"Of course, you could never get a word out of _her_--but I know what she is up to.

The girls that have the most steady patrons will stay, of course.

I'm certainly glad I kidded that old widow into thinking she's puhfectly stunning with her hair hennaed.

She don't trust anybody but me to touch it up.

And she's good for a scalp and facial and manicure every week of her life, besides getting her hair dressed every Saturday anyway, and sometimes oftener when she's going out.