The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-21

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 "wciI," Oracle said. "whara the matter with itY It's as nifty little barber shop as fellow starting out for himself would want, All you needs few customers now and then, And they're coming, Los! Just keep your revolving pole going round and round out thoro, and your dandor up inside, and you'll seo, Just give 'em chance to Ind out how good you arc."
 "liow'm l going to give 'om a chance, with two other shops in townY If you'd only told mo there was two of 'om---"
 If Ia only known" she said; and opening tho door of tho closet where ho kept clean towels and things, sho pulled him behind it whero nobody could see and slipped her soft young arms around hia neck. "oh, Les, darling, didn't know about that second ono. Tho fellow oponod it while l was oft working in the city, You know l wouldn't have let you in for a bad doal, honey, don't youy"
 "Humph, l know ali there ia to know about you, l know you're tho swcllest girl foller ever had" And thore was a little bit of heaven in tho empty place, even it there weren't any customers.
 "Tho holl of it is," he said a mos mont later, "that i'm here in your home town, living on your money having sunk all mine ln this thing with no prospects ot getting to- gether enough to marry you on' And"
 If l can mako tho money we hood to get started on by taking care of pr Sponeer's offieo for him, and want to spend tt footing your bills until some of your outlay begins coming back tn again, why that's up 10 us, and----
 "i.isten," Los said. "We'll stick it to tho first of the month, llko we said we would, sceS And then, if business hasn't picked up. I'm 70. Ing back to the city and hunt mN----."
 They jumped to their feet. 4 perfectly innocent looking baseball was rolling quietly along tho floor it wasn't even scuKed, but the big UtNNV ktWNC tEVUt WtVWvW " VBu chosen the middle of Co come and it had cost Lcslic (ho had in consideration of tho extremely low rcnt he paidD just fifteen bucks.
 "My aod," he said as he leaped for tho door. Tll--"
 TUE STREET WAS
 FULL OF BOYS
 The street was full of boyH---a school Of thom dipping of like frightened minnowa. But advancing Co meet, the proprietor of Leslie Almpson'H Now Deal Barber Shop was tho smallest of tho lot, trem. ply, flushed, frightened, but very
 it was mo, MT simpson. It--it was q foul, it.-.it bounced off'n my bat, an'--an' broke your win. der. I'll pay for it if I can, but ! ain't got no money. And my father nln't got any. He hasn't worked for most year now, an'--an' I don't know what wo can do about 10, but--bMt ili try to think of something"
 "You will2" Les said, standing there staring down at him,
 Ho nodded, staring up, hlH small logs wido apart, hls straight gray oyeN fixed on Lcalie's, hts keen lit- tlo face full of distress, and before Les could say anything clso, two biz toars rolled down hia eheokH.
 That, 6f course, was too much for Oracle. With ono plop she was on her kneos beside him, slipping her arm around his waist, But not In q way to bother him, Just a sort of eomradely, supporting ges- turn that didn't hurt hts masculine snlf.respeot.
 "Don't you bother. it'a the sort Of thing that will happen some. times with anybody. And say, it