The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-03-07
THE GIRL from
PROSPERITY

By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

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lantly into the little drawer Of her
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 can 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 assurance.
Again he took Billy's chair. but there
was very little aggressiveness about
him.
What will you have q 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
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. 'Tf 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 little bit, them" he inquired.
I'm so lonesome / could go to Jail
for company"
Maybe I could finish yesterdays
job littlo." she returned. 1T would
be cheating but I don't mind" and
she studied them carefully.
The fact of the matter was that
Mr.. James f. Carroll was quite pal
pably unhappy, and the Manicure Girl,
who always wore her claws I'M
sheathed for fresh" people, could not
withhold comfort from unhappy ones.
the mattere Hasn't New
York been chubby with your" she
asked, as she went gingerly to work.
mo" he complained. the towns
too slow. There's more fun out In
Prosperity, Indiana, where l came
from"
THAT isn't what aiIs 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
one. I'll put little bet down on 1t;
bag of peanuts against a package
of chewing gum"
He looked long time at-the Mani.
cure Girls imported pompadour, then
he called boy and handed him a
quarter.
Bring 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; land you
here two days?"
1T does melt pretty fast" he con-
fessed, smiling, "but I'm good for
few days longer. I brought between
three and four hundred dollars with
me-"
"Gee!" exclaimed Miss Williams.
What will they do for circulating
medium out there?"
"Oh, there's some left, l 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
sociables, 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 1t out, don't think she'd
like 1t 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.
II call her Reddy. but her hair isn't
really red" he explained. Its a
dark brown, that seems to flare up
copper colored sometimes when the
sun shines through 1t; 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; ~ 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-New-York trip all by yourself,
you'll go back home and marry the
girl In the last chapter"
you bet l will" he returned, de-
and when he got up to go he
was feeling lot more cheerful.