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Show llalilM lha flarhar'a tcraa. There wa a lull In the day' business. busi-ness. Two of tha downtown barber assistant were watching the street from their basement window, tha two palra ot eyea gaalug fervently up from the actual aapbatt level Another aa-Blatant aa-Blatant read u forlorn looking newspaper news-paper Only tho bos barber wat occupied oc-cupied with a cutlumer, aud thla Individual, In-dividual, gating cOllngwnrd through luxurious lather, became awaro of con-rcreatlun con-rcreatlun In tho room which wat not accounted for by the four persons In sight. There waa now and again distinct treblo quality to tho murmured mur-mured alternation ot voices. Later, when shaved mid returned to an upright up-right posture, the visitor made further fur-ther dlicovcrlea, A green screen partitioned par-titioned one corner nf tho shop. Ito- tlde It uppoated tha mpiare shoulder ajij of a man. Ho waa facing u table, nnd HH Just beyond could bo sien tha nuds HH and ainlles of a smartly dresiied young H woman "That?" echoed tha bos bar- MB bcr, In reply to the customer's que- MM lion. "Oh, that' only our manicure. MM Doe quite n thriving trade here on MM Saturday afternoon. Surprising hove MM many business men will stop tu hnvo MJ their hands polished off. Hut they MM will, though, and we had to have a HJ manicure here. That girl Is a niece MM nf mine, and aim's uaually kept buiy HJ the afternoons she ttny hero. She MM naa handy at learning things, and MM she' making a llttlo money of her MM own." New York Hnu MM |