The Sunday Oregonian., August 09, 1908, Magazine Section, Image 54

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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAK PORTLAND, AUGUST 9, 1908,
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- TR ADDLES TRIES" AGAIN.
"Of all the men that I have met' said Fluffs maiden aunt,
Joe Traddles is the human-est. He's- awkward that I grant,
But if you gave him half a chance to show what he could do
Pm sure he'd risk both life and limb to prove ..his love for you.1
Said Fluffy Baffles with a pout, "Of all the men I've struck
:V... That poor Joe Traddles seems to have the very meanest luck.
And if I were to marry him and be his faithful wife
Tti 1 I. u . ,rwx, Aiir tVr-iirrKrnf our married life."
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"But still you'll give him one more chance? Now,! won't you, Fluffy, dear?
"I always give him one more chance. That's why it seems so queer.,
Some days I think I like him, then he doesn't come. to: call.
And then he calls to see me and I like him not ar all.
To-day he isn't coming, and to-day I'm . fond of him. '
"Why, who's that coming here on foot? You look.' my. sight is dim."1
"It's he, I wonder what he wants." "You vtonder. How you talk I
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Of course he s come to ask you out to take a uttie- warn
throuoh the fracrant fields and Traddles with his stick
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Went whipping at the flowers as the easiest way to pick.
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He laid them low, then picked them up and handed tnemw ner. v
"Miss Fluffy, I would like to say" (her heart began to stir).
The words he wanted would not come, he fanned the summer air.
And cut the turf up with his stick (a form of silent swear).
"Miss Fluffy, have you ever thought" 7-. "Oh, yes," said Fluffy, "ofr
I mean, Miss Flurry, have you thought ot mer' nere uosepn wuyica
"I'm thinking of you now," said she. "Do you forget the rest ?"
His mouth he opened, waved his stick and hit a hornets' nest.
The angry hornets came in droves, they came in swarms as well ;
Tkow alert -am in u 7i77raft clouds, and on ooor Joseph fell.
. He tore his coat from off his 'back" and covered Fluffy's head,
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Then, seizing her around the waist, across the neids ne spea.
iH not soeak. and FlufFv was alarmed.
Yet, though quite dumb, he smiled with joy, for Fluffy was unhar
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