The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-04-11
ks we held up. We began to hear a

surprise He looked sharply around
But We held our heads down aud studied
prodigiouSly.
Glass in the Fourth Readerl" cried
the master That was our class.
Our hearts gave a great jump The
crisis had come. We stole out 70 our
places. Tom holding his open book under
his nnse. while Harry and | put our
handkerchiefs over our mouths All eyes
began TO tasten upon US; and somebody
snickered out
IVY hats thi>?" demanded the master,
coming down to our end of the room
No one answered.; but general grin ami
staring pointed US out the root Of the
difficulty.
Put down your book, Thomas"
said the master Tom wriggled and hest
tated.
DO you hear p
Down came the book, and 10 the
black lip !! A roar followed this unveil-
ing.
whats that?'' said the master, look
ing at it attentively.
"Mustache |" suggested voice be-
hind.
The master glanced at it again, chen
frowned. He had small sandy mustache
himself, and, with a young gentleman s
sensitiveness on this subject. [ think he
took it as a saucy imitation, a piece of
impudence. For moment he aim ost
glared at poor Tom, when another voice
blurted out, A couple more under the
handkerchiefs -
Take them down, Numbered he, turn
ing upon US.
We did SO, and were greeted with an
other roar
But Mr.. Roadway recovered his humor
in moment, and turning to one of the
little boys, said pleasantly, though still
with slight CLEAN in his eye, johnny.
run over to Mr. Needham' S, next door,
and borrow his razor and piece of soup.
These young gentlemen will have to
shave. The class may be seated till we
can get their mustaches of. ?"
Now the best thing for US to have done
then would have been to tell him frank y
just how it was But we were SO hus
tered, scared, and withal so ashamed, that
we stood mute as monkeys, our lips help
ing the smile.
Come out here!" said'he. We fol-
lowed him into the floor. "Take off your
jackets - We peeled
Now pin your handkerchief about
each others neck, towel fashion,
We performed this Office for each other
In dreadful clumsy way, eliciting fresh
ontburstS from the whole school which
now SAT agape with merriment By this
time johnny had got back with Mr.. Need
ham razor and !ather-box
The master went along 10 the pail ana
poured some waIet INTO the box, which
he ec on the table. Next he seated nae
To- bis otair BAXTER fashion ana had nle
Put ~ hee.stlp ca the stove. This
ZONE IL re'irel u ne back seat and bad
Harry shave me after the nosi ap:,rovea
style. with the remark that he would
teach us barberiug il noticing else.
''Lather him and shave him well, 8"
Was the order, as he went up the aisle
leaving us alone in the fl or.
1t took a second command to drive
Harry into it. And then, o, how linger
ingly awkard and slow he went about it 1,
How silly he looked, As he smeared the
iather over my face And how his hands
trembled and shook about as he didlerpd
the razor along my lip! And the little
chap in the chair must have been pic
ture You can imagine him. In short.
l leave the whole scene to Your imagina
ton. You can't overdo it. The master
laughed till the tears ran down into hi>
sandy mustache And such outlaws. boil,
bass and treble. as rose In the back seat
What the three little fellows who furnish
ed the fun underwent, Heaven only can
know. | never had anything to knock
the bottom out of my self-respect
before nor since To this day il
makes me squirm and calculate, when
ever happen to think of it suddenly.
And when, alter scraping off the lath,
err, my lip still showed black as jet, how
they laughed again. The master made
Harry go over me a second time. Then
J shaved him, and lastly he shaved Tom.
That wound up the shaving part.
Now, said the master, coming to the
table. ''go and wash off that ink"
1T isn't ink, SIR Harry ventured to
say.
wat is it, then?''
IL don't know what it is, sir"
You don't know what it is? Where
did you get it? Where did it come
from p
New York, sir
New York Have you got any more
of it?"
Yes. SIR
Let me see it ?"
Harry went to his jacket, and. drawing
from his breast pocket the yellow envel-
ope, took out the package of Compound,
before the wondering school.
The master took it. "Oho I" he ex.
claimed. "a whisker preparation black
ened your lips, did it? Served you right.
Take friend advice let nature work.
Now go wash it off
1t won come off. sir, said Harry.