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" per Syndicate W'lU WlU WNUSer ' Ser iceTWO ice TWO umbrellas and two young youngpeople youngpeople * people coll colI toll ded at the corner He Hewas Hewas Hewas was on his h1S feet fect at once helping helpingtheg the theg theg -theg theg - g rl he had so un ntentionally ntcnuonally upset upsetFor upsetFor upsetFor For a few moS moSHORTments mo moS SHORTments S H H 0 0 R D T Tments T ments he blockedthe blockedthe blocked - " the sidewalk trafficSHORT trafficSHORT traffic trafficc SHORTtrymg SHORTtrying SHORT c u f ) D T trymg trying ' "sto sto " to "y y say " 1m Ira 1msorry IraSorry I m * V I sorry I begvour par parS parC Vf\ Vf VfB Vff \ B \ don but his tongue tonguerefused tonguerefused 5 S tongue3 TO R Y Ydon \f f I / tv T refused to move Hedid Hedid He Hedid did nothng noth notti ng but look lookand lookand lookand and look into the starry eyes and andat andat andat at the beautiful glowing glowmg face facc Con Confused Confused Confused fused she boved boed hived bo \ed ed \ formally mm mmgling mmgimg glmg gling with the crowd of home gomg going goingcommuters goingcommuters goingcommutersWith commuters commutersWith With a buoyant step he . went v.ent vent to tohis tohis hIs suburban home Somehow his hisheavy hisheavy hisheavy heavy blick bhek black umbrella had grown 1 grown1 ghter and even evcn the color had been beenchanged beenchanged beenchanged changed taking takmg on the hue of the thetrees thetrees thetrees trees and grassRLs grassHis grass grassHis His RLs sister slster greeted him h1m with all allthe allthe allthe the abandon of her 14 years HI Hr Hrthere HIthere Hithere there Philip Phlhp Wnght Wr1ght Wright whose umbrel umbrella umbrella la did you pinch pmch ? Lemme look lookWhee lookWheel lookWhee Whee Wheel ' ' Green sllkl tilk silk ! ! . And .And lookit looklt the thename thename name s on the inside mSlde It s-gct s gct s-get get s - get out outof outot of my way Phil Oh now Phlhp Philip Philipam Phihpam am t you the meanest ' ' But her brother despite his dig digmty dignity dignity mty nity as bachelor of laws recap recaptured recaptured recaptured tured the umbrella and hastened hastgned hast n d tg tohts . bfs Ms ioom Loom roon ? Woven Woven In 1n the the cloth 'Were Were 'Werethe ' werethe e e ethe the words Nancy SmIthPhilip SmithPhilip Smith SmithPhilip Philip Wnght Wright was a man of ac acuon action action uon tion He reached for the telephone telephonedirectory telephonedirectory telephonedirectory directory There were exactly 18 18columns 18columns columns of Smiths with 215 Smiths Smithsto Smithsto to a column not counting countmg those thosewho thosewho thosewho who spelled spellcd their name with y or ora ora ora a final eHe eHe e eHe He took the f frst rst one listed-Aaron listed Aaron listedAaronSmithand listed - AaronSmith Smith-and Smith and - and spoke into mto the mouth mouthpIece mouthpiece mouthpiece pIece Hello Is this Mr Aaron AaronSmithy AaronSmith7 Smith Smithy " Well have you a green greendaughterno greendaughterno greendaughter daughter-no daughter no - no not no ' ' I mean have you youan youan youan an umbrella by the name of o1 Nancy NancyWhat ? What s that that7 that7oi " ? \o\i o i Lou \ ou \ haven t any anydaughters anydaughters anydaughters daughters or umbrellas either7 either " ' You Youhave Youhave Youhave have my deepest sympathy Good Goodby Goodby Goodby GoodbyThen by byThen Then he tried Abednego Sm1thv.ho Smithwho Smith Sm1th Smithft ft . v.ho vho who ho proved to be a bachelor He Hewas Hewas was very courteous as all Smiths Smithsare Smithsare Smithsare are and wished him success ! in n the thequest thequest thequest quest of Nancy Why not try the theradIo theradio theradio radIo ? suggested Abednego and andPhIlip andPhilip andPhilip PhIlip hastened to the nearest nearestbroadcastmg nearestbroadcastmg nearestbroadcasting broadcastmg station stationRadio staho station stationRadio f Radio tans fans that night mght tuning tunmg in inI inon Inon Inon I on UNO XYZ heard the sonorous sonorousI sonorousvOice sonorousvoice sonorousvoice I vOice of the announcer U If the theyoung theyoung theyoung young lady who lost her green silk silkumbrella silkumbrella silkumbrella umbrella th s s afternoon at the cor corner corner corner ner of Black and Blue streets w111 will willdall willcall dall < ! al1 at " * No "To To Io 85 Main Mam street Room Room712 712 city she will receive the afore aforesaid aforesaid atoresaid said articleThe articleThe article articleThe The speaker contnued cont nued Now Nowg g ris rls here s your chance The find finder finder finder er is a young man of sterling sterlmg worth worthhandsome worthhandsome worthhandsome handsome unmarried six feet has hasa hasa a strong Jaw law ] aw and I suspect a strongarm strongarm strong | arm All in m all g ris rls it 1f if I were you youI youI I d claim that green silk umbrella umbrellaeven umbrellaeven umbrellaeven even it If the one I lost was fiery red redOh redOh redOh Oh my I forgot one th ng The Thename Thename Thename name is woven on the mSldeMen insideMen inside mSlde insideMen Men women young girls and chll chil chlldren children children dren answered ans\\ered ans ered \ the adveru advertwement advertisementbut < ement , , but Nancy Smith failed td mate matenahze materealize matenahze matenahzeThen nahze realize nahzeThen realizeThen Then Phihp Phlhp Philip used the lost and andfound andfound andfound found column ot of four prominent prominentdalhes prominentdailies prominentdailies dalhes dailies keeping keepmg the notice m In tor for many weeksIt weeksIt weeks weeksIt It was neanng nearmg nearing the close of a sum summer summer summer mer day Phihp Phll1p Philip packed his hlS brIef brIefca briefca briefca ca e a methodically locked his desk deskand deskand deskand and then stared gravely at the trees treesm treesin treesm m in the park His quest so far farhad farhad tarhad had been futile and yet always be before before before fore him was the vision of a girl girlon girlon girlon on whose face fClce was spiritually spmtually wrIt wrItten written written ten Her pr ce cc is tar far above aboverublcs aboverubies aboverubies aboverubiesHe rublcs rubies rublcsHe rubiesHe He was startled by his office boy boywho boywho boywho who la d a visiting card on the desk deskPhilip deskPhilip deskPhihp Philip read M ss as Nancy Sm thArtist thArtist th -Artist Artist - Artist Instantly ArtistInstantly eagerly he command commanded ed Sho Shov v her m-at m at in-at in in - at cnceWith onceWith once cnce onceWith With a s nkmg heart Phil p be beheld beheld beheld held the woman : advancing :1dvanemg 1dvanemg toward towardh h m She Sheft was -ft ft v . - as short sixty SlXty five of ofgreat ofgreat otgreat great dec sion slon and the possessor of ofa ofa ofa a nose which s sl ) o 0 ved character if of not notbeauty notbeauty notbeauty beauty In her hands she carr ed eda eda eda a large black blaek umbrella with the thenamePhil thenamePhil thename name-Phil name Phil - Phil p Wr g'1t-engraved g'1t g1t engraved gM-engraved gM ght ' - engraved on onthe onthe onthe the silver bandYoung bandYoung band bandYoung Young man she began crisply crisplyI I understand you have h:1ve h1ve : my umbrella umbrella umbrel | la Green silk-name silk name silk - name Nancy Smith Smithwoven Smithwoven Smithwoven woven in the cloth Pearl handle handleand handleand handleand and on the strap str:1p str1p : is 1S a tiny tmy cup eup d dOh dOh dOh Oh thank you and here is 1S yours yoursI I owe ov.e ove one . you an apology for keep kecp ng rig It Itso itso itso so long longShe < ; She he paused You see my n ece eee ecewho eeewho ecewho who is also my namesal e-Nancy e Nancy a-Nancy a aNancySmithhere eNancySmithhere e - NancySmith Smith-here Smith here - here young man do you yourealize yourealize youreali2e realize that you are twisting my myarm myarm myarm arm off off7 offv " As I was about to say saywe saywe saywe we have h:1ve h1ve : been beE'n ' to Europe pamtmg painting pamtmgItahan paintingItalian paintingItalian Itahan Italian sunsets She s an artist too tooOne tooOne tooOne One evening evenmg we received recelvcd from home homea a bundle ot of o1 papers Nancy Jr can canceled canceled canceled celed a dinner dmner engagement and de devoured devoured devoured voured the news Suddenly she be became became became came excited and rushed around the theroom theroom theroom room ituffing stuffing clothes into mto a trunk trunkdec:1armg trunkdeclaring trunkdeclaring dec:1armg dec1armg declaring : that she was going gomg home homeon homeon homeon on the next neJtt steamer-that steamer that steamer - that she must mustreturn mustreturn mustreturn return a black umbrellaThat umbrellaThat umbrella umbrellaThat That s about all aU She s down 1D in 1Dthe inthe inthe the vestlbule-well vestlbule well vestibule-well vestibule vestibule - - well well where s > be he begomg hegoing hegoing gomg going so fast fast7 " ' Should think he was wason wason wason on a track teamShe teamShe team teamShe She carefully adjusted adlusted the strap strapof strapof strapot of the umbrella remarking remarkmg wistful wistfully wistfully wistfulIy ly to the cupid cup1d I d give ten thou thousand thousand thousand sand silk umbrellas it if I could be bs beyoung bsyoung byoung * young and beloved like Nanc Nancy NancySmith ) " ' srnltb Smith . . 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