The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-01

Al I'm In luck said Jones. o. h
uttered ,he barber shop and found th-
barber rrsding n paper; won't have IA
= ait for nv rrNt. and he tossed his ha.
in th. corner. and seated him self for y
shave.
How i. this said III. barber. read
ing from q paper that mark IT, witty
column with a blue pencil 10y Georgc
ho~'- this pretty good. ] take it, an
he read
did you ever see apump handle any.
thing' Did YOU ever see q witty cism
Who ever saw a dog call her9 and thu
good barber laughed heartily at thes-
.cin,illations Of wit, and said that somr
III those fellow. are most blamed ciey.
.r.
Then he tui ned TO the yellow fever
department. and, ate, reading three or
four dispatches, asked Jones II he
thought, the scourge would reach Oh
City.
Jones said there was a possibility i,
would get here by the middle Of winter.
and he would like to be fixed up and
shaved before it arrived.
The barber said IL was a terrible
thing, yswned, laid down the paper,
and shuhed up to the chair. lie ar.
ranged the towels about Jones neck,
felt Of his beard. run this fingers thro'
his hair, s%crutiniked y wart on the side
Of his nose. turned his lower lip down
over his chin. and asked him il he had
his tooth fixed in the oil regions or In
New York.
Jones answered ~ best he could, con.
sidering that the barber still kept hi,
lip hauled down tight.
After eSaming the dental work on the
tooth, which he unhesita,ingly pro-
nounced a good job the barber let 20
II Jones lip. and went to throw u
ton AT u dog that was barking at a n
in the back yard.
When he came back. Jones said h.
would like 3" be shaved rs quickly "a.
possible. rs be was in somewhat Of y
hurry.
Certainly. certainly said the bar.
Der. and spread the lather over Jones
face. and began to hunt for u razor
After examining several. he began Ia
slap the strap with one, while he re-
marked that fall had probably set in in
real earnest. and that the base ball
fever was about rs bad rs ever, etc.
Giving the razor n pull down over
the side Of Jones' face, he wiped Of
the blade, laid it down and took up an
other. examined its edge. and whipped
the strap with II rs before, asking Jones
IL he thought business was really pick.
ing up any, and il he thought i, would
rain.
Jones moved uneasily on the stocks,
and said he was sure there would be- a
storm. and he wanted to get shaved and
have his mustache waved before the
flood came.
The barber grew pale around The
mouth, and his lip quivered. You said
that once before he remarked CURLY.
Don't say it again, please. or therell
be trouble. I'm n gentleman when
dealing with u gentleman, but / know
when I'm insulted. sir
Well. confound it all said Jones.
very much out Of patience. '1canle here
to get shaved. and not TO be talked tn
death
%, you wan to be shaved. do yOu,'
exclaimed the barber in q rage. you
don't want to be talked to death. don't
you! A barber cant open his mouth.
can't hep . no; a barber is q dOggon.
ed machine, l suppose. and must move
about his work like Il wooden Injun in
front Of II cigar store. All right, all
right! you snail be- shaved and have
your mustachc waxcd SO blamed fast
it'll max! your head swim"
And, buckling down TO his work. he
shaved Jones in two minutes and q halt
by the watch. and cut him seventeen
times by actual count.
MOral--l.et n barber talk. II il cheap
or than to be kept away from business
for two or three days while you stop
bleeding. OIL CITY Derrick.
Tha OlA Ns.ss a. a..