The Worthington advance., 1885-11-26
creased the amount to be spent, not in
drinking bouts, but in excursions for
recreation on the Saturday and Sun
VERY ROMANTIC INDEED.

81 had strange experience once IN
human hair,' said a member of firm
of human-hair importers to reporter
for the Philadelphia Times. "A French
lady of noble blood, who had been my
friend for years, wrote me a few months
ago, inclosing lock of hair which was
a peculiar shade of drab and OF silky
tineness. She wanted me to match it,
and set about doing so. dispatched
my agents all over Europe. but no.
where could they find a thread of hair
that would match the sample.
II then inserted an advertisement in
the principal Philadelphia, New York
and Boston papers, offering liberal
reward for a switch of the desired quail
ity and color. One day a woman of
about 20 years of age shabbily dressed.
but with a form and face that Venus
might have enved, entered my office.
'''1 came in answer to your advertise
ment, she said. and removing her hat,
unbound luNuriant coil Of hair that
admiration. Will this do?' she asked
~ examined her hair and compared
1t with the sample sent me by the
countess. The two were so similar
that when | mixed them together
could not distinguish one from the.
other.
"'ThiS hair is exactly what want.
said, and I will give you 5000 an ounce
for it.
"'Take it off, said she, with ner-
vOus trembling of her voice that at once
attracted my attention. 1 am starving.
| aud my Daby, and what you are will
ing to pay is a fortune 20 me-.
Il became interested and questioned
her. After little hesitation she told
me her story. Her husband had been
a sea captain, and shortly after they
were married had sailed for the west
coast Of Africa. His vessel was never
heard Of after leaving port. and il was
presumed she had foundered at sea and
! all hands had been lost. The presumed
widow had struggled to maintain her
self and infant child, but with iniffer-
ent success. Finally, when suffering
from the pangs of hunger, she had read
my advertisement and ha>tened to my
place OF business. praying inwarily
that her hair. which had been her h,>-
bands pride. might he the required
shade.
Nv ell. to make a long story short. /
bought her hair, which weighed four
ounces, aud paid her $500 for it. !
sent the switch to my customer, the
countess. and wrote her the history uf
the hair She is Il woman of great
wealth and goodness of heart. The
return mail brought me a letter ai!hor-
izing me to pay the poor little sailors
widow $1,000 extra. Ibid 50 and wrote.
an account Of the affair TO our official
Journal. which is published in New
York. The story was 50 romantic that
the daily papers copied it, and l re-
celved several letters from charitabIr
people offering pccuniary assistance to
the sailors widow. She was proud
and refused to receive any help.
Zone day. about three weeks after
the publication of the story, a man who
was bronzrd and bearded came into nv
office very much excited. He held in
his hand Il copy of Il New York paper
and. unfolding it. pointed to my story.
.'Can YOU give me the address of
this woman?' he asked. eagerly SHE
is my wife: thought he1 dead
"While i wrote down the address he
told ME his story. His vessel had been
wrecked on the African coast, and he
and two others of the crew alone to
reached the shore. 1t was several
months before they managed to reach
civilized port. He Immediately sent
word of the disaster to the owners of
the foundcred vessel and wrote to his
young wife. From the former he re-
ccivcd reply, but he heard no word
from his wife, and when he reached
Philadelphia discovered that she had
mystcriously disappeared. One day in
looking over paper he came across
my story and hurried to my office to
learn fuller particulars. sent him to
his wife in my carriage, and you can
imagine what occurred at the meeting.
for each believed the other dead.
wrote to the countess, giving the sequel
to the story, and the result was that
the shipwreckcd captain now commands
her yacht, and the wife who sacrificed
her hair to buy bread sails with him ON
every voyage
Don t waste your life in doubts and