbreIly around by the handle, thereD.
2 Settfn' most of the sidewalk and 10
unreasonable opinion for himself
n He varied this little by susin' 1t q
4 cane. swingin' 1t well out In iron
And behind. Every once in a Will
n It swang into some ones shanks Q
stabbed 'em in the instep. He sur
II had the comfort an safety OF othe
folks in mind.
"People used 'em as wedges to &c
into the crowd and as pry to get ou
one young Teller see was standif
on the edge of the sidewalk, leanir
back on his umbrelly and ta1kin' to
friend of his'n. Some Teller goil
along mindin' HIS own business caugf
his toe in 1t and brought the lad dow
at neat as nfnepin.
NOW ii he had had his umbrell
hantin' down straight from his han
the way it should ha' been an bee
roin, about his business instead
blockin' up the sidewalk he wouldn
had to go home and changed b
breeches.
sThe trouble IS that folks who carr
I umbrelly SO it didn't interfere wit
anybody else IS generally the ones TIL
gets jabbed.
II amt. got the heart to speak
umbrellies when folks carries e