Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-10-15
The Lost and
Found
= ~~NN~~~ - N - N - - - - -
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS
(Copyright)

XKTHEN Sammy left his home town
Wv In America to go far across the
sea to the exhibition at Wembley, he
certainly had not expected to be in
the famous Scotland Yard. However,
Sammy was merely in the lost and
found office of that institution in quest
of his raincoat. He had left 1t on the
bus after day at Wembley.
He had not supposed so many care
less people existed In the whole world
and took up his place patiently on the
fringe of the crowd waiting there at
the various windows to claim lost
property
At least the procedure of claiming
lost raincoats would have seemed tedi-
GUS to Sammy had he not caught sight
of Her. She was standing just behind
and seemingly too fragile part of
that pushing crowd. Sammy edged
aside and managed to place himself
as kind of buffer She had looked
up at him and smiled her thanks, but
II had been lengthy and satisfactory
thanks that went most completely to
Sammy's head.
And during that time, while others
were drawing nearer the officers In
charge of the windows, Sammy had
plenty of time to note all the lovely
things In connection with her. In the
first place, he felt reasonably sure
that she was an American. There was
that frank interest In everything light
ing her eyes In her hand she carried
the letter that Scotland Yard had sent
her telling her that her opal bracelet
had been found
Finally Sammy saw her draw forth
some banknOtes to pay the charge of
three shillings on the pound on the
value of her bracelet and watched her
sign the papers that the officer placed
before her. Sammy glowered at that
officer simply because he was fortu-
nate enough to be holding CONVERSE
ton with her. However Sammy was
keen enough to take in at one glance
the name and address she was writ
ing
After that she turned, looked into
Sammy's eyes again with swift,
sweet farewell and edged her way out
Of the crowd Sammy was also quick
enough to see that she had forgotten
her umbrella and brilliant enough to
take II swiftly from the counter as IL
1t were his own. II was still warm
from the grasp Of her hand.
1t was his turn now ut the window,
l. ~ -. -, . Il
brown raincoat left on bus and all
the time he was wondering II he could
possibly catch up with her or whether
the vast London streets would have
swallowed her up. Anyway, he had
her address. Sammy could afford to
wait. He most certainly would return
the umbrella In person rather than
permit her to stand In that crowd
again In Scotland Yard Office and get
II back through Its proper channel In
this particular case Sammy felt him
self and not Scotland Yard to be the
proper channel
at will save her expense and time
and energy" he told himself and
smiled at kind fate.
But when he went out to the ad-
dress, IS Norland square, next day to
return that umbrella the fates had
played him false.
Miss Weller left yesterday" he
was informed "she went to Scotland
to sail this morning for America. Yes,
she left an address, as she said she
had lost an umbrella" Sammy failed
to hear anything for moment, so
black had the day grown, but he raj
lied and knew that some day some
where he would manage to see that
she got her umbrella. He took down
the address, which proved TO be just
outside Of New York city
In Sammy's pocket on his way home
was a most lovely opal Sammy
had great hopes And out In her gar
den, when late September was hurting
all sorts Of wonderful tawny colors
about the landscape Grace Weller
sighed into the huge bunch OF chrys-
anthemums she had cut.
''Plans can go very much askew,"
she Informed the flowers, but Of course
they didn't know anything about a fine
looking young man who had stood be-
side Grace IN the Office Of Scotland
Yard and looked protectlngly into her
eyes,
"a gentleman to see you, miss"
came swiftly from old Nanny's part
Of the house; "shall just show him
out there-he says It's about an UNI
brella-"
Grace blushed and hid her face
quickly from Nanny.
When their hands finally did meet
1t seemed as II they never could draw
apart. Both Grace and Sammy were
speechless with nerves and neither
found voice now that the big event
had actually happened.
81 brought your umbrella" said
Sammy.
"Oh," said Grace, 81 thank you"
She dropped the dark lashes and
added softly, ~ left ton purpose
Darling" blurted Sammy, then
flushed He laughed then and told her
all the things he had been thinking
during the past weeks and showed her
lovely opal ring with many diamonds
surrounding the stone "And That's
for you-when you say the right
word" he said.
Grace's eyes had already said the