380 ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE. LANDS.

rella was a friend in need. For some time, though, people poked fun at
the male user of an umbrella. Now you know they are very common
with the English-speaking people. If all the styles of umbrellas
in Concord alone, say, should take it into their wooden or ivory heads
to get up a procession and walk off, what a sight it would be!
“Tt is in the Hast, that the umbrella is used so much, and
there it may signify a good deal. In Siam, it is a sign of rank,
and it may indicate also degrees of rank. A nobleman can carry
an umbrella with a single top, but the king may have a series of
such roofs- above his head. When we get to Burmah, the king has
a name derived from the umbrella: Lord of the Twenty-four Umbrellas.”
“That would be a two-dozen decker, wouldn’t it, Uncle Nat?”
asked Ralph, while Rick thought if the king would stand from under,
his umbrella would be a nice thing to fire snow-balls at, and a sure

pop every time!

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