Evening star., 1909-06-13


that not loud YOU know.
but just though he
swalown some joke
other 1t spc- F.
calty of his. this smoth-
cred chucke bushes,
OF course. he goes on. YOU reedn I tell me yoo-
It's fair swap. says l Mines McCabe
Yes says he Il knew McCabe once He
Never mind says L It's big family ara
there's only few of us that's real credits to the
name But about this scheme of yours. Mr., Dag
gett,
Certainly says he Il It's just this If | could
find woman who looked good deal like my wife. l
could try the hat on her. couldn't |: Shed do as
we'll. eh.
Il don't know why not says L
Well says he Il know of Just such woman
her this morning my hotel barber shop, where
What do you call EN- now
Manicure artists says
That's it, says he Asked me if didn't want
my fingers nanicured and by links let her do IT,
Just to what it like. Never felt SO blamed
foolish in my life Look at them hngernails will
vous Been parin EN- with acknfe for forty
years and She soaks 'em in bowl of perfumery
labs under em with little stick wrapped IN cotton
cuts off all the hang nails files EN- round at the ends
and poshes EN- up they shine as If they We're
varnished He he Guess the boys would laugh if
they could have seen me
It's experience YOU We got me. says |.
And this manicure lady ringer for Mrs Dagget-.
WELL now SAYS he scratchin his chin maybe
J" l ought to put 1t that she looks good dea! as
Mrs Daggett might have looked fifteen years
ago if she'd been got up that way.-same shade Of
red hair only such thunderin lot of it
kind of blue eyes. only wide open and starry:
and a and chin that | couldn help remarkng.
Course now you understand this young woman
fixed up considerable smarter than Mrs Dagget-
ever IN her life :
If shes manicure artist in Of them Broad
way hotels. says l. / could guess that specially
if Mrs Daggetts always stuck TO Iowa
Yes that's right; she has. says Daggett But
if She had the same chance to know what TO Wear
and how TO wear it Well | wish she'd had IT,
that all And she wanted it Ny my how she il;
banker for such things. Mr. McC abe
Well better late than never. says
No. no. says he his voice kind of breakin up.
That's what want to forget. how-how late It IS
and hanged he don have to fish out handkerchief
ami swab off his eyes. \ ou see, he goes or.
"Marthy's gone
En-" says You mean she's
He mods -Four years ago this spring, says he.
But" says l. how about this hat,
One of my notions says he he-"l Just foolish
ide, of mine I'll tell You. When she was lying
there all white and thin. and caring whether she
ever got up again not. new spring hat was the
only thing could get her to take an interest in
She never had what you might call real bang up.
stylish hat Always wanted one. too. And It wasn't
because such a crtter that she couldn't
have had the money But YOU know how it IS in a
little place like South Forks They don t have en-
in stock not the kind she wanted and maybe We
couldn't have found one nearer than Omaha or Chi
cago and someway there never was spring when
| could fix things could take the trip.
Looked kind of foolish. too. travelling SO tar Just 10
get a hat SO she went without and put up with
what Miss Simmons could trim for her They lookei
all right too and l used TO tell Marthy they were
mighty becoming: but all the time l knew they
weren't just-wel YOU know.
Say. never any specimens of Miss Simmons
art works: but could make i guess, And mods
Well" says Daggett when | saw that Marthy.