, 1874-09-27
glanced round Mt hie admirers. and ssid: "Look

| glanced round Mt hia admirers. and ssid: "Look
| at me, boys. Now, the Council deposcd me frou
tue Presidency Last sprinF. aud put Dixon in N!
look, and then tel nc if they did not make
| mistake" He handed the wig over to the bar
| Der. declining to bty. and proceeded with his
cegrcsp pontience- Having arranged With Ir-
Cleveland that ho SHOULD pay for his Wig in III
tc2a weekly 1!stalnlcuts Of - c.cn, tho b2rpel
! LETT for tito Office Of
TIE clTT CLERK. ..
whom lie found reading, tho last number OF the
Court Journal He nterposed his circular and :
few remarks upon tho nnpEoductiEcncss OF the
City Clerks Uranium. Mr. Forrest read the cir
cular, ead lis face crinlsoncd With delight when
lo sav that lit wss face to face With IL man who
Lad, iI.o L;use!f, been Intimate with man o1
high station. !'.i7 dear cir" he remarked,
':thcre IL one na1no I Eaias in your list. ID II
possible that nay friend Daiferin las mover en-
joyed your tonsorial attention."
the barber euswe1cd III tho affirmative, and
| ras proceeding 10 try OIL wig when the City
CierE interrupted him.
..Srendid fel!ox, Lord Dntcrin! Emo Fpcci.-
men OF tie cultivated aris.o:rst! Quite good
thing His Lortlsi;p Got off tho night ho sat III
nv Gox Mt 1lcIiche,'z. lis Lorlship tapped nc
on the knco aud said Forrest, my boz: did you
cycF-s"
''Iierc's q wig which think will about suit
vou, sir" said tho bar5ar, hanging flowing
jct-t,lack touIco over tie City Clerks shoulders
"An yes As was naylag, We were sitting in
my box ut 11cVicEcr's Theatre. It doesn't mat
ter What the play was E!uhm, You're al"aTs
putting YOUR 1o6t in something. Dnnerln and !, l
we're talIing about little matter which recently
ship az remarked before, tapped me on tho
knee and said, Forrest. my bog, cid you
eyer-:'
.tYour hair is rather difficult to match, sir"
intcrru:7tcd the barbcr "taerc arc VI many dlf-
ferent SHADES in it. It's lucky thing there aro
41,iE
.'OL, bother The wig! Don't you see I'm tell
ing u story" said tho City Clerk, quita snap
pishly. - AS was saving, genticlncu: Dn1ierln
aud we're sitting in my box at Ac'icker Il Inc
atre. We Ind been out driving together ati af-
tc,noon, and His Lordshlp Was III excellent
spirits. We we're talking about LITTLE matter,
when His Lordship. as l remarked before,
tarpcd nlo OIL the knee aud said: Forrest, my
boy. did you eyer--.
'.Tho nlish: tinge OF auburn IN this hair, i'm
pcrtrrbably broke in the barber: ''mi=ht, per-
haps, Huit the complexion bcttor than Tho.
damn you aud your III ;,s !" burst forth the
1ato City Clerk. ~ alr. DlunE, apply the s:oElcs
to the Trctch.''
There vas thnnderons boom on the floor, =
fash as Of ,wo ttinderbol.s Ill tha air, aai tho
body Of tho unfortunate barber shot through
the open window into the alley between the CITY
Hall aad tho Grand Pacific Hotel. The cle~
phanti1,c stogies il:l dono their duty. and Mr.
Forrest glanced with becoming appreciation vt
the p10HcfOuS pEQai eAtlclAAt4To WIFI t'-A
avenged him upon his foe, and which, it Is
worthy of remark, arc the only objects IN this
wcrld which present the stranGe anomaly OF
being two feet aud yet measuring IN length no.
Icas than % inches.
Having gathered hir1relf and lis wigs and
circulars together, the barber, still in:cn. upon
business, went round, BY waT Of Tho Ene-Alarai
Telegraph Office. to the room Of
THE POLICE Coesci:s5ToSEHs,
which vas occupied Jointly b: Dr. Nsfa and a1r:
Rsno. The former bought i 10 r'@ and went
of to have his photograph taken. leaving the
barber in company with Mark Sher1dan's hc;lcll-
mau. The latter Vas in very melancholy mood.
He had just read = paragraph III on Eastern
Nc wspaccr, devoted to won1an suffrage, an
nouncing that victory bad been ach1e7oa 1or
the cause in the placing Of 4 worthy lady named
Mrs Reno on tho Police Donrd oi Chicago, and
yss in no lumor 70 listen to .he solicitations Of
a wig-cauyasEer. He utterly declined to hold
any conversation With tho barber at first, but
.i,a1lv uabort enough to state that his baldiieas
WIS the result OF persistent annoyance OF City
Hall reporters. He regretted that he had ever
been induced to enter nublic lifo in the interest
of tho public, aud said that if he did take wig
il would have to bo one parting in tho centre, rs
the tern, '.grnnny" h9. got 20 be 30 generally
aupied to him that hs had 1nado up his mind to
discard male attire and appear in fu.uro in pet
1icoats Az tho wigs which tho barber had With
him were al OF the 1aa1e gender the barber had
to promise to call egain. Then hc went all
through tho City-Iiall building, carefully avoid
ing tito Offices Of the City Clerk and Poiico Com
ua:asioue.s, and before he get through l,o had
secured orders from Fa1wcll, in tho Comrrcl}e:s
cIico from Mr.. Reed. of tho Board OF Public
II oras from Judge Moore, OF tho Supreme
Court and from half dozen other minor off
Gals. l., fact he did moro work thau be would
have done Quete: darisS the next ten yca1a.