The Washington herald., 1913-11-09

very sweetly.
Those were the only four word.
that had been spoken during the entire
event.
"How did you tame him, Bess?'
asked the other girl.
Made him see the size of hi.
hands" explained Miss Williams, with
shrug. "You can do that with any
of them that have big ones, and aftei
that they'll lay down and roll ovel
and jump through hoops at the mer,
glance of command
The next day he came again, but
with not nearly so much assurance
Again he took Billy's chair, but ther,
was very little aggressiveness abou
him.
What will you have a sample ot
today?' asked Billy.
Shave" said Mr.. Carroll, weariIy
as he lay back in the chair.
When Billy turned him loose ne
went over to Miss Williams ant
spread out his hands upon her table
dropping opposite to her with a dead
tired air.
you don't want me to treat your
nails again." she objected.
Sure" he said. 81 came in on pur'
pose"
This is one of the good things you
can overdo," she told him. IF I'd
give those nails the full course so soon
you'd have to get new set"
He was quite dismal about it.
Can't you just fuss around with
them a little bit, then?' he inquired
"Pm so lonesome l could go to jail
for company"
Maybe could finish yesterdays job
little" she returned. 1T would be
cheating, but | don't mind and she
studied them carefully.
The fact of the matter was that Mr.
James E. Carroll was quite palpabiy
unhappy, and the Manicure Girl, who
always wore her claws unsheathed for
fresh" people, could not withhold
comfort from unhappy ones.
What's the matter? Hasn't New
York been chubby with you?" she
asked, as she went gingerly to work.
No. he complained, "the towns too
slow. There's more fun out in Pros
perity, Indiana, where came FROM"
That isn't what ails you. There's a
girl back in Prosperity"
There's half a dozen of then," he
grinned.
"Yes?" she inquired, and looked him
over carefully. There's only one. I'll
put a little bet down on it; bag of
peanuts against a package of chewing
gum"
He looked long time at the Mani
cure Girls imported pompadour, then
he called a boy and handed him a
quarter.
Bring a package of chewing gum"
he ordered.
That's when Miss Williams began
not to dislike him so much.
"Yes," he went on by and by.
There is just one girl back in Pros
perity, that is, one worth mentioning,
and I'd give a hundred dollars IL she
were here"
$50 much as hundred leftP she
asked, in apparent surprise; "and you
here two days.
at does melt pretty fast" he con-
fessed, smiling, but I'm good for a
few days longer. 1 brought between
three and four thousand dollars with
me-"
"Gee" exclaimed Miss Williams.
What will they do for a circulating
medium out there?"
"Oh, there's some left, guess" he
told her, 'but not among the gang.
You see, won this in a poker game,
the biggest one we ever had in town."
my, what a wicked little sportp
she gasped. 81 guess you're the hor-
rible example in Prosperity. l guess
they won't let you come to the church
sociables, nor the husling bees, nor
anything. What does the girl think
of It?
"She doesn't know anything about
it" he returned rather so6erly. "If
she found it out, don't think she'd
like it very much
Miss Williams liked him even bet
ter for the seriousness with which he
considered this phase of the matter.
"Of course, she's pretty" she saz-
gested by and by.
1t was good to see his face light I'D.
Il call her Reddy, but her hair isn't
really red" he explained. ITS a dark
brown, that seems to fare up copper
colored sometimes when the sun shines
through it; and she has the brownest
of brown eyes, and the reddest of red
lips, and the whitest of white teeth,
and the pinkest checks; and
Sure" she interrupted: "I know
the kind. You can find her on the
front page of any of the twenty-six
hest sellers and on the covers of all