Ptomaine Street by Carolyn Wells
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page 55 of 113 (48%)
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"Me," exclaimed Daisy Snow, coming over and holding out her dainty right foot. "H'm," said Goodsport. "This line running from the Mount of Cinderella to the heel is the clothes line and denotes love of dress. This line crossing it is the fish line and shows you are incapable of telling the truth." Daisy flounced away, mad, and Mrs. Charity Givens, with some trepidation, offered her ample and generous foot for dissection. "A thorough, broad understanding and a friendly footing toward all," declared the solist, "and no danger of misunderstanding. However, your broken headline indicates pugnacity." "Nothing of the sort!" she snapped at him, and waddled away. Goldwin Leathersham, greatly interested, insisted on having his pedal interpreted. "Mount of Atalanta highly prominent," said Goodsport, "that means you are a runner, either for office or for pleasure. Here is a line meeting--that indicates a railroad man. H'm. A well-developed football shows you have been to college. You seem to be inclined to solemates--" But Leathersham had taken to his heels. "Please," said Iva Payne, gracefully offering her long psychic foot for perusal. |
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