Show Feature Story By Bill Bowles A young boy nervously clutching clutching clutching clutch clutch- ing a glossy centerfold of a sensual blond woman with one eye on her herand herand herand and one on the shopkeeper is startled by my appearance Casually Casual Casual- ly I approach the magazine rack with its it's facade of brightly colored magazines beckoning me to pick them up The young boy glances at atme atme atme me quickly and sizes me up as a conservative probably due to my short hair cut and modest clothing and decides to switch magazines In a sly manner he replaces the questionable material in exchange for a skateboard magazine its it's cover featuring a burly young athlete complete with crash helmet helmet helmet hel hel- met apparently trying to scale two tons of cement at a 90 degree angle I pick up Modern Photography Photography Photography Photo Photo- graphy one eye looking at life size box of the theother theother theother other lazily focused on the precarious precarious precarious pre pre- carious if not humorous situation I Page 2 find myself in About this time a silvery-haired silvery gentleman sporting tinted eyeglasses and a mahogany cane walks from behind an isle covered with Christmas knick and joins us He peers over my shoulder at the camera equipment Im I'm drooling over and says a muffled Excuse me in a gruff tone He then lunges forward to grab a Popular Science maga maga- zine I begin thinking Maybe he wants to get some feedback on how to build a pacemaker so he can look at the heavy-breathing heavy literature without reeling over No a spiteful thought I shouldn't judge a man by his appearance After all looks can be deceiving Suddenly the shopkeeper appears a stumpy A Aman man with forearms like Popeye the sailor short legs and a dense beard He grasps the boy by the scruff of his neck and says Out you The Penthouse tumbles to the floor during the scuffle its it's naked sprawling image smiling serenely at me and the silvery- silvery haired gentleman The stocky shopkeeper shopkeeper shopkeeper shop shop- keeper scoops it off the floor and whisks it back to the shelf The old man intrigued by the whole scene slips by me and begins rummaging through it I guess he didn't need a after all yourself it pacemaker 0 e |