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The Umbrella Gift and a Boston Sunset Encounter
Chauncey Walton ferried through rain on a quiet Boston streetcar where he lends his umbrella to a stranger, later meeting Clarice and Mabel Wright. The umbrella ties a chance romance to a Westward business trip and a wedding plan sparked by a chance return of the loaned shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Walton
Ross
Howain
Tor Phaiggnabttannes Walton
Channery
Chauncey
Clarice Walton
Hint
Tory
Clarice
Pretty Slater
Mabel Wright
Thaye
Oaklands
Mabel
Boston
Chauncey Thoard
Fore
Extravar
Indy
West
Mount Desert
Mable Wright
Man
Amalasy
Oetsber
Hilhaw
Morey
Wright
Seymour
Hoffman
Tilden
Robinson
Cleveland
Hill
Sach
Civil Service
Democrate
Eayn
Edward P. Jones
Grants
Generas Grant
Admiral Ammen
Gopious
North American Review
Grant
General Grant
Nicaragua Canal
Grant Wold
Nicaragoa Canal
Virginia
New York
Mr. Blaine
Bherian
Hoar
Logan
Sherman
Ohio
Massachusetts
South
North
Messrs
Blaine