Umbrellas to Mend (1912)
Mrs. Niceman has five umbrellas which need of repair; she instructs her husband "Bunny" to take them to the umbrella hospital on his way to work. He has several previous business matters to attend to and he reaches the umbrella shop at noontime. He delivers them and enters the restaurant next door to satisfy the inner man. Seated at one of the tables, he orders his meal. In the meantime a fussy old maid takes a seat next to him at the table. She carries a pearl-handled umbrella, which she evidently considers a very good one, and to keep it from getting away from her, she has it fastened to her wrist with a rubber band. Mr. Niceman, in a hurry to get back to his office, absent-mindedly seizes her umbrella which refuses to go with him without its owner. She is convinced that it was "Bunny's" intent to steal it and she does not hesitate to accuse him, creating a scene, from which Mr. Niceman hurriedly takes his departure. On his way home that evening, Mr. Niceman stops in the repair shop and gets his umbrellas. Boarding a streetcar, he is seated, comfortably reading his paper, when the old maid whom he met in the restaurant, enters and takes a seat next to him. She recognizes him and her eyes alight on the five umbrellas. She concludes he has stolen them, as he tried to steal hers. She tells him and when he denies it, makes such a fuss, a policeman is called and Mr. Niceman is arrested. He is taken to the station house and his wife is notified of his dilemma. She hurriedly comes to his assistance, explaining his possession of the "rainshedders." The sergeant accepts her explanations and honorably discharges her husband. The scrappy and crabbed old maid is horribly chagrined, her mortification greatly intensified by the laughter from those who followed them to the police station.
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