New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-29

ing extremely surprised. why, he's the
! editor Of q morning paper"
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1 T1IE xfLhAGE RARBER.
- BY NJ QUAD.
! He thoughe herecognized nae the momenia
Il entered the door, but refused to en-
I courage him In that belief. It was strange
town to me, all the people were strangers.
and was 80 far from home III 1t doubted
: if man, woman, or child in that locality
had ever met mebefOre.
- The barber smiled tenderly az he pointed
! to the chair. and then led right of as famil-
iarly as if he had shaved me every day for
q month past. Will. mixing the lather he
I remarked on the weather, the crops, the
panic the lost ballo0nists, and other mat
tiers, and although did not pretend ehear
him he was not to be beaten.
II hope you'll do we'll here,r he said as
he pushed my head over and daubed the
lathsr on the right cheek, commencing at
the butt OF the ear.
| (Sildnce on my part
"This town needs another dry goods
STORE" he continued after moment, land l
shouldn't wonder if you just coined money"
Nong silence)
/ Perhaps it was the silence which COZ
| vinced the barber that he had made mis-
take. but he was not discouraged. As he
lathered the lett cheek he suddenly said:
"There are three or four lawyers here
} now, but, as Christopher Columbus said.
There's room at the top of the heap and
think you'll be full of business all the time"
| He was locking right do&n into my face,
and through the foam Of lsther he might
have detected faint smile, frown, or
| some other expression which hurt his con-
oeit He instantly suspected thai he had
made another mistake. / wsslooking into
the glass on the wall and saw bis coun ten
ance change. Some BARRIERS would not have
pursued the subject further, but he was the
only barber in the village, and he felt that
he had Gel ain rights which was bound to
respect, He might have reasoned that l
was mulish and obstinate, and needed coax
ing and fatteripg, or perhaps he theorized
that was timid and hesitating, and wanted
encouraging. At any rate he soon attacked
me again, saying:
"Ths is nice village, but never saw so
much sickness in my life a. we have had
this year. OUT doctors don't seem to know
enough to manage the diseases, and I'm
glad you are going to open an Office. am
pretty healthy as general thing. but if
get sick III give you my custom in prefer
ence to any one else."
Still Watching the glass, saw selfsat-
isfed smile ripple across his face. For
about half minute he was dead snre in
his own mind that he had boxed me up.
Then q shade of suspicion crossed his face.
Silence sOmeti mes gives consent, but in this
case. after sorutiniziDg my face sharply for
an instant, he interpreted it to mean that
he hau Numbered again. He was vexed.
had no right to sit there and treat his
queries with such con.
silence. He would pay me for
such conduct. l saw the spirit Of resolve
creep into his face, and he said:
IT was saying only the other dag that this
s%1b sSas "1s to black
be knows no more about shoeing horse
than coon does about sailing canal boat"
His eyes glistened, and be took no pains
to keep down the chuckle Of satisfaction
bubbling up into his throat. He regarded
it as line shot-a crusher-and if he hadn't
been shaving my chin at that time he would
aave been unable to suppress laugh.
His razor crossed the chin, scraped up
md down., and skipped around to the jugu-
ar VEIN before the BARRIERS smile faded. He
lad been watching me to catch a start of
hing to guide his opinion; and as he had
,een unsuccessful, he renewed the lsther on
he left cheek and sighed drearily. hoped
le was man of determination, and trusted
hat he would not give up. Fearing that he
WOULD, l was about to speak, when he
miled blandly and remarked:
II can tell q school teacher the minute
ct eyes on him.
(Lather and silencb)
And it's funny; toe" he continued, "that
have shaved every professor in the Nor
nal School here the very first morning of o
is arrival. and have told each and every
aid word to me-"
(Silonco and ahave.)
"Weli, l suppose teaching is q good pay
ng business" he went ON, as he looked nv
ace over to see if he had skipped a spot,
aud I'm willing to help you all l can.
aven't any children-am not marrled-but
ever get married and have children I'll
ond them to school to you" &
His presidency and fattery deserved
ome encouragement, but was determined &
, hold out to the last ditch. He shut up
is razor with quick, vexed motion, tossed
on the stand regardless of damages and
smiled maiiciOusly rs he got down his
ottle OF unadulterated bay rum. Iknew
wo1ld BITE like serpent and sting like
q adder. but could l show less stOicism
ian ne had shown diplomacy and persist,
lcJ! Didn's l commence the struggle. 4
shut my teeth. looked straight into the
ASS, and he sopped the fiery stuff over nv.
leeks and chin. He expected squirm 4
10 yell, and his surprise was great. The
yht OF revenge had crept into his eyes. ~
1T it quickly faded away, and as he re- q
aced the bottle and wiped my face with u
y never saw but one other man who u
uld stand bay rum like that, and he was L
returned Californian. The clitia+e of 4
at country .hardens the flesh, l supposeVs
l refused to reply. He got angry again. Il
1g my scalp as he combed nv hair. gaves. a
y head several unnecessary twists and h
locks and pushes, and he .jerksd the big N
leo apron off my lap az ii he hated me. Il
owever, curiosity suddenly overcame bis
xacion Of spirit, aad as he bsusbets me OF
said:
This town ought 10 support another TN
rfaker, and if can be OF any assistance
nnding You shop you can call upon ma
| wouldn't speak. and heard him grit
g his teeth. He also struck me several
rd blows with the brush. and once tried
hit me fair on the nose l thought l had
him, but just as l had put on
hat and opened the door he made last
ired:
Less see.e Reverend Revefena-vhxs
! you say it wasl-Rev Mr. Brow&r'
didn't say.-9eo York Graphic.
Chivalry Bead
Forte Crayon writes: 1t was 4ealiy Snv
covery of pyinting that killed chivalry,
II and body. Then the power that comes