The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-20
BILL NYE.
He Blood CwrdIimO adventure ~ . Bar
ber-ShOp.

he Dl0od-CWrdiimg adventure ~ Bar
ber-Shop.
To-day I got shaved at barber shop,
where begged the operator to kill me
and put me out Of my misery.
have been accustomed to gentle care
and thoughtfulness ut home, and my
barber ut Laramie handles NE with tho
utmost tenderness. / was, therefore,
poorly prepared to meet the man who
this morning filed my soul with WOO.
know that have not deserved this,
for, whilo otiers have boratad tho poor
barber, and sworn about his bad breath
and never-ending olatter and his gen-
eral heartlessnoss, have novor said
anything that was not illlsd with child
like trust and hearty good will toward
him.
have called tho attention of the pub
lie to the fact that customers sometimes
had bad breath, and were restless and
mean while being operated upon, and
then, when they arc MI tixod up nicely,
they put their hats on and light cigar
and hold up their finger to the weary
barber and tell him that They will SEQ
him moro subsequently,.
Now, however, / fool differently.
This barber no doubt had mover heard
of me. He no doubt thought ] was IN
ordinary plug who didiTt know anything
about luxury.
shall mark a copy of this paper and
send it to him. Then, whi!o ho is read
ing it, will steal up behind him with a
pick and kill him. want him
to be reading this when L kill him, be-
cause it will assist the Coroner in Al
irving at THO Immediate cause OF his
dsaih.
The first Whit | took Of this mans
breath, / knew that bowas runs maniac.
He had the jim james in an advanced
stage Now, don't object to being
shaved by barber who is socially
drunk, but whom the mad glitter of tho
maniac is in his eye and / can see that
he is debating the question of whether
no will cut my head off and lot it drop
over the back of the chair or choke me
to death with lather brush, it makes
me nervous and fidgety.
This man made up his mind three
L., ,,-,,,l1 L III M
one came in just in timo to save me.
His chair was near the window, and
there was a hole in the blind, so that
when he was shaving the off side Of my
face he would turn my head over in such
position that could look up into the
middle of the sun. My attention had
mover before been called to the appear
ance OF the sun as il looks TO the naked
eye, and was good deal surprised.
The more looked into the very GEN.
ter of the great orb of day the more l
was filed with wonder at the might and
power that could create it, l began to
pine for death Immediately, SO that 1
could be far away among tho heavenly
bodies, and in land where no barber
with the delirium triangles can ever en-.
ter.
The barber held my head down SO
that the sun could shine into my dark
ened understanding, until felt that my
brain had melted and was floating
around and smashing about in my skull
like melted butter.
His hand was very unsteady, too.
lost faith III him on the start when he
cut off mole under my chin and threw
| it into the spittoon. did not care par
ticularly, but at the same time had not
| decided to take il of at that timo. In
fact had worn it So long that had be-
come attached to it, 1t had also become
| attached to me.
That is why l could not restrain my
| tears when the barber cut il of and then
stepped back 10 the other end Of the
room to see how looked without it.