New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

And there may be other ~ n
reasons too He lets III f
little chuCkle itF
that not loud you know.
but Just though he
Swaowun some Joke
" other 1t was a spc-
-alty of his this smoth-
cred Chuckle busIue,,
OF course he goe> IN. YOU aeedn- tel. ne QUE
It's a far swap says I Mines McCab-
Yes says he knew Mccabe once H
Never mind. says It's big family mi
there's only few Of us that's real credits to .h-
name But about this scheme Of yours Mr. Dag
Certainly. s.,ys ne Its Just this Ii l could
ind a woman who looked q good deal like my wife.
could try she nat IN her coudnt / She'd DO -
veil eh
Well says he | know of Iust such Houau
saw her this morning my hotel barber shop where
| dropped in for a haircut She # these
What DO YOU call en- now
Manicure artists, says
That's II says he Asked me If / dldn wan
my fingers manicurcd and by links let her do II
,ust to see what II like Never felt blaruri
foolish in my life Look at them fngernails VIII
vou2 Been rarir cru with lackuitc for forty-seveu
year, and She suaA> out III "a bow ot perfumery
labs under EN- with little stick wrapped IN cotton
of all the hang nails, flies EN- round at the ends
and pOlishcs en- up so they SHINE as II they were
varnshed' He he. Guess the boys would laugh II
thcy could have seen me
It's one experience you We got me. says /
And this manicure lady IS ringer tor Mrs Daggetr
WELL now. say, ne. ,,ralehln his -hln. maybe
w ! ought 10 put it that She looks good deal a.
Mrs Daggett might have looked ten OF fifteen years
ago If she'd been got up that way same shade ot
red hair only not such a thunderIu lot Of 1t. same
kind Of blue eyes only not so wide open and star,
and Il nose and chin that | couldn't help remarkIug
Course now YOU understand this young woman Wa,
fixed up considerable smarter than Mrs Daggetr
ever was in her life w
If shes a manicure artist IN pt them Broad
way hotels" says l could guess that specially
if Mrs Daggetts always stuck to Iowa
Yes. that's right She has says Da5gett But
If she'd had the same chance TO know what 10 wear
and how TO wear it Well | wish she'd had 1t.
that all And she wanted it Ny, my how she td
banker for such things Mr. McCabe''
Well better late than never. says
No. no." says he his voice kind of breakn up
That's what | want to forget how-how late It IS
and hanged if he don have fish out handkerchief
and swab off his eyes You see he goes IN.
En- says 1 You mean shes"
He mods Four years ago this spring. say he.
But. says how about this hat
One Of my notions says he-"JuSt foolish
idea Of mine I'll tell you. When she was lying
there all white and thin and not caring whether she
ever got up again not. new spring hat was the
only thing | could get her to take interest III
She'd never had what you might call real bang-uP.
stviish hat Always wanted one too And II WASH
because was such mean crtter that she couldnr
have had the money. But you know how 1t IS III
little place like South Forks They don have en-
in stock not the kind She wanted and maybe we
couldn't have found one nearer than Omaha or NJ
ago and someway there never was spring when
could seem fix things we could take the trip
Looked kind of foolish, too. travelling so tar Just -
get a hat So she without and put up with
what Miss Simmons could trim for her They looked
all right too and ] used to tell Marthy they were
mighty becoming, but all the time | knew they
weren't just-well. YOU know
SaI- | never saw