The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-04
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oed Cnrdlings Adventure In Q Barber,

To-day I got shaved at harber-shop,
where begged the operator to kill me
sand put me out Of misery's lsBs9assss sa
4 haVeI been accustomed. to, gentle
acafe and thoug ghtfu1ness at home, and
my barbef at Laramie handles ma with
the uEmest " tenderness. Il was there
fore, poorly prepared to meet the man
Who this moeding fllsd my yasouaawith
woe. know that have not deserved
this, for while others have. berated the
poor barber and swore about his bad
breath andneyerending chatter and his
general heartlessness, I have never said
anything That was not hlled with cfiilas
IKE trust and hearty geods will toward
him. have called the attention. of the
public to the fact that customers some
times had bad breath ana W0re restless
and mean while. being xQperated upon.,
and then when they are all fixed up
nicely they put their hats ON and lightl
q. cigar and hold up their finger to the
weary barber and tell him that thev
yWillsse him more subseqnently. .s2sa;
Now, however, l feel differently.
This barber no doubt had never heard
OF me. He no doubt thought l was an
ordinary plug whos didn't know any
thing about luxury: i shall mark a copy
of this paper and send IL to' hifn. Then
while hei6 reading it'll will steal mp be-
hind him with q pick-handle and kill,
him. want linn ot0 be sfeadineE this
when l kill hims becansegityw ywill assist
the Coroner in arriving at the imme=,
date cause VI liis death: scr Eassn5 % ]
o. The fsytWhiff ItookSo of this mans
breath, knew that he was runs mani
&C. He had the Jim James m an adz
.vanced stage. ID Now, 4 donitA object to
being shaved by q man WHO isusocially,
drunk, but when the mad glitter Of the
maniac is in his eyeandsI Team ethat he
is debating the question sof whether, he
Will cut my head off and let it drop over
the back Of the chair -or chokea ma sosl
death with q lather brush. it makes me,
nervous and fidgety. 'sNS N''a
" This man made up his mind three.
times that he would kill me,. and some
one came in just in time to save me.
His chair was near the window, and
there was hole in the blind. SO that
when he was shaving The of side Of nv
face he wculd turn my hesd oversin
such a position that I could look ND in.
to the middle of the sun. Ny attention
had never befofe been called t0sthe apss
pearanee OF the sun as it looks to the
naked eye, ana I was good deal sur
prised. The more Isslooked into the
very; center of the great orb, of the day,
the more | was ffled with wonder at
the naisht and power that could creates
it. began to- pine for death imme-
diately, 50 that Iscould be far aways
among the heavenly bodies, and iaa a.
land where no barber with the deliriun
triangles can ever enter The abarber
held my head down sosathAts tAoH sun
could shine into my dsrkened UNDER
standing, until I felt that nv brain had
fnelted and was floating around and
swashing about in my skull Like melted
butter. His hand was very unsteady too.
I lost faith in himOnsthes staftNAsn he,
cut eff The mole under my chin .aod
care particularly but at the sans time
/ had not decided to take it off at that
time. In fact had worn it 50 long
that / had become attached to it. It
had also become attachedto me-, That
Is why could not restrain nv tears
whens thes barber cut 10 OF and stheiI
stepped, back to the other end of the.
room TO see how I looked without It. IT, y
BIZ 1ey6, lin tss' Laessuefs 1fibuneas2 9sS3
Some time ago, q dead body curl
nnslv 6f0wned,, ~ n cooked, vas found
az EpntainAleaH and sent to the Paris
Norgue. It was Identified as mummy
BY person who bfodg1S lt 1F6sisl
Egypt, but he was arrested on suspicion
Of foul ulaplaysand lad t0s get the sv1
dence Of scientists to-. procure his ac-
quittal. All Paris was agog about the
matter and . clever sdramatist worked