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COM1 CS CHILDREN'S PAGE CONFEDERATE GENEALOGY Richmond, Va., Sept. 15, 1912. MR.MECHANISM MAM, I BET YQu) DOMY KNOW WHY I BORROWED YOU FROM DER PROFESSOR MIT OUT ASKING MA". HA! HA' DlS IS WHERE I GET MY REVENGE' I'LL TEACH HIM TO INVENTION THINGS VOT MUSS ME AI I UP NOW PUT ON OER COAT PERCY YOU ARE HERR FIDOLEFOPOLE VOT HAS GOT A DOME IM HIL THROAT UND I OOM'T KNOW HOW, GET IT OUT ' HA ! HA ' HA' T fUND DER PROFESSOR vOT KNOWS FVERVTHIN& VILL SLAP YOU ON OER BACK UND I AM ASHAMED WHEN I THINK WHAT Vi LL HAPPEN WHEN HE H'TS THOSE BUTTONS! HE HE~HF [OH, PROFESSOR DlS IS HERR^ FlDDLEFODDLE VOT IS [CHOKING MIT A BONE INHIS jTHROATi VOT SHALL I D0; QUICK VOT SHALL I DO' TT?IC [OH, MV POOP?} I MAN ! I FIX IT ? 1 "?'i' n SO YOU GOT OOOR,INNOCENT PERCY INTO A PLOT TO ASSAULT UM? f^TTEWf^ ME. DID VOU ? KiDMApPiSTI YOL) OU&MTA BE SORRY TO LEAD MlM ASTRAY WH EM BRAINS ME WAS MIX! K SORPYr ALL ? AM SORRY FOR IS DOT VEN I WAD PERCY IN MY HOUSE I DIDN'T GET A AX UND MAKE JUNK OUT OF HIM ' BUT NEXT TIME -AH-H!