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even give up smoking and drinking for 'em. An' the way they bother 'em after they get 'em makes me think that Jon either didn't know all the news or was fooling Evelyn a little.
Jonathan just let himself go deeper and deeper—didn't try to beat the love game. Evelyn didn't seem to notice it, and Jon had no idea that it mightn't be all right with her. My, how it changed him! But, love does that to a fellow. It done it to me once. That's how I learned to wear a stovepipe hat! Jon, he wore paper collars on Sundays, and put smelly things on his hair, which Evelyn made him quit, and went to town once and got a shave. Evelyn was also disappointed in the shave. So Jon blushed and says he'll never do it again and he didn't.
"Fortunately, you didn t get your hair cut," says Evelyn. "All it needs, now and then, is a little trimming. And I'll do that—if you'll let me. I use' to do it for father."
Well, once a day wouldn't have been too often for Jonthy to have Evelyn get the scis-
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