The Irish standard., 1914-05-23

Anotb ABOUT lar enough" she told
him. furiousiy angry. awful drivel,
isn't It? can see the little fool out
there now. sitting down to write about
such triding things in her ignorance.
Red hair think you said she had.
and red cheeks. and you called her
Reddy. Coarse. ignorant, country per
son. no doubt. Well. I don't blame
you for shaking her, now that you
have got up among the real people,
real ladies like Beauty Phillips and
her crowd, and real gentlemen of the
sort that loaf around the hotel bars
on Broadway. You're right to cut her
dead right now. Why, she might
sometime come to New York, and IL
she should happen to meet you on
Broadway when you were with some
of your swell friends, and should nod
to you, you'd be disgraced for life.
I'll bet she'd be scream on Broad.
way, with her funny clothes and her
funny little hat and her red complex.
ION"
"That'll be about ALL" he said, as
he jumped up and unwound his dog
chain; and his face had turned sud.
denly pale. "My ideas have changed
somewhat about things back in Pros.
perity, but can't stand for having
that girl roasted, even in joke"
1t was over month before he
came in again. and the Manicure Girl
had missed him. Now she saw at
once that something was wrong. He
was nervous and distracted, though
he tried to be his old flippant self.
With the shrewd eyes of Miss VIII
liams upon him he kept thinking of
one thing while he talked of another
asked questions without listening to
the answers, then asked the same
questions again.
"How much did you lose?" she
finally asked him.
He stared at her in wonder.
"How did you know? Where did
you hear?" he slowly questioned.
you've been telling me ever since
you came in" she said.
Il expect I have" he admitted.
'Well. they got to me in Jumps and
gobs. For the past month l think I
was about the only bull in a bear
market. went down the creased in.
cline SO fast it smoked from the fric.
ton. The first of this week 1 had
to sell both automobiles"
Il can see the headlight and the
glimmer studded watch going next"
she commented, with a shake Of her
head. i suppose they've about got
all that automobile money by now"
Suppose again" he retorted. "They
did get nearly all of it at first, but
the market changed at last, and I've
made little money since. II I'd close
out now I'd have at least three thou.
sand"
Tell me where it is and I'll go
get it for you," offered the Manicure
Girl, hastily. "You take that money
and go right back to Prosperity, In.
diana; buy the village dry goods EN-.
porium; marry that girl; settle down
and get fat. Then this experience
will have done you good"
He shook his head.
L can never go back there" he
said; never! That's not MY world,
tell you. I'll make back the money
I lost. I've learned a few tricks in
the last couple Of weeks"
ooh, New York will educate you, "
she owned; "but, you know, college
graduates don't amount to much"
Never mind" he insisted. tive
played this game to win before, and
l can do it again. Watch me-"
You'd better send at least one
thousand dollars Of that money to the
girl back home to plant under the
cellar stairs" she suggested.
She watched him narrowly. and
then she smiled to herself. The men.
ton of the girl in Prosperity did not
seem to annoy him this time.
That much money wouldn't scare
her, at any rate" he said, smiling.
She's rather well-to-do for q coun-
try town. She's an orphan and lives
with her married sister. But don't
you worry about that thousand. 1
can use that to elegant advantage
myself"
The next time she saw him was on
the street. He tried to pass on by
with nod, but she called to him and
he came back reluctantly.
whats the matter with you?" she
demanded. you look like yester-
days three-cent bunch of soup vege-
tables"
He glanced down at himself rue
fully. His clothes needed brushing
and pressing, his shoes needed polish.
ing, his face needed shaving.
"I'll give you four guesses," he Ct
fered, with an attempt at his old
gayety.
81 only need one," she replied.
you wouldn't listen to your Aunt
Bessie, and they got you."
"Yes," he admitted, "they got mo
and they got me good. l haven't a
dollar"
What are you going to do?"
II don't know" he said, and, in
spite of his attempt to carry 1t of
manfully, there was a catch in his
voice. The ginger was all out of him.
I'LL get another start somehow,
guess"
ooh, yes" she agreed. Some OF
your friends are sure to help you get
back on your feet again; Beauty
Phillips, for instance"
Hang Beauty Phillips!" he said.
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