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r 7 ' M SEGTlpN ... k: ; k I- TVP7?. il-.. Hi U if '.: i PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1910 1 1 t .: '.a- I wented to buy a valumtime Tor Gwtndylin' Tangeline Slay, 'at'a my bestes girl, an I bayed a n'orful : fbu-ful one, wif lace ah' gold an' little boys dressed up in wingses, orful bu-ful, an' I aee'd lots o poor, ugly. - little girla what didn't have no valumtimes at all . q I er I putted on a pair o golden wingses, an I V tooked a lot o valumtimes an' I flewedaroun' ever'wher an' gived 'em all some, an I played 'at I was a sure- , nuff Cupjd. , H , ; 1 , ; - : , - , ' C X! " " An I 'joyed flying 'round so much an;somebuddy:was'shoot!n p1dgins,'anlie fougKi 'at Iwas!dgln' ' an he shooted at me but he missed ine, I guess, an' some other buddy was a-ridin' in a n'airship, an'--an I " sed, "Hi therl" I sed. An' they stopped an I gotted a-board, an they sed, "Why I . See who's heret? An';I sed, MIIow-dy do, Folkses," 'JLaed. "Here's Cupid I" - What-chc-know-'bout-.'at f) . ', ' h ' 1 1 I' ' i ' i 1 1 i ii" i ' 1 . 7 1 r G.r- KY . ! J, ' An ther' was a gemplum an n'orful pretty lady on the airship. They was orful nice to me, an' laffed, an' when I 'menced to "shiwle';'cause it was orful cold up 'therV they gived mea shawl an an some candy, i an' 'en they fo'rgetted all 'bout me an'-jus talked to themselfs, an' they mus. bin bruwers, 'cause they ; was kissin each other, an I gotted tired o it ther,'an an I found a pafaa parasol, an' I.opened it, an I xcaped. Jl ' ; ,; : 1" ' " J V " . v i ' had my wingses too, an I stopped in a field, an' ther was a whole lot o cowses eatin- snow, an' they sed, "Moo- ' ' ' oo-oo. t Here's Cupid 1" An' I thinked maybe those cows might bite me, an' I sed, "You go -'way ther ; naughty fing." : An 'en the cowses all laffed like; annyfing. an I didn't like 'em arniywayi, an. IerJ j flyed away from ther', , ; ' ' ' . ' , i r mi i in i ' I, i 1 1 i i i , ' , .. f' . , " "-j.- m fejj" 'n wwi .'.b-',-""? t linnnil- -k .,..1 ... . a.y. ' ... B I 1 ' f 'En I wtuted to a house an' I Vented" into the tack door an ther" was a cock lady wif a 'plaid apron, an'' V an' a P'liceman was ther,too, an' they mustnf bin bruwers too, cause he was rivin' her a kiss.-: An' they i' didn't notice me at all. An' I sed, "Ahem! Good MorninV Misses Cook Lady, I sed. "Happy Valumtimes I" " T tin1 an' Iliatr'iiimnA TitrA a nturflrt rw Ql1il"A fln 1oVai lvi0 ftvrstA ; " I . .in: -ir- ; 35 '.;:S;'v:?:;-:ws ;:; V 'En tbVCoof tady gived me'some'coob'es.anC'en'" I wented home J6 get"drtis.cdt an' thetl was a spkr-'.f-erous lot o valumtimes for me, "bout seventy or tenty buriderd, or six, anx bu-fulest pickshers, an one o' um sed, "Won't you be my Vahnntime, , My hart is thine, from neck to hem, ' ; Oh, you Kiddo, 'cause you're mine.1 . - .Ain't this a good -Valumtime? G. V. M." V 7 P. S. "Harl HarL WlMthe-know-'bout-'atr'Lrink G, V. M. means "Gwendylin 'Vangcline. lUy," 'don't yOU? ' . .- j( Copyright, 1910, by. The North Amci-ioa Commiy.)