Show 17 amai nj ein too 0 ZEE by WENDELL BROOKS the over stuffed lady in the purple dress had bad fingered every necktie on the counter and had rusty mcgonegal McGone gaI the clerk pull some two dozen boxes of assorted neckwear out from behind the counter had asked rusty a dozen times whether or not he thought green would go well with blue and finally had bad turned away from the tie bar sucking on her underup and mumbling something about not wanting to buy anything she just sure ot of and that three dollars was more than she wanted to spend on henry anyway rusty sighed he forced a smile at as he waited on the next customer all ali this and heaven too he thought As if he have enough on his mind already enough meaning one particularly cute bit of femininity that was jockeying the number one elevator at the large loop department store miss annabelle brunette five foot two but it only the person of miss that rusty was thinking about no it was the fact she had only the day before purchased a red and white polka dot tie from hinl him 1 I want a tie that will look well with brown hair shed said airn 0 eyes bulged out the polka dot uel pling brown hair and brown eyes and rusty had red hair red hair and blue eyes and here all the time hed thought to top it all off the floor manager had just made the rounds announcing noun cing they would remain open until 9 nine on the night before christmas to accorn accommodate last minute shoppers it was too much nine and hed made a date the week before with annabelle they were going to take in an early show and wind up the evening dancing at the aragon but if she were more interested in brown hair and brown eyes if shed sold out to hosiery well he care if the store stayed open until midnight serve her right shed have to work too no lady these are all the ties tie we have no we got any special numbers tucked away anywhere I 1 assure you rusty felt like yelling that if the woman find a single tie she liked out of the some laid out in front of her she was well he know what she was but he be was fed up life had suddenly become meaningless and time dragged on he wondered how annabelle would act but he have time to think about that because annabelle was suddenly standing right in front of him smiling 1 I took a break it mean of that old manager to make us stay open when we had a date rusty kept his eyes down on the showcase amm hm he mumbled she was talking like there was nothing at all wrong just as aa if shed never even thought of another man in the world well ive got to dash back see se you at nine amm hm bm women they were all alike he looked up sullenly at the retreating figure of the slim brunette his eyes wandered up past her trim waist to her hair why eyes bulged out the polka dot uel there it was neatly tied in a bow on the back of her head bead holding the locks of her hair in place and all the time hed thought yes sir air he be grinned as he be slipped lipped 2 a tie into a gift box tor for a fellow standing at the counter that tie will wear you for years I 1 know youre going to like it lt and merry Christ christmas mast I 1 |