Show 1 ut The Fortunes of Otis Clavering Brown r f JOYS Th The The- S. S B in the Office Frame Up a Little Little Surprise For Him Him 1 1 J I I By H. H T. T Webster r rJ J 11 Hf OT T s is in Itt LOVEI 4 HARPOONED j J 2 r r I Il l till n n n I 0 i- i ii L. L Cincinnati Ohio Dear Ma fA and Pa Pa Brace Brace yourself against the w wall wU U and prepare for some startling news Your little Innocent Otis has be been n grabbed grabb d up b by one of or those designing females female you have warn warned cd me of so 80 often orten Yep I have ha been har liar through and through and the deadly missiles are arc protruding from froni my quivering Verin bosom som like straws in tn a broom What's worse I seem to like it ft Little Suean Susan Russell that her name camo came Into m my ny Ute lire and Mrs Irs Coo Coombs' Coombs boarding emporium last week eok She made a tenstrike tenstrike ten- ten strike with me when she sho ho came In carry carr ing In a hen heavy suit case and looking as s forlorn forlorn for for- lorn a. a ai as any heroine I ever saw in the melodrama Not to nauseate you ou with the thc history of our passion I will say briefly that In two da das da's s we were both convinced that We Wl e were made for or each other When can caz I brin bring her home hom for parental approval She Is studying music at the conner conser conservatory and sa sayS ay you should see ice her square away at the piano and rattle ofT off In the Shadows Shadows Gaby Gab Glide Clide et al at I 1 never cared a a. cuss cues for tor music before but now now well one ono of or Sues Sue's sounds to me like an angel string band augmented ed by a half dozen steam I calliopes which lost last If Ie you jou will recall i has always alwa's been In m opinion the last word ord In real music When hen I was vac wafted into time HIP office this morning on a fleecy cloud I found the I boys lined up to 10 w welcome come the erstwhile I. I superman Veilly there Is 18 some penalty pen pen- alt alty atty attached to the tho high crime of or fall fall- trig ing In love loe when hen on one works In a newspaper newspaper per o office ce Well tho e bla blaa Jle sardonic skeptic had decorated m my desk and ana environs till it Ilk likA the studio na a spring gentle spring poet There was a large drawing tacked to m my board of or two big pink hearts strung t together on an arrow on the back of or m my chair was a II huge bo bow of or ribbon fastened to the side of or th the deck was a furniture catalogue while orthe on or the top reposed a bouquet In my ray bru brush glass Storing Staring me in the face tace on th the north wall wail was waa a a. big poster announcing In dark letters lette that Otis Is 15 In love I had hail to stand a lot of or kidding In addition addi- addi tion to the above but I put on a bold front and denied ever eer looking sideways at a n girl The funniest part of or the whole affair was wall when v the editor came in durIn during during dur dur- In ing the festivities Poor man II lie He thought r I had just been married am and looked an air thou though h he expected the usua usual request for a raise that always 9 accompanies panic panle-H such a plunge The sigh of relief relle he let out on discovering hl his mistake wa was was good to hear Yours Your's affectionately OTIS |