Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-04-10
THE GIRL from
PROSPERITY
By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

RGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

In spite of his present i'll humor
Pipe the village cut-up," he OBJ
served.
The Manicure Girl surveyed the
newcomer with keen eye.
mo. Billy" she replied, ITS the
village sport"
Whatever he u.s." insisted Billy,
hes Hick and looking for ten
cent shave"
Again the girl surveyed the new
conner critically.
NO." she once more dissented, "I'll
bet you the size of the tip that he
tips you"
THE same which would be fine
and wise bet for me to make, l think
not" observed Billy, and added a
forcible word or so under his breath
as he started forward, for Mr.. James
e. Carroll, having looked down the
line of Greeks and Italians who stood
invitingly at their empty chairs, gave
a glance at the only American barber
in the place, and climbed into the
only chair which had no attendant.
"I'll take a round trip" he affably
observed as Billy slipped the sleeves
Of the shaving apron over his arms.
Shave, sir?" coldly inquired Billy,
who, nevertheless, had understood
perfectly what his customer meant.
THE whole bowling hippodrome, "
said young Mr., Carroll, unabashed.
DO everything you know how"
Just watch me make this fresh
wop's pocket change shrink down to
the edge of his return ticket"
growled Billy to the Manicure Girl as
ne made a pretext to go past her
table for fresh towels.
Il wouldn't have your ingrowing
crouch for money" laughed the girl
You would If you ached to fur
nish a fiat and got turned down
every time you mentioned it." he
complained.
Il told you that was barred" she
Informed him. II think / see myself
In an East Harlem fiat, with cheese
cloth curtains on the front windows
and garbage can on the fire escape,
counting how many wienerwursts we
get for q dime"
II was in consequent savageness
that Billy began upon the task of
giving his country customer "a round
trip" He cut that hearty young gen.
ueman's hair, and singed and sham
pooed and dandruf1ned 1t, he shaved
him and massaged his head and his
face, he put upon him drenehes of
every bottled thing In his possession,
then he grinned, yanked up the chair,
ierked OF the towels and handed over
his largest check But Mr. Carroll
was scarcely interested.
rs that all you can do?" he asked
I'VE have chiropodist, but he's
not on duty just now" snarled Billy;
while you're waiting, though, you
can get manicured"
Me for the manicure. I've heard
about EN-" said Mr.. Carroll; land
Just as sporting proposition I'm
going to sample sample of every
thing there is in New York"
Just go right ahead and see If New
York cares Bill advised him.
don't care whether New York
cares" returned Mr.. Carroll, largely
and that's where I've got the best
of New York"
AS a matter of living up to that
largeness he presented Billy with hall
dollar, then he staggered across
the shop to the cashiers desk, fiaunt
ing a twenty-dollar bill in his hand
and glaneing with speculative assur
ance at the row of manicure girls
Tess. who was quite universal in heI
tastes, used her large eyes freely, bui
with the usual negative effect No
body could be persuaded to believe
them. Instead of succumbing to tht
girl who owned them Mr.. CarrolIs
gaze roved right on over her head tt
the deceptively demure Miss VIII
liams.
MIR. Smarty from Smartville," com
mented Tess with toss of her head.
Il don't want him." retoRted Miss
Williams, III l draw Johnny FRESH
I'll give him the sailing down of his
life. It'll be real quiet convention
we1l hold. with me In the steam
roller part
AS preliminary to this process
when Mr.. Carroll sat down at hei
table she spread out both his hands
before her and surveyed them critic
ally; then she smiled with an appar
emit attempt to conceal it: then she
looked demurely up. Mr.. Carroll wa!
red Some uncomfortable though
held him silent throughout the entire
operation. checking any desire fol
conversation. and killing any inclina
ton whatsoever toward fippancy
When he got up to go he looked a
the change obviously. then at tn,
girl, then back at the change ant
again grew red. His dilemma wa
obvious. He did not know whethe
or not 1t was the proper thing to til
a lady. Sometimes Miss William,
took tips and sometimes she refused
them. This timesehe accepted befor,
one was really 50neFed
Thank yon, said she yer!
sweetly.
He pushed a quarter toward hel
tentatively and she swept 1t noncha
lantiy into the little drawer of hel
table.
Thank you" she said again, still
very sweetly
Those we're the only four word,
that had been spoken during the en-
tire event.
How did you tame him, Bess p
asked the other girl.
Made him see the size of hi