Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

SITTING near the doors and front win.
dows of fashionable barber shop recent
". in a big arm chair, with large mirror
in front of him and another at his back,
and clever barber standing at his side,
scraping lather and beard from his face
with razor that gave no unpleasant to.
ken Of its presence, man started FORWARD
80 suddenly that the barber, to save HIM
self. could not avoid cutting him an ugly
cash on the chin. .aI9 %
SNOW, see what you have done ?" stam-
mered and expostulated the barber, as he
applied a wet towel to the wound, and
then piece of sticking-plaster. Is.
But the man had nothing to say about
the cut. He was embarrassed. He had
started forward to look eagerly into the
mirror in front of him. Then he had
turned to look at the street; then he had
twisted his head around to gaze into the
glass behind him and at last he had sunk
back in his chair, and exclaimed with an
expression of WEAKNESS and disappoint-
ment :: II = tt-<t = ..hti
"She has fooled me again"
The BARRIERS eyes had followed those OF
his customer into the mirror In front
where was reflected the ever-changlng
panorama of Fourth street, and reflected
the reflection from the mirror behind
into the mirror behind which performed
exactly the same Office as the mirror in
front-and finally into the street, where
were enacted in reality the scenes OF life
thus truthfully mirrored. 1t was the
same old scene that met tonsorial artist 8
eyes-of wealth and poverty, happiness
and misery, purple and hne linen ana
rags, beauty and ugliness. There were
carts, wagons, buggies, and carriages,
raily,dressed ladies and beggar girls, hard
listed, soot-begrimmed coalheavers, dam
DIV clerks and flashy gamblers, and two
or three elegantly dressed women. +,
He saw nothing remarkable in the
scenes :. SO he went on with his work,
meanwhile curiously studying the face he
MANIPULATED 1t was that of q man OF
middle age, but prematurely wrinkled.
The eyes were cold gray, and had cast
that gave them a slightly, and only slight
". crossed expression and there was q
wildness about them, a piercing wildness,
that the barber had not noticed before.
The man was well dressed. in the height
Of fashion really. From his appearance
and remarks he had dropped, he was evil
IDENTIFY a stranger here from the East.
Nothing further Of interest transpired
with the stranger on this occasion. He
paid for his shave and walked Oft The
next morning, however, he made his APP
pearance at the same shop, at about the
same hour. His barber Of the day before
happened to be engaged when he came in,
so he seated himself and waited for him,
although "next was called by two bar
bers at some distance from the window.
Finally he seated himself for a shave in
his seat of the day before, and Immediate
" fixed his eyes intently on the mirror In
front of him. His barber noticed now
that he was much agitated ana nervous,
and so was on his guard againsta repetition
of the accident Of the day previous: 1t
was lucky for the strangecustomerthat he
was so 'considerate, for hardly had he
commenced operations with the razor
when the man jumped forward, caught
him by the arm, and with painfully
pinching grip, and, with his eyes glartng
at something in the mirror, said, inNa hiss
ing whisper, "Do you see her? Look
there! Dontyou see. her now
"Who?" said the startled barber, as he
looked into the glass and saw only news
boy, a horse and buggy, and policeman
Oh a w t tfat woman in black 2 velvet,
with that scar on her forehead. Don't
YOU zee? JThere-she's gomez" ga 1aA
And the man fell back IN his seat, pale
and trembling, with a cold sweat starting
from his forehead, and an expression OF
fright and exhaustion that was painful to
look upon, The barber could have sworn,
with perfect security from the pains and
penalties of perjury, that no woman in
black velvet, with scar on her forehead,
had passed on the street, OF been mirrored
in that glass; but fearing to further agl.
tate the man, he simply said, "Oh, yes, !"
and very carefully finished shaving his
customer. 4 In the mean while he made up
his mind that he was shaving either q
madnlan or an unfortunate victim OF de-
lirium tremens, and that he would DO 1t
no more. snH@, '9a37P93 '@a
But he was spared the trouble, for he
never saw the man again And il is like
ly he never would have known the history
Of the case had he not mentioned the oc-
currence last Saturday to q customer who
had seen fit to philosophize upon the life,
scenes, disconnected, fitting passing like
a dream, and gone forever, that the mir
rors of the shop portrayed. *.
This gentleman from New York started
in sunrise when he heard the stranger
mentioned, and wondered that ne had
been West; and, said he, why, that's
nv poor on friend Harry. He's out Of
his head halt the tmes because. a garl that
he once loved killed herself She shot a
ball through her forehead into her brain.
She was standing in front of q mirror,
and believe she had on q BLACK, velvet
party drea At the time. HAIRY aame IN
and saw her face In the mirror Just as she
shot herself Poor fellow, he thinks he
sees her wheneverhe hooks into Wtlfor-
sensible enough at other times, too-mar-
ried now and settled down. They don't
have many looking glasses in thsir, house,
though-liis wife generally combs his hair
for him. Cincinnati Commercial.
y tfages ..---SAzk-------- - sisn9s sqs
A man, in crossing q London street
the other day, met woman and pushed
by her 90 hardly as TO knock her over:
The police took him before the municipal
court, where he was fined $15. HIS de-
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