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Show The CmbrelU freeed l.treilTe Horn leu, tba famoua Parlalan wit, wm one day caught In a abower and forrttttu iwck refuge In a doorway of tba oner bout. It waa 0 o'clock already, and be bad an tngacemcut In tba Cafe da 1-arle for tbat very hour, Tba rain fell In torrent. tor-rent. There wm no carriage to be bwL He bail no umbrella. What waa to La doner While be waa lamenting ble bed luck a gentleman with a targe uinbnlla Ft by, I lom leu wu eHied with a aud den Iniplratlon. He rtulml out and grujl tha at ranger by the arm, and gravely I natal ltd blmaetf under tba protecting pro-tecting umbrella. "Iain overjoyed to are you," be Immediately Imme-diately Uiian, "1 bate been looklug fur you tr twoweeka, I wanted to tell you about Clementina." Without gt ring the at ranger time In ex prvw bl eurprlae, llomleu rattled away with gowlp aud anecdote until be bad e tha unknown companion to tba door of tho Cafe d rarla, Tbeu be gUnred at blm with a fjr of well frlgnetl alonlbment. "ranton, monaleur," be tried; "Iteeema lam inlitaken." "1 Iwllevn ao," aald tha atranger, "Good gratloual" a'ldt Homlen, "IU Oltcrteti don't rcpoat what 1 bare told you." 'I prom tta yon." "Atbouaand j-ardon!" ltotnleu btutenM within the cafe, and, amid great laughter, told the adveuture to LUfrlenda. Suddenly one of tbemaalli "Vour cravat I rumpled," llomleu put bl band to ble neck and turned pel. J. plr.-i valuable aa I Lire waa gone. On further examination U pur- and watch were found to be fcooa, Ibe man with tba umbrella Haaaplck pocktu-aUpdon lit lllu, |