The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-08-23

for you, George" said the Manicure
Lady, that young fellow that was
Just in here having his nails filed
He has just came back from the
country, and all the time was work
ing on his paddles he. was telling me
about his summer flirtations at the
lake. The way he talked about
throwing his spell over the fair sex,
he must be kind of modern LORD
Byron, though he don't shape up
much for looks or brains If you COM
pare him with that champion"
II got no time for them young
warts like him." declared the Hc..u
Barber.
Neither have l." agreed the Man
icurc Lady, but always like to lis
eth to Joes like him, because it is
about all the amusement get out
side of talking to an intellectual
gent like you. This young fellow
told me, In perfect confidence, OF
course. that a married lady in the
boarding house where lie got his
eggs was kind of interested in him.
and that she admired him because
he rowcd her three times around the
lake without getting tired.
HE was showing me what strong
forcarms he had, and suppose they
were fairly strong arms for book
Keeper but not up to the village
blacksmith brand He said that she
had invited him to call some time
when be got back to the city, and
that was VIII? he was in having his
nails did
Il feel Kind of sorry for the poor
young Snip. at that. know JUS:
about what the game was, because !
seen 1t played more than once at the
summer resorts at which | have been
at. Some middle aged married lady
gets tired of setting on the porch,
and when she sees that all the gig
glying girlies gets chances to go row.
ing on the lake, she looks kind of
idhgufsttfhE ut some husky young
swimmer that she knows can row
and swim well enough to get her
back safe 10 shore. Then he begins
to think that he has won Somebody
Tutoring heart with his fatal beau
ty, and hires a rowboat by the week
which saves the married lady quite
little pin money,a nd guarantees
her an escort that she can boss
around. OF course there is always
4 little scandal. but she doesn't car,
for that as long as she can be out
on the water, and the young man. oi
course, just glorieS in the scandal.
That kind of fellow always does.
When his vacation is over he finds
that he is out quite little for boat
hire. but his arms is tanned fine. and
he has invitation to call some time
and meet the family.
Brother Wilfred got stung that
way once. He was up to a lake in
the Catskills, and beautiful mar.
ricd woman that was there with her
two children seemed kind of alone,
so she beamcd on Wilfrcd. You
know them poets. George. Every
time goOd-looker beams on them
the beans is spilled. My poor broth
or wrote about ten poems to her
eyes, and rowed her and the two
Kids. around the lake until his hands
was all puffcd up and his poclctbook
all flat. He had awful crush on
her, and some of the lines he wrote
to her was almost real literature.
she said. | remember four OF them
lines:
The moonlight ncstlcs In your glori-
Gus hair;
Where could It find a more cnchant-
ing lair?
The bee casts longing glanccs at
your lips;
Where could it find more sweetly
saccharinc sips?"
That fall he called on her In the
city. and her husband was awful
nice to Wilfred. Her husband was
big prince of u fellow. and VII.