The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-28

|" No, Madame, not for a moment.
OF course, it is but mere formula, one
OF those hard-and-fast regulations, the
existence Of which one so often has to
deplore; but I have no authority to
oblige you as you request. l can
send the lockets, of course or bring
them myself whoever is in charge
of them will have orders not to lose
sight of them. This ID an invariable
rule with every customer whose name
is not entered on the books"
Instead of getting into a rage-genu-
inc, if she was genuine. or pretended, If
she was swindler-the widow uttered
a low ripping laugh,
Like the voice of q summer brook
In the leafy month of June,
Which, Sh:t e tie .n sssRns ys0ds a" night
only her teeth were much whittier than
the pebbles of any brook. "You
amuse me-" she said, ESQ that real
ly cannot help laughing; it is 50 droll
that You should think I came here to
steal lockets.'' ~
's"My dear Madame" said Mr.. Rid
del. spray do not talk like that; if it
rested with me-" (sly dog that he
was,) "you should carry off the whole
contents of the shop to choose from"
"You are very good, and very kind, !"
she said. g If any other person had
such doubts of me I should
have been terribly offended. But
quite understand how you are situated.
Well, you shall bring the lockets your
self, and for fear you should think 1
have any wicked designs" she added
with little blush, twill you come
this morning? 1t will be equally con-
venient to my niece, and you needn't
be afraid of being garroted by day.
light"
"My dear Madame" exclaimed MIR.
Riddel for the second time, and with q
deeper depreciation than before, how
can you? Of course, I will come when
ever you please" 8
Every good; as my brougham is
here, I will drive you home in it." In
five minutes he had packed up all the
lockets and was following her ele-
giant though stately figure down the
shop.
"There he goes with another Ouch
esq., whispered Nation to Bobby;
s. see how he runs his hand through bis
hair"
"Let us hope that she will comb it
for him." answered Bobby the bald,
thinking of that happy pair who had
seemed all in all to one another, but
had not been SO preoccupied rs to pre-
vent them giving him the chloroform,
y" l believe she's no more Duchess
than you are.
III. CLASS. -.
Months rolled on, but though you
had gone ever so many times into
Messrs. MoOnstone's establishment you
would not have seen MIR. John Riddel.
His flowing cataract of hair no more
adorned the foreman's desk, over
which cleaned in its place-like moon
light after sunlight the bald and shin
ing head of Mr.. Boltby. And yet our
hero was in the shop; he stood at the
counter in The further corner, where
the youngest assistant was always
placed Tin charge of the mourning
jewelry), with Welsh wig on. His
own mother-nOt to mention the Ouch
esses-would never have known him.
He had fallen from his high estate, and
was beginning life again on the lowest
rung of the ladder. Mss.
This was how it happened. Mrs.
Montfort and her niece, a young lady
only less charming than herself,
dwelt, as have said, on the first floor
of Mr.. De Is Bois', the court hair
dresser. They had lodged there for
some weeks, and by punctual payments
and carelessness concerning the do
nestle accounts had won the heart
of their susceptible landlord. He saw
that she had an inward grief-passing
that of the ordinary widow-and he
to inquire what it was.
"Alas!' she said, 81 have a dear
and only nephew whose condition
gives me the greatest uneasiness. He
has overworked himself, and is threat
ened with brain fever; the doctors say
that if we could only get him to have
his head shaved, all might be well, but
he has splendid head of hair-indeed,
a great deal too much of it. No argu-
ment of mine will induce him to part
with it"
This touched Mr.. De la Bois' pro-
fessional feelings. "Dear me, Madame,
how l pity the young gentleman! 1t is
a terrible thing to part with ones hair,
but still-we could shave him better
than at any other establishment in the
and quicker. =.
s'Oh, I don't care about the quick
ness" answered Mrs. Montfort, hasti-
ly; +" the thing is to get it done thor
oushly. would give fifty pounds if
Alfonso would only submit to it. Don't
you think, if he came with me one
you could get it done whether
he would or not?''
swell, really, Madame, that would
be q strong measure; still, if it is for
the young mans good"
"They tell me, Mr.. De Ia Bots, moth
ing else will save his wits; he is half
mad already, entertains the strangest
delusions-that everything have-my
JcWcASs AOI oAdAupAc W u1m'
They siN belong to him some day, poor
u.s." she added With sigh,
Sc if he lives to enjoy them"
"Poor, dear young gentleman! And
you said fifty pounds, think. Well,
/ think it can be managed for you. If
you will name . morning, I will have
four of my strongest young men in
and If you will bring him
here, will. promise You he shall have
his head shaved" &s@ Sss..ss ssssss ~ {
p" Very coed; I will take him out
shopping with me; he is fond of shop
ping; thinks he is a shopkeeper some
times when his head is bad. He shall
come here in my brougham. You will
know him in q moment by his magnifi-
cent head of hair"
"Just so; and in five minutes no
body shall know him, Madame"
Don't be in . hurry about it. Let
it be done thoroughly, - she answered.
And 50 it was arranged.
Accordingly, when Mr.. John Riddel
arrived in the widows carriage af Mr..