. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. aceful carriage ofAmerica, and its freedom from affect-ation and exaggeration. She had, too,the chic of France, both in mannersand dress, though she didnt tie her 20 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE. hair up into all those ridiculous littlequirks and curls and frizzles thatFrenchwomen affect, but instead drewit back loosely from her white fore-head and fastened it simply at thenape of a neck that made a man wishthat he were twins so that he mightstand in front of her and behind herat the same time. She was prettier than anyone I haveever seen, or dreamed of, or
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. aceful carriage ofAmerica, and its freedom from affect-ation and exaggeration. She had, too,the chic of France, both in mannersand dress, though she didnt tie her 20 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE. hair up into all those ridiculous littlequirks and curls and frizzles thatFrenchwomen affect, but instead drewit back loosely from her white fore-head and fastened it simply at thenape of a neck that made a man wishthat he were twins so that he mightstand in front of her and behind herat the same time. She was prettier than anyone I haveever seen, or dreamed of, or imagined—so pretty that it made one wonder near the answer as you can get with-out seeing Hortense. As for Hicks, the moment he gothis spectacles focused on her, it wasall up with him. He forgot whetherhe was Hicks of Hackensack or Garryof Gowanus, and, furthermore, hedidnt seem to care. You never inall your life saw such a change in aman. In an instant he had fallen offhis pedestal with a bump and hadbecome just a mere human being and. A Riot was Narrowly Averted. how SO much beauty could have fore-gathered in one place—just as youmarvel at how a prestidigitateur canget all sorts of ribbons and flowersfrom a cornucopia hardly big enoughto hold a bachelors button. I shant tryto describe her. Just think of themost beautiful thing you can, multiplyit by a million, square it, cube it, andadd six and then youve got about as even less. It was positively pitiful tosee him, the very essence of concen-trated adoration, squinting at herhumbly, meekly, dazedly, through histhick windows, like a man gazing atthe sun. He was so pitiful that we all feltsorry for him and began to try tocheer him up, and get him interested,even if we had to ring in the HICKS OF HAOKENSACK 21 anachronistic actions and adventuresof Fritz of Fahrenheit to do it. Still, we didnt devote any too muchof our time to Hicks, for the rest ofus werent much better off. Of coursethere was only one thing that couldhappen
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