The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-09


Sisted. and the Job wAI Done.
NtH York saR
A man witha bull neck, nose that was
cast in generous proportions, and stub,
bly, mustacbe went into a Broadway bar.
Der shop few days ago, and after catch
ing the eye ofthe proprietor motioned to
him, and they walked off toward the
washstand together. Here they held a
whispered conversation, aud presently
the man Invested himself Of his collar,
scarf and coat, sat down in the boss' chair,
and looked rather foolishly around. His
face had rather rudy color, which con-
sorted well with the rather reddish tinge
OF his hair and mustache. His hair was
not q genuine red, but still 1t was not
quite brown. 1t was close clipped and
agreeable to look at. "You're making a
big mistake, i" said the boss Conddentially.
"Well, who'll suffer-" growled the GUS
toner.
"Well, of course, it you want to do it,
it's your own affair; but I'd advise you
not to
"Ain't you making s. out of the iob2"
asked the bull-necked man, peevishly.
"You charge enough, I'll swear"
"0h, OF course, said the barber, polite.
ly; anything 10 please our customers.
Still, ! feel ought to tell you that ii has
gone completely out Of fashion. Although
thave got the tools here, it is fully three
years since have dyed mans hair or
mustache. The natural coloris thousand
percent better, no matter what it may be.
Still, il you say go on, why I'll do it 10:
you"
The man had gone there to have his
hair dyed, and he evidently resolved to
carry the scheme through. The barber
mounted step-ladder, and pulled down q
long bundle from the top OF the long case
where the cups were kept, and dropped it
on the floor. It was covered with dust.
The other BARRIERS gathered around, and
the bull.necked man watched them in the
mirror az though he was ashamed Of him
self. Every time they looked at him he
dropped his eyes, coughed and shifted IN
easily in his seat. The boss wrapped in
Vulnerable towels around his neck, cover
ed them all in turn with big cloth that
looked Ike 8 blanket and enveloped the
figure, and then dusting offs huge rubber
blanket which was in the bundle he tied
this around the mans neck with such
EGddenness and force that the victim gasp
ed ead guFgled, Then it was loosened.
At this point the fornsn stepped up, and,
with friendly interest, ran his fat hands
over the bull-neck mans face, and smiled
pleasantly at him.
"If you'll take dead level tip from a
friend what amt no prejudices," said the
foreman pleasantly, you'll have your
hide ecraped before you're dyed"
The man moved very uneasily. Then
the Oldest barber In the shop came up,
rubbed his hands through the auburn
locks OF the ha9hiul, bull-necked visitor,
Ehs vSHiei Eething SO much as to be left
alone, and said:
"HumI oh, yes. Coin to have 1t dyed,
ehH You seem to be sweatin' too
"Well, what II ann" said the man in
the chaif, sitting up straight, and thereby
pulling all the towels, rgbbera and
blankets out OF his neck. Cant l sweat
If want to-"
a-wby, certainly" interposed the fore
map quickly. "Let the gentleman per.
spire, William. Il don't cost nothin', and
II sesr,s TO relieve bis ieeiinis.p
At this point younger barber suggest
ed that a shampoo was . good thing to
start or on u you are going to dye the
hair, and tbs friend OF tho foreman, who
wore a pair OF draE overgaiters, q bob
tailed blouse, q strong cigar and plug
hat, gathered around the customer with
the others, and told them about the at
tack Of insanity which caught his father
brother the day after sons poisopo9s hair
dye got through his scalp into his brain.
'fYou see," the gentleman with the cigar
added, impressiveiy, tiny fathers brother
had his scalp cut by saoer wound in the
war twenty years ago, and some OF the
hair dye must hsYe got into his brain"
Meanwhile the barber, the boss, and the
boy we're having it out at the wsshstard.
The boy had, Of course, dropped the only
bottle Of hair dye In the shop on the mar
bic, and besides staining the basins, him.
self and large portion OF the boss, had
spilled most Of the dye. What remained
Of the liquid was caught in the soap dish,
and during the next twenty minutes the
barber and his hegrimed and blGbbsrtng
boy dallied with the hair and mustache OF
the stranger, while crowd OF five or six
barbers and customers stood around and
made remarks, aud the perspiration ran
down the strangers noss aud drpped
uourniuIIy upon the aprop. Another
twenty minutes was resumed in dressing
the hair and in trying 70 stain the victims
mustache without getting any on hio face.
1t was not Offering and equiyocal sue.
cess; and when, an hour and a half later,
the bull.necked customer dashed into the
street, people turned 10 look at the man
with the ruddy face, the biue-grsen hair,
and q mustache that was cross between
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