Show 9 s the dumbbell dumb bell beir i I 1 malting good I 1 g I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 by MARY LOUISE CORMIER 1 I 1 C 1 11 1123 br akcel At cel ts ills I 1 its real name was horace it daz gloc gloss but to ills tits clates in tho the cea lury wry book tare store he was known mete mote imply as a the dumb akil from the moment blin he lie tint first apt all eared troll ins ing in the male of the stole manager hie his cognomen was mag inevitable lails announced old in hie his weighty manner Is mr wr horace dau don gloss sir Dan gloss will have charge of the counter I 1 Dan dangles gloss my eyes whispered jim my spencer to a bevy of grinning sale men that bird isa t a Dan glosa gloss he hee ia a dumb bell 11 I 1 llie ibe dumbbell dumb bell a little slim whisp of a man with colored hair pasty cheeks and pale pate apathetic blue eyes bowed awl awkwardly and sidled behind the counter signed to him jimmy with a fattus betle on sallow face joined emily cook in her corner among the and foreign tor ela n newspapers say Rn emily illy have you met the dumbbell lie ile jerked a derisive thumb at the century new salesman nales ronn old harris put him on the 1 egyptian stuff huhl I 1 III bet that bird couldn coulden t sell 11 you never nener can tell by appearances jimmy she interrupted quietly lie ile does look rather drab and old fash toned but old fashioned I 1 echoed jimmy to a worse than titan that he a obsolete I 1 io ino wonder monder old harris gave him the mummy counter just then the saleam in in charge of the mummy counter raised hia tits head hedd and met hillys warm friendly glance he lie smiled gratefully and the espres eton slon reminded emily of a neglected dog log upon whom some soine unexpected ness Is in batted tatted mr Dan glosa gloss was mas lonely she lonely and starved tor for a little human sain pathy introduce me jimmy V bhe she corn com banded what WWII 1 gasped gapped jimmy do you really mean it I 1 1 I certainly do emily declared firmly A second later she was shaking th the e dumb bell s limp hand and looking into pale wistful ebes that stared shyly at her through a pair of horn born rimmed spectacles III 1 I er I 1 im in pleased to meet you a stammered areme d ll horace orace flushing and mak ing a series of jerky bowa bows 1 1 I ornice vi weather cather for april that la Is I 1 mean S 1 li theres anything 1 I can do ta to help you in your work she interrupted ted t tactfully tf you just let roe know dont don t be afraid to ask er chauk you thank you very much responded t the he dumbbell dumb beia bell its it very kind of you but 1 I think er I 1 feel certain that get along splendidly in a day or two but a day or two and a week or tuo tw passed and I 1 the dumbbell dumb bell did not get along splendidly jimmy i estimate cell estl mate of hid his salesmanship had been correct ills sale were ere thu lowest est of any man mans in hi the to the century staff this was thu the obvious result of being a dumb dumbbell bell but to emily it m was as an enigma I 1 IN hat do you cupl suppose ose Is the matter with mith Ilor she inquired of jimmy one noon when the dumbbell dumb bell was man out to lunch berone ever Ue rone one Is t reading books on egypt these das and yet his tits sales 1 are constantly fulling falling off jimmy sartorial to the nth degree flicked a speck of dust from his tits trou brou sers before replying well III tell you emily he said the poor sap Is dead end and he doesn doean t know it lie ile 9 as dead lead as one of the mummies in the books he lie tries to cell sell see what I 1 mean meant no pep no personality I 1 and look took at hit bli cloth clothes esl I 1 that black getup get up of his makes him look like an undertaker in the period of queen victoria id like to see the poor dumbbells dumb bell a face when tad i id harris barris give gives him the sack well you wont emily told him sharply I 1 old harris ten isri t going to give him the sack and horace Is going to stick I 1 horace stuck surprisingly well welt during the next few months houch though his position was always a bit precarious then one saturday night jimmy stopped at emily a stand with a triumphant leer on his face 1 I ell the dumbbell dumb bell s demise Is fixed for next saturday night he announced 1 I just overheard harria harris div ing a few instructions to the th bookkeeper 1 I dont believe it emily declared but she site waited matted after closing for ilor horace to come out of the manager managers of flee hie 1119 face waa mas chalky his lits eyes more dispirited than ever he ile tea leaned ed against a counter find slid stared dully yant at the rain min driving against the show win doni a then jimmy was right I 1 exclaimed the girt staring at tit him mr wr harris bave you the old beast 1 loll 1011 ou blame him horace defended quickly he was right I 1 suppose I 1 im in oot not a n book salesman lesman ca im just aa ha h a dumbbell dumb bell he ile skilled ruefully loure oure cotil not I 1 denied frilly andl indie dantil get your hat and coit cont hor ilor a ace ae loure going to walk home bome with me ive got cot something I 1 want to tell 3 vu presently they were walking up grant benus athe pouring rain aul insufficiently sheltered by hor ilor ices aces absurd leaky green umbrella im brella la in a frank mann manner r emily told hl him in of jimmy a irti elim m ile Us 1 despondently that e all t am sm just a dumbbell dumb lumb bell he repeated then t ben she he finished xi but 1 I do I 1 1 I djoa a t know perhaps I 1 could write some sonie more sketches for tho the S let Cliel she ethred in sor surprise prise atiat ti at W ort t of sketches horace a I 1 anny ones lie ile re ched luto a etchet ot of his lit baggy coat mt lad brought a A few sheets beet at of yellow copy paper but I 1 hardly think they would mould interest you lit ut me see ee them she tie urged imn led let then them to her ber bhe began to tb rend then a mile ripple 0 of hauet canie exine from her iida and prose presently atly obe he besan to laugh bytes oh ive never rend read anything to funny in apy lift she cried at it lat mil wiling ing bei hei eyes I 1 AN hy by du glos glo s the idea of calling yourself vours elt self a dumb bit I 1 you youve e rot got the roost most price less tiling thing in tie marld a sense of 0 liu liura mort orl her iter retty forehead wrin kled thoughtfully for a second or two then she stilled and slipped her lier hand impulsively under hie tits arm got an idea horace it gorecka gore gor ecna actis idea I 1 you come into the apartment nave have eone some hot ten and we well II 11 talk it anter on monday morning the jimb bell was an hour late lillien hes he be came come in around 10 be lie waa was dressed dres sc in a neat brown suit his hair man brushed brus lied into a pompadour instead of being plastered on Ns tend his eye ere animated and there was nas even on an attractive flush on hi his checks cheeks strangely enough he dirt not any unus unusual util attention the store stor ewas was filled with customer customers and the salesmen were ta buy bu buby y to notice anything hut but their work ork jimmy pausing at nt eiliv s stand to procure it customers w mam zinc zine tipon upon the a e flux flu of patrons llda en ln in 1 I never ba sa ing in he n J 1 v such a morn f abol rant bird W n the advert tsin department used the old bean iman ha wrote hamen talks on books I 1 I 1 nearly myself sick aulien r read it in ester diyA times au anu I 1 m aan t the only on look at that cro crowd will 1 when the etore store closed that clit after one of the most sensational enlea in its blit history torY old nanis nan Is again ap feared with the dumbbell dumb bell in bla his wake gentlemen at lemen he announced in his weighty manner 1 I am eur sure yon you will all want to offer your felicitations to mr ur Dan gloss ofir new advertising manager mr 2 la 19 ahem the anthor of the tut ankh araen amen article in sundays timm after the first shock cf of surprise the men crowded around horace to their con condrat grat ula tlona tiona jimmy however did not join the group lie stared at emily lb ift a rather dejected manner so sa wa tam sere ewt ct on him he vea 51 voice 1 1 I suppose tt it wout be lonc ion ill before they ler will be offering you congratulations T cily looked nt at hlo him tilen 1 ehe she held up her hand for foy ills inspection why aou oa poor dumb bell ehe she chilled scornfully lf if you were th ua 14 m s t 0 oben b en si ait t 30 a u would v 0 u id ll 11 have n v e n no 0 bucu tucu 1 et i t eliat li a t I 1 w was ei w wearing eg t t n g a i wedding y e addi n ring three tan w meeks before horace came to mork lu iu lie the e |