The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
THE GIRL from
PROSPERITY
Gcopyrlght by the Mcclure Newspaper syndIeatel
BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

ANhbAg hNO NHO AAN1AC hAdWOA VI Nv
table.
THANK YOU" she said again, still
very sweetly.
Those were the only four words
that had been spoken during the en-
tire event.
How did you tame him, Bess?"
asked the other girl.
Made him see the size of his
hands," explained Miss Williams with
a shrug. You a do that with any
of them that have big ones, and after
that they'll lay down and roll over
and jump through hoops at the mere
glance of command"
The next day he came again, but
with not nearly so much u
Again he took Billy's chair, butSthere
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 it.
Cant you just fuss around with
them a little bit, them" he inquired.
I'm so lonesome l could go to Jail
for company"
Maybe l could finish yesterdays
job a little" she returned. 1T would
be cheating, but 1 don't mind" and
she studied them carefully.
The fact of the matter was that
Mr.. James E. Carroll was quite pal.
pably unhappy, and the Manicure Girl,
who always wore her claws un
sheathed for fresh" people, could not
withhold comfort from unhappy ones.
Whats 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
Prosperity, Indiana, where l came
from"
That isn't what ails you. There's
a girl back in Prosperity"
There's half a dozen of them" he
grinned.
"Yes?" she inquired, and looked
him over carefully. There's only
me-. I'll put a little bet down on it;
a bag of peanuts against a package
of chewing gum"
He looked a long time at the Mani
cure Girls imported pompadour, ther
he called a boy and handed him {
quarter.
Bring a package of chewing gum
he ordered.
That's when Miss Williams begar
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 dollar
if she was here"
80 much as a hundred left" sh
asked. in apparent surprise; land 20
( here two days."
, 1T does melt pretty fast" he col
I fessed. smiling, "but I'm good for
few days longer. l brought betwee
three and four hundred dollars wit
T me-"
"Gee!" exclaimed Miss Williams
What will they do for a c~irculatin
medium out there?"
ooh, there's some left, I guess" h
told her, but not among the gant
: You see, l won this in a poker game
t the biggest one we ever had l
town"
MY, what a wicked little sport!
e she gasped. 81 guess you're the no
S rible example in Prosperity. l CUES
o they won't let you come to the churc
sociables, nor the husking bees, nc
anything. What does the girl thin
of it?"
"She doesn't know anything abol
s it," he returned rather soberly. I"
she found it out, l don't think she
s like it very much"
n Miss Williams liked him even be
n ter for the seriousness with which /
considered this phase of the matter.
"Of course, she's pretty" she su
r gested by and by.
S 1t was good to see his face ligl
up.
Il call her Reddy, but her hair ism
e really red" he explained. TITS
dark brown, that seems to fare I
It copper colored sometimes when Il
sun shines through it; and she hi
n the brownest of brown eyes, and Il
a. reddest Of red lips, and the white
Of white teeth, and the pinke
It cheeks; and"
10 Sure" she interrupted; Il kno
d the kind. You can find her on Il
Is front page of any of the twenty-s
sr best sellers, and on the covers of s
the magazines when they haveI
IS anything special to feature; and
ID suppose after this lonesome lit
e Seeing-New-York trip all by yourse
you'll go back home and marry Il
y girl in the last chapter"
you bet / will" he returned.
er cidedly, and when he got up to go
a was feeling a lot more cheerful.