El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-29
THE Bitter BIT
BY Radcliffe Martin.
.HE three walked Blackpool pier
as If they owned the earth and

- Halleys comet.
Nothing like 4 bit Of swank,
| chuckled Trevor, the oldest. Look a
the girls watching us. Take us fol
| blooming millionaires, you bet
| Chaddock smiled blissfully. "They'd
stare if they knew we were all from
| Bates Emporium"
Kinks shook his head. 81 don't know
whether all this swank pays" he grum-
! bled. I'm sure that ruffian of boat
man charged us a quarter extra because
| he thought wed money to burn
| And didn't I order him about" cried
| Trevor. I'D quarters worth of bully
Raging out Of him. anyhow. Hang II
| all, On my holidays I'd rather be taken
for pot and overcharged that be takeI
for a pauper and undercharged.
Jolly nice lot of girls about today
remarked Chaddock. PITY We cant
1 pick up with three"
Get out-we don't want to worry
! with girls said the economical Kinks
IF you've a girl with you five cent
ride costs ten cents, and they're beasts
to make you spend money
| Chaddock looked unconvinced. 'I
| don't know about that They'd rather
| walk up and down and show off their
| anything else. And you can't say that
| costs money
Il don't know" said Kinks Il was
| at Scarborough one day and met Miss
Robins there-you remember her,
| lighthaired girl in the laces, who mar
| ried the shopwalker that got the push
| for pinching. And before I could shift
her on to some one else she'd run me
into five dollars"
We'll, II only we could get 10 know a
few we could drop them when they
seemed 10 be getting expensive" re-
piled Chaddock.
Trevor. who had been observing the
lady promenaders intentIy all the time.
now broke into the conversation.
That shows what you know about
women he sair magnificently. Il tell
you all the girls walking up and down
here are just as anxious to know US as
We are to know them. You're both in
the mems hosiery and Of course you
know nothing about women. Now, I'm
in the dresses, and I'm dealing with
women all the day long. tell you that
you'd be amazed to see how some of
the girls who come to the shop make up
to me-"
We've heard all about that before,
interrupted Chaddock; but it's one
thing talking to a girl who comes to
buy dress materials and it's another
thing getting to know girl on sea-
sue pTOInendOe
Not a bit of 1t. All you want is con-
Observation-Disclosures and tact. That's
pretty little bit of goods, isn't it?'
He turned to look at a dainty, dark
eyed girl who had just passed.
eff all you want is a bit of confidence
and tact, why don't you go up and
make her acquaintance? You've conf
dence enough for a regiment" jeered
Shattuck.
"Right-O I'm off! Keep an eye on
me, you fellows"
Trevor sped away in pursuit of the
darkeyed girl, and his two friends
wheeled round-looking forward with
amused expectations to seeing Trevor
get snubbed. But to their disgust and
disappointment the girl shook hands
with Trevor, and they walked on to-
gether in the friendlieSt manner.
In half an hour Trevor took a most
affectionate leave Of the damsel and
came striding triumphantly towards his
friends. He winked artfully he ap
preached them. and they looked little
enviously at him.
Never knew such COMPOUNDED
cheek" cried Chaddock.