Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-28

! with not nearly so much assurance.
Again he took Billys chair but there
was very little aggressiveness about
him.
What will you have a sample of
today" asked Billy.
shave" said Mr. Carroll. YEARLY,
as he lay back in the chair.
When Billy turned him loose he
went over to Miss Williams and
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. Il came In on
purpose"
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 a new set"
| He was quite dismal about 1t.
Cant you just fuss around with
them a little bit. them" he inquired
| I'm so lonesome l could 90 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 f. Carroll was quite pal
pabiy unhappy, and the Manicure Girl,
who always wore her claws I'M
sheathed 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 gfngerIy to work.
No he complained. the towns
Prosperity, Indiana, where | came
from"
That isn't what ails you. There's
girl back in Prosperity"
There's half dozen of them" he
grinned.
"Yes?" she inquired and looked
him over carefully. There's only
one, I'll put little bet down on it;
bag of peanuts against a package
of chewing gum"
He looked a 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 mention
ing, and I'd give a hundred dollars
If she was here"
$50 much as a hundred left" she
asked, in apparent surprise; and you
here two days?'
1T does melt pretty fast" he con
fessed. smiling, but I'm good for
few days longer. | brought between
three and four hundred 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 SPORT"
she gasped. II guess you're the hor-
rible example in Prosperity. I guess
they won't let you come to the church
sociabIes. nor the husking bees, nor
anything. What does the girl think
of it?"
she doesn't know anything about
It," he returned. rather soberly. IF
she found it out, l 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 sug-
gested by and by.
1t was good to see his face light
up.
Il call her Reddy, but her hair isn't
really red" he explained. IT'S a
dark brown, that seems to flare 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
cheeks: and"
Sure" she interrupted; Il know
the kind. You can find her on the
front page of any Of the twenty six
best sellers. and on the covers OF all
the magazines when they haven't |
anything special to feature; and !
suppose after this lonesome little |
Seeing-NewYork trip all by yourself,
you'll 90 back home and marry the |
girl in the last chapter"
You bet / WILL" he returned, de- |
cidedly, and when he got up to 20 be |
was feeling lot more cheerful.
The boss barber was not, however.
Some chummy with Mr.. Yap from |
Yapvflle," he sneered to the Manicure |
Girl.
He's a real nice little Hick, Billy" |
she insisted. but he was as solemn |
as classic music; and you know me. !
Any time l see anybody look moo
eyed I've got to be Busy Bessie, the
eerfuf-Chirker-up'
so I notice." said Billy, but you
usually manage to spring that gag
on the strangers"
You needn't worry, Billy" she re-