Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-03-28
Mile at Mixes
By GEORGE A. WILSON
G. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
WNu Service.

tnere. Sne looked up at the mar
standing In front of her.
Yesterday was the frs. time that
Mile had ever seen Don Frazer.
He had made a breezy entrance into
the small restaurant at loon and
came directly TO her counter.
"Hello. Cutie |" had been his first
words.
1t must be admitted that Mile
had often been addressed thus.
Beautiful mornln'. amt It'll"
"Oh-it's all right" she drawled.
"Ye-ah. You're pretty cheerful,
alntcha? Gimme a deck OF humps
If you amt too busy looking In that
mirror" he said.
"Oh, | guess | got time for you,"
she drawled sarcastlcally.
yeah? Thanks"
She watched him with a smile on
her lips as he moved away. She
liked this man.
Don Frazer smiled. He knew that
he was making q hit.
On his way out of the restaurant,
Don stopped again at the girls coun-
ter. Paying for his lunch, he start
ed talking to her again: Il hope you
didn't think | was too fresh." he
said.
"Naw. | get used to that kind of
talk in here"
Il betcha do. Say" he continued
with fresh enthusiasm. do you
know that you got darn pretty
halr?"
Are you going to hand me that
liner" she asked. drawing back with
feigned GOODNESS.
Jaw no-no." he protested. "you
really have got pretty hair, and
you're pretty. too"
SAY, you're not so slow, are you,
big-boy?"
"Being slow wouldn't get me any
place with you. would it?"
Don had TO wait for q while un-
til Mlllie waited upon another Gus
toner. He watched her sharply. She
was pretty and a little more intel
ligent looking than most girls of
her type. He had to admire the
freshness of her implanted face and
the simplicity of her dress. He be-
gan to have faint misgivlngs per
haps she wouldn't be as easy as he
thought Lighting a cigarette. he
pufred rapidly at II until she turned
to him again: NOW. what was 1t
that you meant?"
81 meant that | want to see a
lot more OF you" he answered.
"That ought to be easy; I'm here
six hours every day."
"Do you want me to come
around?"
II didn't say that"
"a know you didn't. say. what
are you doing t%onight?"
II can tell you better-tonight."
Watching him through the door.
she sighed. She was wondering IL
she would see him again. and. IL
she did, whether he would make a
date with her. Mile wasn't La the
habit of making dates with the res
t~aurant's customers Mike had
warned her against II. and Mike
hnew; hadn't he run this. little
beanery for twenty-three yearsf
But this Don was different be had
to be different somebody had to
take her out of this place
During the evening she began to
grow weary of watching for him.
Customers came, ate, and went; yet
there was no Don. She sighed and
decided to forget about him when
she heard his voice at her elbow.
"Hi, Milliel"
"Oh. hello. Don," she said, star
tied.
"I'm almost starved" he said.
Guess I'll grab a bite to eat now;
see you right after"
Watching him as he ate his sup
per, Mile wondered about his nerv-
BUSINESS she wondered about other
things. too, where he worked, and
where he lived. She compared him
with the few men she had known
well there weren't many of them
her brothers; her cousins; Mike,
and two others, almost forgotten
now. with whom she had gone to
the movies and a few dances. Her
father had told her that all men
were devils; Mike had warned her
about accepting dates with his Gus
toners; her brothers had told her
that they would lick any a they
saw her with. before she married.
Mile wondered how she was going
to marry when she knew so few
men.
Don finished his meal and walked
over to Miles counter. She no
ticed a harrfed expression on his
face and 1t puzzled her.
"Millie," he said, looking about
him %nervously. "I'm sorry about to-
night. | wanted to take you to a
dance, but | can't make 1t now"
"Oh, that's all right. DON" But
1t wasn't all right. She had set her
heart on spending the evening with
him.
81 got a CALL" he said, passing
her his m%eal-check and a ten-dolIar
bill from a well-flled bill-fold, "and