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"And my butterfly necktie with  " "Wiss the di'mond on?" whispered his father. AND MY BUTTERFLY NICK TIE WITH IS IT DIAMOND WHISPERED HIS FATHER
e didn't know. And he did not return the kiss--though he yearned to. "Well, I bet a dollar that the first initial of his last name is Sephenijah P. Baumgartner, _Junior_." "Well!" said Seffy with a great flourish, "I'm going to set up with her to-night." "Oach--git out, Sef!"--though he knew it. "You'll see." "No, I won't," said his father. "I wouldn't be so durn mean. Nossir!" Seffy grinned at this subtle foolery, and his courage continued to grow. "I'm going to wear my high hat!" he announced, with his nose quite in the air. "No, Sef!" said the old man with a wonderful inflection, facing him about that he might look into his determined face. For it must be explained that the stovepipe hat, in that day and that country, was dedicated only to the most momentous social occasions and that, consequently, gentlemen wore it to go courting. "Yes!" declared Seffy again. "Bring forth the stovepipe, The stovepipe, the stovepipe--" chanted Seffy's frivolous father in the way of the Anvil Chorus. 'S KISSING HER HAND BACKWARDS BUT MERE YOU SEFFY SAFFIE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW AND HE DID NOT RETURN THE KISS THOUGH HE YEARNED TO WELL I BET A DOLLAR THAT THE FIRST INITIAL OF HIS LAST NAME IS CEFFENIA P BAUMGARTENER JUNIOR WELL SAID SEFFIE WITH A GREAT FLOURISH I'M GOING TO SET UP WITH HER TO NIGHT UGH GET OUT SEFF THOUGH HE KNEW IT YOU'LL SEE NO I WON'T SAID HIS FATHER I WOULDN'T BE SO DURNED MEAN NO SIR SEBBY GRINNED AT THE SUBTLE FOOLERY AND HIS COURAGE CONTINUED TO GROW I AM GOING TO WEAR MY HIGH HAT HE ANNOUNCED WITH HIS NOSE QUITE IN THE AIR NO SEE EFF SAID THE OLD MAN WITH A WONDERFUL AFFLESH FACING HIM ABOUT THAT HE MIGHT LOOK INTO HIS DETERMINED FACE IT MUST BE EXPLAINED THAT THE STOVEPIPE HAT IN THAT DAY IN THAT COUNTRY WAS DEDICATED ONLY TO THE MOST MOMENTOUS SOCIAL OCCASIONS AND THAT CONSEQUENTLY GENTLEMEN WORE IT TO GO COURTING YES DECLARED SEFFIE AGAIN BRINGING FORTH THE STOVEPIPE THE STOVEPIPE THE STOPE PIPE CHANTED SEFFIE'S FRIVOLOUS FATHER IN THE WAY OF THE ANVIL CHORUS
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