was goin'--you had the lantern and that umbrella. When you came back,
hollerin' about the light you see in the Cap'n Abner house, you had the
lantern. But the umbrella you didn't have. Now where is it?"

"I don't know, Hannah. I--I--do seem to remember havin' had it, but--"

"Well, I'm glad you remember that much. You lost one of your mittens,
too, but 'twas an old one, so I don't mind that so much. But that
umbrella was your Christmas present and 'twas good gloria silk with
a real gilt-plated handle. I paid two dollars and a quarter for that
umbrella, and I told you never to take it out in a storm because you
were likely to turn it inside out and spile it. If I'd seen you take it
last night I'd have stopped you, but you was gone afore I missed it."

"But--but, consarn it all, Hannah--"

"Don't swear, Kenelm. Profanity won't help you none."

"I wa'n't swearin'. All I say is what's the use of an umbrella if you
can't hist it in a storm? I wouldn't give a darn for a schooner load of
'em when 'twas fair weather. I--I cal'late I--I left it somewheres."

"I cal'late you did. I'm goin' over to the village this mornin' and I'll
stop in at that clubhouse, myself."

"I--I don't believe it's at the clubhouse, Hannah."

"You don't? Why don't you?"

"I--I don't know. I just guess it ain't, that's all. Somethin' seems to