The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-03-09
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STRUGGLE FOR A MousrAcHE.
BY c. A. STEPHENS.

This is for boys, of course. Who ever heard
of grls being interested in mus aches! Whai
can they know of that strange longing which
goes out from the very soul of every youngster
of dozen-sometimes younger-which gets
etron ger aud stronger every year. as he goes into
his re ms. and, like Sohiller's Whirlpool. necer
mid rest till his upper lip is mustarhed What
can they know of 1t? Nothiss. That's Why I
don't think it worth while for them TO read this
sketch. They couldn't Il say it respectfully, and
without the slightest disparagement, not the
sliyhtest)-they couldn't appreciate the situa-
sion but boys can. Evtry BOY Knows or snortiy
will. lust how ii il himself. For mustaches are
inevitable and will come either with or without
help-usuallv with. 1 therefore dedicate this
b,t OF experience sad personal experience, - the
,haeegs, little aid great. They'll read it, I feel
confident, every one; and that they may to some
extent prof by it IL the earnest wish Of one of
their number.
1t was in January, the first month of q year
not A great many years ago. The winter school
that winter. Harry Smith, Tom Edwards and
I, had the "loug seat" together. The long seat
was the one at the end Of the room, at right
angles with the other seats. It partially fronted
the rest, and wSs long for enough three of us-A
favorite seat, and greatly sought after ia tine
general scramble Monday moruing of the
first day" | remember that Tom and 1 went
Gown 10 the SCHOOL mouse niue seven mat
morniRl. ia order 70 make sure OF it by getting
our books under the bench before the McIntire
boys got there.
The black seat" was fall Of "preat boys of
eighteen aud twenty. They nearly all had mus.
taches, or attempts at the sa'ue. And some cf
them even hid whiskers OF course, their ex
ample and good success in thi- Particular vas
stimulating to IA smaller boys. Still We didn't
take our fever tuIustacie fever from them. 1t
came from l. sudden ez pOsura III the form of u
young fellow from Portland, nemcd Fred Try
who came ur the second week of our school on f,
visit at his sraudiathers, who lived in the neigh
borhood. by way of passing the time, (nothin <
more, ! guesS,( he attended school for several
weeks. Anything like the brown be. uty, the
trim ess, and the heroic effect of FIed's mus
tache en- scarcely be conceived OF. The great
boys were goats beside him. And rs for the
"great girls it was amazing to see how they
kept wearing their best dresses every day, and
how cold they grew toward their old admirers.
Harry, Tom and [, from the long seat, eyed
him the mu.tachs part, and thst WIS the only
part OF him worth notiUinF,)--eyed him admir-
ingly.A Diy by day we watched sud sig ned may.
pinea-l really think No u oed-under the I'M
apprc acAnble glory Of thot n,auiy mustsche. I'm.
approachablt; for rs yet our fees were as
smooth o. our dinuer-boxes. IS | siid At fret,
/ don't expect my save boys to sympathize with
will bat laugh when / state that the frat fort.
night lfter Fred's arrival. Tom aud l actually
lay awake nights to discuss it, aud devise means
for putting our own upper lips in . similar con-
diioo AS a preliminary step, we Lad ALREADY
procured 40 old razor and cake of SOAP, and
were proceeding toward the object in Wow by
scraping in the usu.l wy, when ono afternoon
at recess Harry, whose fever ran higher even
than ours, ,ho,cd u n slip Gu, frotn late news.
paper, religious p. er, too, which made every
thing easy in moment.
That clip Was this
MoysTAcHEs! NorsrACHEs!
The Grecian Com ouad Will force growth
OF hair the saOc tSsst face with . few sppli.
cations. This is no humbug. Price emily 500
per package.
Address with money
PROFESSOR BoUFFET.
SO Nassau st, n. Y.
Was there eyer such an opening! We road it
over and over, in school, holding it behind our
books.
"Do you suppose it really il 80 z" whispered
Tom
This lie no humbug," read Harry, pointing to
the slip.
On the whole it looked too strsisht-f.rwe rd
and honest, and was too mach to oar hs.sY to
be seriously doubted.
,
as we at eating our dinners in our seats ald
talking the matter over. Shouldn't wonder ii
that WAS the way he raised his" with . nod up
to where Fred vas shining aud talking with
the girls. Lets 'end tomorrow. tn be thirty
three cents .p:sce. Can you do itY"
1t wonld nearly break az; but We could do II.
barely.
"Come over to opr house tonight" said Harry,
Sand we'll write the letter"
AFT tad AZ Zoo ~ cot
Oft tho following:
"N--, MAINE. Jan. %. 1856.
"PRoTEssoE BouFyET, E.q.
DEAR SIR: Please ssnd Ne package Of your
Grecisn Compound ~ ssol % yol sst this,
which contains enc dollar to pay for IL. Be sure
to send us the right kind.
"Your oocdiert servsnts,
HARRY SMITH and two othsfa"
We put this IN the post.ofiice next norlisg %
We went 20 school.
GLOW long do YOU expect it'll DO before it will
get here 2" asked Tom.
90, we'll, it may no = week" said Harry. II
don't ~e-n to think strange, though, or worry,
ii 1t don't come in fortnight Msy have good
deal Of business you know"
In s.sned some time but - w sollA do
nothins further, We sct ourselves TO wait
p.tHn'iy.
Tom .ut | were therefore very ssrs.ably eur.
pr'Sei vhes, On the third nigh, after. Harry
eamo running up TO oar house. and, calling a.
out. sxelsU.d, 'It's come"
Saeh promp!nes. Looked we'll in the Professor.
Let's zee il" crird Tom.
II was simply yellox euv.lop. sadrs.ssA TO
"An'-y Smith, oos,sining Iva. squsrs p,psr
pacASse, much like paper u xsrden-se,ds. with
"di'eotions on IL which told us N dissolve in
wa'n w.ier and apply wherever ~ wanted halr
Gone Down and 't.y with ms tn.ei xht,' said