The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08

my arms look whit as the top of
Washington pie She marks a place
with her two first fingers across the
broad. fiat, sinewy place just below his
elbow. 'Fascinatin,' says she. 1t was
there you held me, wasn't it? | Guess
that it grew strong to save my life
George shuts his eyes like toad
sleeping in the sun.
yep says he, that is so, sure. 1t
belongs to you
The girl wriggles and laughs.
"'Im glad there amt any scars or
marks there on yer arm she says Lots
of men gets tattooed on their arms.
It's hOrrid. You won't never do 1t, will
you? Cause If you did Id know that
you were all through with me-.
An George. the easy mark, says NO
To the milliner. an thinks that she is
different an better than all other
women. He don't see that she is made
up of clothes an smiles an cute ways
an love of attention from many men,
pretendin' to herself, like a kid playin'
Indian or policeman, that she is in love
with all of cm. Maybe h. thought she
was a woman like his mother
He must have thought lot about
her. anyway. The big stiff bought her
flowers done up with silk cords an
played the sketch as well as he could
but boyish an awkward an scemin'
more like "A butt than ever. because he
was gettin' older than most of the other
boys who took whirl with Ethel.
she was teasin' him all the time
shed come down to White city late on
them summer afternoons an accuse HIM
Of flirtin' with other girls, an shed
shake him and go off with some de-
partment store buyer who owned a
gasolene 30 horse power tin kitchen
An he stood it. He'd pull his head
down on to that thick brown neck OF
| his like a man that's been hit over the
| head with a sl,dge hammer but il
never seemed to shake his faith.
He never called her down. He was
! as patient and silent as a dog, and when
a bunch of squads in bathing suits
watched him go by they'd all and oh like
| a crowd watchin fireworks, but never
knew the kind of goods this big guy
was made of.
| But when Nickel Longstreet came
into the game, George, the life guard
went home one night an took off his
shoes an tried to read the baseball news
| but couldn't stop thinkin' about his
| boss an Ethel. He'd seen Longstreet
| pass the girl into one of the movies
| an seen the two Of I'm standin an
| talkln' when she came out, an he'd seer
| EN- go off down the beach together ou'
Of the light of the electric lamps, an h,
| thought of the diamonds that NiCkc
| wore on his finger an in "A stud an IL
"a horseshoe scarf pin an he remcm
| bcrcd how Nickel brushed his gray
| hair over his ears an carried a Ma
lacca cane over his arm an wore ligh
gray club check suits an used viole
| wat.r after bein' shaved. This wa.
| enough for George.
"lle went next day to the shop wher,
| the girl trimmed an fitted hats, an
walks down between the feathers an
| flowers an wax faces an he heCkoni
to her with hooked finger
"'Siee here he says, slantin' Ethc
with "A pair of steady eyes, don't yol
ever have anythln' to do with thi
Longstreet again. That's what com
to say
att is, is ito she says. You've 90
a nerve. Well. then. you better go Will
the COINS good
"'You heard what I said the big Eel
ler repeats. That's all Good-by'
The next day was Tuesday, ar
George went on at IL o'clock at tn
beach The water was gettin cold Ia
; ward the end Of the season. an Their
, weren't half a dozen who took a chanc