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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 21, 1908. V.
SHE ESCAPES A BULL.
'1t really seems as if balloons had come to,
earth to stay,"
SaidFluffy Pvuffles'maiaen aunt one lovely
summer's day
'You mean it seems as if balloons were
staying in the sky.
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lyby."
j (The-two were spending several days al
Blennerhaven Green.)
'They say," Aunt Mary said, "that that
belongs tovMr. Dean,
"The man you met in Florida." Said
Fluffv. "Yes. I know.
"1 wish he'd ask me up to ride. I'd
really love to go."
Next day Joe Traddles came to call and
asked her out to walk.
And as they passed o'er verdant meads
they sc engaged in talk
They did not .notice that a bull (a Devon
thoroughbred)
Was taking note tf Fluffy scarf the.
color beinc red. 'I
With tail erect and lowered horns the
bull pursued the pair.
Who, calmly walking on their way. knew
not that he was there.
Now up aloft, young Mr. Dean in his
"cigar" balloon, ,
.SaW Fluffy. Traddles and the bull and
saw them none too soon.
His cries of Warning from above caused
both to raise their eyes,
And-when they saw him coming down,
intense was their surprise.
And when they heard the roaring bull,
intense was their dismay.
But Mr. Dean in calmest tones said,
Won't you come this way?
The bull, with malice in his eye, came
plunging on the scene, : v . -.
But reached the spot to see the two depart
with Mr. Dean.
Said Traddles as he shook Dean's hand,
"Y ou reached us just in time."
What fun!" said Fluffy (thoughtless
Till '
child), "No noise, no smell, no grime." A JV v UL-X-. X '
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