School: Cill Gharbh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 10499)
- Location:
- Kilgarriff, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Adelaide Mac Carthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 037
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- (continued from previous page)in and sat down at the same table with me. I was the first to finish, however, and getting up I absent-mindedly picked up her umbrella and started for the door. She called out to me and reminded me that I had her umbrella, whereupon I returned it to her with much embarrassament and many apologies. This incident served to impress the subject more deeply on my mind, so on my way home in the evening I called for my umbrellas, bought a newspaper, and boarded a street-car. I was deeply engrossed in my newspaper, having placed the five umbrellas alongside of me in the car, but all at once I had a peculiar feeling of some one staring at me. Suddenly I looked up from my paper, and was surprized to see sitting directly opposite me the same young woman I had met in the restaurant. She had a broad smile on her face, and looking straight into my eyes she said knowingly. You've had a successful day, to-day, havent you."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonakilty, Co. Cork
