OUT OF TROUBLE
Around the turn of the century, young Clarence took his girlfriend for an outing and picnic lunch at a nearby lake. He was dressed in a suit with a high collar. She wore a long dress with about a dozen petticoats and carried a parasol to match. As Clarence rowed laboriously in the hot sun, his young lady friend relaxed beneath the shade of her parasol, looking sweet and feminine. As he continued to row, he drank in the aroma of her jasmine perfume. Despite the hot sun and the sweat upon his face, Clarence became hypnotized by his girlfriend’s beauty as he watched her smile radiating from the protection of her parasol. They finally reached their destination — a small island in the center of the lake. Clarence dragged the boat onto the shore and then helped his girlfriend out of the boat. After he placed all their supplies beneath a spreading shade tree, she began speaking to him in…
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