El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14
CHAPTER XIV.


TT WAS with glance Of suspicion
that Madame Ridetti summoned
Fanny Hedden to wait on Jim
Cranda4 the next time he came to her
establishment.
mr.. CrandaH inquired for you" she
said significantly. Then she added,
with a sound of spite in her voice.
TRY to do his nails well Be careful
this time"
What does she mean?" queried
Crandan, as he watched the girls un-
steady fingers at work on his nails
He was a kindly man, when kindness
did not interfere with his self-indul-
gence or his desire to have a good
time in his own way. Are they franz
ing up a job on you here, 'child?"
Fanny shook her head. A lump had
come in her throat at his sympathetic
words. and this made It difficult for
her to speak when she could con-
that she had cut a 1ady,s finger the
other day, and that said lady had
complained about her.
"She had little to do" Jim Crandau
declared. If she didn't lie the way
you worked she could have avoided
you next time. 1 say. Why need she
complain about your
81 don't know" Fanny murmured'
but she did. I suppose, honestly,
that did not do as well as she thought
.Crandau said no more while an idea
was taking form in his brain At last
he asked: ~
at you stillg
Fanny nodded.
well" he said. 'if I was in your
place I'd take. a job in some other
The girl gazed at him in surprise
AS she did so she found herself Won
dering how old this man was, ana
whether he was gOod-look1ng or only
looked nice to her because of his kind
ness to her. His face was tlorld ana
his neck thick, while his curly hair
was too red to be pretty. His eyes
were brown and he had direct way
of staring at one that was somewhat
disconcerting Perhaps it. was this
that made Fanny's eyes fall before his
CrandaiI Suggests Getting New Place.
Il know one girl" he continued,
that's getting good pay an9 pig Ups
as a manicure. Nothing but mani
curing. mind yOu-nO fussy hair work
and all that kind of thing
"Where2" asked Fanny. Ihe pos
sibility Of such luck coming her way
made her gasp. But, of course she
added such chances are very rare:
Il know of another just like it
right now" Crandall said. AZ least;
he corrected himself, "the girl that's
got it now is getting married soon
and is going to give. up her place She's
a manicure in a barber shop.
"Ohv The exclamation was mingled
establishment and regret
Wen. you needn't think the 9oD
not all right" the man protested. and
there's lots Of money in b-for men
tip well, you know.
Fanny felt her cheeks flush. remem-
bering his last tip to her 4 was sorry,
she said frrelevantly, that you want
off the other day without your change,
The man laughed so heartily thaI
Madame glancing across the room
raised her eyebrows in surprised DIS
doh, don't laugh so loud" cautioned
Fanny. You'll get me into trouble
if you do"
tently. 4 declare it makes me mao
enough to swear whenI I see child
like you in a place like thls-suS,
pected, ballyragged and watched al al
the time. 1 won't urge yOu-but III
leave my card with you and if. at
the end of a week, you want the par
Der shop job, you send me line Inc
proprietors a friend of mine, by
the way J forgot to tell you that IT.
in a hotel barber shop, so a rather
swell place. l don't mean" he ADDED
that it's one Of the big, fashlonaDIe
hotels like the WaldOrf-Astor-N anuer-
bilt palaces, but it's a decent joint, and
when you've made good there you
can, perhaps, aim higher. It's where
I go to get shaved myself he re-
marked as an afterthOught
Thank you" said Fanny. I will
remember"
What would Nellie say? She Won
dered Yet what right had Nellie to
interfere? Hadn't she herself said
that a girl could take care of herself
if she was the right sort Then,
since Fanny was the right sort, she
could take any decent job she wished.
No. she would not mention this mat
ter to Nellie until it was all settled.
He Slips n Dollar Into Fanny's Hand.
A dollar bill was slipped into her
hand with Crandalps card, but so
deity that nobody but Fanny knew Of
it.
I'll see you later. he murmured.
Either here or at the other place.
III pay for my manicure at the desk.
Don't bother to take my check over
there. I'll do it myself Then they
can't watch to see you get a tip"
He was very kind. Fanny thought
She thought again of his
kindness when she noted Madame's
rather stern manner toward herself
What business was it of Madames if