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Show I LITTLE FABLES ofST I BUSINESS WORLD UNDER A PARASOL CHERB was onco a Young Man who Slipped Up while away on his Vacation. He hadn't Meant To and he Got Hit right Hard, all because of a Green Parasol. Now tho Y. M. In question was a good bit Different from tho Gonoral Run of Chaps. First of all he had Some Sonse, for a bpy who hadn'i boon Dry Behind the Ears so very long. He worked hard and Saved the Fruits of his Labors and was always Well Heeled for a Swell Vacation. Vaca-tion. But which is more to tho Point ho didn't go in for Cases, That is. he wasn't a Rusher, a Spooner, a Lah-dc-dah with the Girls. Somehow, tho Gentler Sex didn't figure much in his Scheme of Things. So, blithely and happily and All Unconscious of what was Coming to him, he Set out on his Vacation by the Sea. And there on tho Beach, tho very next morning, he espied a Green Parasol. From then on It wa.s All Off with him though ho didn't Know It. Under tho Said Sunshade was a Girl. Perhaps you or I would have Seen Nothing Different In her. But Our Hero did and Instantly. Sho had a Snub-Noso and Red Hair and Erocklen but what are Those Things when the Heart turns Fllp-FlopsJ Tho Y. M. was Hit so Hard that he Staggered; and In tho staggering ho Stepped Nearer than he meant to and Splashed Sand on the Fair Maid's lap. Sho looked Politely1 Annoyed, and thereby tho Y. M. knew Bhe won Particular. Had Sho Fished him a Smllo he straightway woujd have Splashed no more Sand, for ho was Just that kind of an Hombro. Later that day ho was Introduced to her at tho Hotel. And the next day ho Sat on tho Beach beside her and tho Green Parasol. By the end of the week he was H Under the Parasol. fl And a few days later he Imagined H tho Parasol was Twice as Big as it M really was. M Imagined The Parnsol Wns Twice As 1 Big As It Really Was. H AH the People at the Hotel said ho JH Had It Bad but he thought ho Had M It Good. IVH And those who Saw him on tho IH beach under the Parasol said ho pure jH was Mushy and agreed with tho Fair jH Maid that he cortalnly ought to Be- H Thero were a number of Old Maids H and Wise Ones who looked with Pity M at the Girl, declared It wouldn't Last 1 and Exprossed their Views abput M Summer Flirtations and how they IH Break the Hearts of Trusting Young H Girls. ppfj Know about this Girl. As It hap- H poncd, no other Y. M. had ever P.e- jH fused to Behave under that Parasol, JH So, like Our Hero, she Meant Busl- jH jpjpjfl When the aforesaid Old Maid and &" Wise Ones heard of their Marriage jH In tho early Winter they Opened their jH Mouths and Bleated. It was All H Wrong, they declared, and Be'yond H pjpjfl Tho young men Breathed Hard and H docided' they'd be a little more Careful H In the future; and numerous Daugh- H ters and Mammas swallowed their JH Disappointment and Took Hope, VH Moral: Be sure of the Girl or Bo- HvJbH waro of Green Parasols. JH t JBppV |