New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
THE MANICURE GIRL.
H1r She Turned DOzcn" an El-
derly "MGsher.

.syo, don't have 10 ring 'en TO tell all the
terfeits" observed the Hotel Beveigh manicure girl
as she opened a bundle of emery paper only
last week had one in here that was so rank an
Imitation you'd think he'd sit up nights to make
fun of himself; anyway, you'd begin TO understand
how Cassie Chadwick took up collections. He was
old enough 10 have fed Methuselah his fennel tea,
but the help an old get from uginess
doctors and taiors that ought to have been taxi
derrnists makes anything they show at the Hippo
orome look easy The minute caught sight OF
that saucy little freshman hat and the collese-cut
clothes I knew the whole play before the curtain
went up and j wouldn't look in Billys direction.
He was already jossing more than was good for
him You know Billy He's the boss barber and
warts 10 buy plain gold ring and a piano
PLAYER but poor Billy isn't man Of his word He
promised do anything in the world for me. and
reneged on the only requess made He wouldn't
change bis face
.aOf course the first thing Mr. Neverdie did when
he kittened down into my chair TO squeeze my
hand. That a terrible shock TO me, / guess,
since II only happened from nine TO twenty times
q day. and l hardly knew what 20 do-only just
how TO stop IT, l shifted his hands into and out Of
the as-cent near-cut-glass bowl often he fell to
Il that the programme had been changed without
no.sce and then he took the number. Billy snick-
cred out loud and / shot glare at him that ought
to have shrunk him to the size of a one-lunged
peanut: but ii didn't. He only sweed up and
watched for more. He's regular cut-up Billy IS
and, of course, he knew there was more coming.
These past-due firty boys get SO callous turn
downs that nothing short of a brick makes a dent
.n them and pretty ] him watching my
hair and my eyes. and 1 got ready.
s-.Do you know said he, YOU look exactly like
Maxine Elliott?
.sof course / know it, 1 handed him back.
Maxine comes in here nearly every day and asks
me TO quit it. but I won't
THAT made him pause for the crossing any
how and got three minutes further on the way.
What lonesome city this isr he put in next
and I knew it was no trying him a
chill. he wouldn't be satisfied TIL he got froze
stiff
why did you slip away from him then?"
asked.
PROM he began. and then he stopped. He
wasn't so slow after all He'd been going TO ask
from, whom but he had a fash of second sight
e-s tnex ia hint that it was either his guardian
his keeper
what a cross little dear you are" he said. and
psttec my hand
;Just see what have 20 put Up with though,
I explained. and then jabbed him one under the
thumb nail that set him jumping all over That
lab was for the little dear
wouldn't you think he'd guess his line had been
disconnected after that? He didn't He was
pupcture proof, and when he got up TO go he
leaned over the table TO me and said:
What 90 you think Of a nice evening al the
sftery
but # you're hunting poor but honest work
ing girl OF fatal beauty share IL you'd better
hurry for the hour Is growing late. For me. not.
I'm going 10 spend this evening with my own
grandfather George Randolph Chester, in The
Broadway Magazine.