The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05
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~ JOHN PALMER

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what. Mrs Rintouii Her that used
to come Ia here To- have her face mas
sag,d pretty nearly ev.ry dayf fine
looking woman she was wasn't she
les. there's a story about that. and
don't mind telling u you. now that
shes left these parts.
You remember Freddy Laurie. who
married Squire Emhree's dnughteri
Good hearted fellow he was. but Wild.
aud couldn't resist women. lie hadn't
been married more than "a year before
Mrs Kiuioul aud newell don't
want Ia speak hard of any ou". hut u
was easy To- -. how things lay he
tween thus. two Fascinated with
each other from the start. they were,
and Iscr MIR Laurie crying her eyes
out 10 the Laurie place
Might after night he'd be seen driv.
.ng about with Mrs. iiintoul FREDDY
wasn't mere thnn thirty. aud she mus,
have been fouy u she was day.
though IA. didn't look II. infatuated
they were. but 81. was NOR. infntu.
At.d with him than he Was with her.
! guess.
You know when woman gets 10
he around forty. all the fires of youth
are AFT to burn up In her again. EsIs-
cially n shes been unhappily married,
~ Mrs Rntoul had been. Sh. Was
crazy about him from the hrst. aud II
was that that attracted him.
That was when sh. began com!ns
In herr to have her face massag,-i.
She didn't look forty. but there's no
way-no. absolutely no way-in which
woman ~ forty can look like girl
Of twenty-five. They all think they
can. though Mrs Rinioul looked nv.
year, younger than she was. but she
had little lines about III. CORNERS -
her eyes and mouth she hadn't a..
nrmness of flesh that a young woman
has. And the massaging helped some.
bu, 10 didn't bring back youth
"Matiy was with IN. then-you re-
member herr That tall. dark giri who
Was ~ good at inanicuring She got
friendly with Mrs. Rinioul. and Mrs
Rlnioul used TO conhd- Ia her-most
everything save that she never men
iioD.d Freddy Iauries name Then
MHtiy told her about the doctor that
made . speciality Of taking out win
kles by operating.
"Of course that's really the only
permanent cure You can insssas
and massage. but the lines will always
come back again unless you take n
flAp Of the loose skin away and
tighten the whole face W. That's
what Matty advis-d--snd Mrs. Rinioul
fell for a.
Not good business Of Mstty'sf l
told her 80. I reckoned Il cost m. ten
dollars "A week what with the mas
sage and the hair dressing. Matty was
a fool In way-but anyhow tn. harm
was done.
Mrs. Rintoul went to Dr. peering
Called himself n doctor. though l guess
he never saw the inside 10 any med
ical school Why. they're not allowed
to do operations unless for sickness.
I've heard. However. he knew his job
all right. There's plenty 81 foolish
women la this town he's operated on
NJ two hundred and nifty api-c.-and
changed their faces ~ that you Il
hardly know they w.r. the same
people.
Mrs Rintoul went TO him. and after
that she stayed home Cor two weeks,
Whiting for the satrs 10 heal Ihey
max. N" cuts under ID. hair. you
know. Maity welt up To the house
10 81. her while sne was conSal.sciug,
aud the resort she brought back sas
perfectly startling. IA. said Mr., Kin
tout hadn't "a lin. IN her face just 10
smooth as tahya Lori. what some
women viii do when they're infaiu
ltcd with a man
The DAY came when she was out.
or cuurs. Freddy laurie didn't know
what she'd h-n doing lie thought
she was IN with grippe. and every day
he was around thsr. with flowers
and poor Mrs Laurie crying W at th.
Lauri. place.
1t was Mrs. Rintoul's maid told
Ma,ty what happened when they met.
Young Laurie stared AT her ~ II she'd
turned black I didn't seem To recug'
nize you somehow the maid heard
him say. That was ADJUST that.
And Mrs Rintoul turned a. white n a
ghost. and soou after Mr.. Laurie came
away.
They met once or twice after that
but their loyemaking was AT an end
when saw Mrs RiItoul ] saw what
had happened. You see. before the
operation she'd been "a swcet-l"oking
woman After it-~ell. everything
VAS different With her smooth.
baby face aud her mature figure. She
was a woman ~ ,h.ry.nvc just the
same nothing could alter that: but