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Wilson, for a certainty, he has such an enormous practice!" they said, with pride. "That girl is as handsome and healthy as an Alderney cow," he added, now, and the men laughed. "She's a stunner," said Amidon. Anderson went out abruptly without waiting to make his purchase. He felt as repelled as only a man of his temperament can feel.
I cannot think of them as actual persons without knowing their names." "The gentleman was Constantin Amidon; the lady, Marian Shaffer. You will have to think of them now as Mr. and Mrs. Amidon." "And I will. Thank you, Mr. Hutton, thank you very much. Next to the pleasure of getting the house for my friend, is that of hearing this charming bit of news its connection."
"Say, John," interposed Amidon, "how much did you pay them five what voted for you this year, hey?" Flynn looked up from Rosenstein's belathered face with a burst of simple triumph. "I didn't pay any of them a penny," said he. "There is damn fools everywhere, and you wait," said he, "an' see ef there ain't more come to light next time.
Amidon was always shaved for nothing, in consideration of the fact that his wife supported him with board money, and the barber had an undefined conviction that it was mean to take it back after he had just paid it. Amidon was a notorious talker, and was called a very "dry sort of man," which, in the village vernacular, signified that he was esteemed a wit.
She did not approve of the barber-shop, and so the pleasure had something of the zest of a forbidden one. Every Sunday he was at his wit's end, which was easily reached, to invent a suitable excuse for his absence. To-day it had been to see if Mrs. Amidon did not want to buy some apples.
The postmaster and Drake looked at him with expressions like hunting-dogs, although a certain wisdom as to his meaning was evident in both faces. "I suppose it's getting harder and harder for them to get credit," said Drake. "Harder," returned Amidon. "I guess it is.
Amidon get a glimpse of any one in the adjoining house? No remarks, please. I use the telephone because I am not ready to explain myself. If she did, let her send a written description to you of that person as soon as she reaches the Azores." "You surprise me. May I not call or hope for a line from you early to-morrow?" "I shall be busy till you get your answer." He hung up the receiver.
On the Sunday morning before the wedding there were an unusual number of men in the barber-shop old Eastman, Frank's father, who generally shaved himself, besides Amidon, Drake, the postmaster, Tappan the milkman, and a number of others. Amidon was in the chair, and spoke whenever it did not seem too hazardous.
Drake, Amidon, and the postmaster, who had just stopped, stood in the doorway, with no attempt to disguise their interest, and watched Major Arms spring out of the carriage like a boy, kiss his sweetheart, utterly unmindful of their observance, then assist the sisters to the back seat, and spring to the front himself.
Carroll replied to Lee, urbanely: "Fine," he said, "fine. How are you, Mr. Lee?" "Seems to me you are not looking quite up to the mark," Lee remarked, surveying him with friendly solicitude. The little barber had returned to Amidon in the chair, and was carefully scraping his cheek with the razor. "Then my looks belie me," Carroll replied, smiling.
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