Show WHY UMBRELLA WAS RETURNED something of a joke on the lat henry ward beecher wr w r among the financial friends ot of the great preacher was one old broker in new york an aggressive argress ive unitarian Uni tarlan which sect he often said bore the trade mark of honesty one day he met mr beecher hurrying toward t wall street ferry to avoid the down pour of a sudden rainstorm take my umbrella said the broker I 1 don t need it the coming r bus takes me to my door at the ferry mr beecher met a lady a prominent church worker of a sister church who having no umbrella was lamenting her inability to reach her car safely the urbane preacher forced the umbrella upon her as he said I 1 will be out your way tomor to tg mor row and will call and get it two hours later as mr beecher was sitting in the old arm chair in hia his study the doorbell rang and when he responded to the call a boy hurriedly presented him with an umbrella to gether with an unsealed note which read dear mr air beecher my husband mr M demands that I 1 return the umbrella you so kindly loaned me at once and join him in saying that un der the circumstances the pleasure of an anticipated call Is upon opening the umbrella you will become more fully advised of our 34 united action the great expounder of truth and honesty was horrified when upon opening the umbrella he discovered a lasted pasted slip upon which was written in A a bold round hand stolen by some presbyterian resby terian thief |