"Here's the needle drawer. Find what you want,
ma'am."
Louise was frankly spying. She saw that the customer was a lanky young
woman in a sunbonnet. When she dropped the bonnet back upon her narrow
shoulders with an impatient jerk, the better to see the needles, it was
revealed that her thin, light hair was drawn so tightly back from her
face that it actually seemed to make her pop-eyed.
She had a rather pretty pink and white complexion, and aside from the
defect of hairdressing might have been attractive. She possessed a
thin and aquiline nose, however, the nostrils fairly quivering with
eagerness and curiosity.
"Land sakes!" she was saying. "I know Cap'n Abe's been talkin' of
goin' away--the longest spell! But so suddent--'twixt night and
mornin' as ye might say------"
"Exactly," said Cap'n Amazon dryly, and went on counting the pins from
the box into a paper sack.
"What 'bout the girl that's come here? That movie actress?" asked the
young woman with added sharpness in her tone. "What you going to do
with _her_?"
Cap'n Amazon came back to the counter and even his momentary silence
was impressive.
Pages:
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104