TOOTS 



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of three pinks on one stem and drawing them 

 carefully from the vase, he carried them in tri- 

 umph to the floor. 



I gently eluded him for such selfishness, tell- 



TOMMY XOKCROSS SEWALL, A FRIEND OF TOOTS 



ing him that he should not have selected 

 largest and prettiest posies of all, then taking 

 them from him, I replaced them in the bowl. 

 In an instant he was on the table again, and 

 with a naughty toss of his head he jumped to 

 the floor with the same flowers in his mouth. 



A second time I took them from him, and 

 his eager eyes watched me as I again replaced 

 them. To make good his loss, however, I gave 

 him a single short-stemmed flower, with which 

 I felt he ought to be contented. 



