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Show MYSTERY OF THE UMBRELLA Pittsburg Shopkeeper Wondered About It for Many Days Simple, After All. Uthu. In tho mdst of a driving rainstorm one day recently the owner of a small store on a North sldo street corner was Btartlcd by tho violent oponlng of tho door nnd tho sound of rushing feet Hastily dropping the work sho was doing In the rear room, she hurried hur-ried toward the front of tho store Just In time to soe the door slammed shut and a strange man running away at top speed When sho reached the door he had disappeared, but when sho turned to Investigate sho was astonished to behold a handsomo gold-handlod gold-handlod silk umbrella, dripping with moisture, lying on tho showcase. Surprlso, alarm and complete mystification mysti-fication were mingled What possible, explanation could there be of a stranger stran-ger dashing Into her place In the midst of a drenching downpour, leaving leav-ing his fine umbrella without a word of explanation, and rushing forth Into the rain without it? The more she thought about it the deeper grew the mystery She related re-lated tho Incident to her customer. Not one of them could offer a plausi ble solution. She Dually concluded the man wa crazy, and she felt profoundly pro-foundly thankful that ho had done r. worse. Then one day a second stranger ap peared. He was almost as mysterious as the first. lie produced a letter and handed It to the storekeeper It was dated Chicago and re&d: "Dear Tom; I left your umbrella in the little storo at the corner near your houso. Jiut had time to grab a car, so failed to explain to storekeeper store-keeper Left It on showcase Hope you recover It O. K " "Well, I declare," was all the little storekeeper could gasp as sho produced pro-duced the umbrella. "How slmplo It was, after nil."-Pittsburg Qazetto-Times |