Pueblo chieftain. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25

the water trickle over her by the hour
without winking an eyelid! She's the
person the busy New Workers. stand In
front of and wonder whether she Is
wax or human"
And IL she is? And IL the other
person Is the girl who sits in the win
dow of the hairstore on Twenty-third
Street, what of it,"
Why. there's this of IT.. said Benny
cheerfully. i've got you all locked
Ross went to a lot OF trouble and had
somebody get together lot of wax
6isures for his dinner, and Hal Harker
Noutted in and did some bribing and
got tho wax works man to fix up wax
/ limitations of the rubber girl and the
hair girl Great little game! In comes
Haddon with his guests. Hal Harker
staggering in the background. Good
old Haddon walks into the parlor--in-
PRODUCES the wax fakes. Walks into
the dining room.introduces the wax
fakes Wine. chicken and so forth.
| Hal Harker laughs aloud. Good joke
on you. Haddy, old boy! Come into
the parlor.' Somebody had sneaked
out the wax Cousin Susan AMI Tie
hair lady is there. She's the real live
stnff Haddon nearly drops dead
oh, you Mr.. Easy Mark says Hal
Harker; come into the dining-room:
They GO. some wax-works, Haddy'
says Harker; 'tase a look at the girl
| in steel-blue. Touch her waxy check.
Haddon does. She is alive Haddon
Ross almost drops dead. And the little
old promise he made his bride-to-be is
broken. And the little old bet of five
hundred dollars is lost!'
so you se,' purred the voice in the
room, how importan. it is that you
should unlock the door and 20 away
at once. You will. won't you?'
/ Benny seated himself cross-lcgged on
tho floor with his back to the door.
| Girls" he said plea santly, you may
as well get out your knitting and go
ito work. I'm sitting down now. I
have to sit down and take long rest
because pretty soon I'm going to
, laugh. I'm going to laugh so hard 1t
will almost kill me. I'll laugh a little
when Hal Harker leads dear old Haddy
int" the parlor and finds that Cousin
susan hasn't come to life. but m
laugh real big laugh when ne takes
dear old Haddy back into the dining
room and springs that funny stuff
about the girl in the steel-blue gown.
| III try to hold in until dear old HnGdy
puts his hand on the stcel-blue lady's
cheek, but then you'll Just have to ex-
,use me.-fm going to laugh myself
to death"
There was an angry silence in the
room.
We'll, I'd like to know who you ar.
to butt in like this" cried Miss May
/
Me-" said Benny unsrammatically.
/ Why, I'm nobody but dear old Had
dy's best book peddlcr. I'm nobody
but the guy that gets ninety cents a
copy Nor selling Aunt James Cook
Book. I'm the fresh guy. But, say. do
YOU want to know who I am going
to boz"
Two of the girls in the room gig
gled
Yes, who?" they asked.
why said Benny. between puffs
of his cigarette. III win that half
thousand bet for dear old Haddy by
keeping the living wax works shut in
his room I'm going to be the real fresh
kid that strikes dear old Haddy to
raise my commission to one dollar
per copy on all the Aunt James Cook
Books | SELL
and he did strike him for the raise.
He got IL before he left the house. He
got 1t while Haddy's friends were beat
ing Hal Harkcr on the back and
shouting that Hal was certainly a lem
on when 1t came to pulling off good
trick.
And Benny" said fiaddon Ross,
Just TO show there is no hard feeling.
meet the Girl that tried to put one
over on me. Mr.. Barr. Miss Gray
thorne. my ife-to-be.'
| Pleasure is all mine" said Benny.
And, speaking OF wives. Miss Cray
thorne. permit me to show you the
most valuable book ANY wife can have
Aunt James Cook Book. price two
dollars fifty cents down and the bal
ance on delivery of the book. Now,
this volume, compiled by"
The ideal exclaimed Miss Gray
thorne. why, Haddon can bring
homo a thousand OF Them
| But he might forget" said Benny
hastily. And a work of this sort.
compiled by twenty-four of the most
noted culinary"
I'm take one IL you'll only go away"
said Miss Graythorn- in desperation:
cant you see Haddon wants to kiss
mc?"