The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-27


and he carefully washed all he
lather of That side to closer inspect
the calamity. Investigation pro-
we'd that the damage was moi be-
yond repair, and he renewed The
lather and went ahead.
In the course of the next fifteen
minutes Mr.. Bowser must have re
moved as maaV as Two hairs llom
his face, and he uttered one hun
dred sighs aud grunts, He tlied
the razor in his right hand and in
his LETT, and in every conceivable
position, and he brushed on lie
lather until hoe would scarcely
have srrapea it off.
You sep," heard him saying 10
himself, "a fellow has TO Tool
around awhile to gei confidence III
himself. | expected it would take
me about half al, hour this iime,
nut inside Of a week III make a
clean shave inside of five minutes.
Tnere-lhat's a good job"
He wet towel and wiped the
lather off his face and took Il look
in the glass. The result aslonished
him. So far as he could see he had
scraped off the lalher but the beard
was still there. He growled away
for awhile, and then mixed a fire Sh
lot Of Iather and brushed il on,
and after satisfying himself that
the raznr's edge was all right by
cutting hair pulled from his head.
he laid il against his chin lie
gradually turned it up and began
TO scrape, and | heard him softly
saying =
"N0w, then, I've got the real
hang of it. was carrying it too
flat. There's a trick"
Two things suddenly happened.
lie cut the lett corner OF his nous
tache off and gashed his chin at
The same stroke, AMI the next in
stant he bounded out into the hall
and shouted for me.
"WeIl what is ilH' l asked as |
rose up.
Look here am fatally wound
elrn he cried as he danced around
the hall.
Let me see. Why lis nothing
but a Sight cut. Let me wash the
lalher off"
1t was lively cut, and II bled
freely for IA quarter of an hour. du
ring which time Mr.. Bowser did IA
good deal Of signing and groaning,
and forgot about his moustache.
When | had pldst cred up the cut
he returned to The glass, discovered
that his moustache was lopslded,
and wheeled on me 10 eXclaim :
"Look at it! Look at that, Mrs
BuwSerT
"Yes. You haggIed you nous
tache, I'll get the shears and trim
il OFF,"
Never! Keep right away from
me! Mrs. Bowser, you plot has
been discoveredr
Don't be so foolish. Mr. B0wser
| told You | didn't believe you
could shave you're f"
"It's all as. plain as day now !!
he continued, as he NJ set the lath
er cup and walked through its con.
tents, "you probably figured thai
| I'd cut my throat. You we've sit
ting at The head OF The stairs tt
catch my death rattle m
Did | tell you to bung home
!hat razor? Didn't | try TO dis
courage YOU from shayIngH
lie turned from me without
reply, and went down stairs. liz
came down alter half an hour. He
had been obliged TO sacrifice thir
Of his mous,ache TO gel 1t IN pro
per shape again, and the lalhel
which had gotten into his eyes gave
him The appearance of having wcp
for a week.
Its too bad" | said, breakin!
long and embarrassing silence.
"Oh, it is, is itl" lie sneered il
reply. Too bad that Pm not lylns
"a headleSs corpse upstairf, and yol
figuring on my life insurance.!
"Well. it's no use to talk to you
| Mr.. Bowser."
mot n bit. Mrs. Bowser. Ynl
had a plan. ] checkmaied IL. 1ol
stand revealed in your true ligh
| as a would-be Borgia or worse
| This is the last straw, Mrs. Bnwsel
the very last. In The morning W
will talk business"
But when morning came h
didn't have word TO say. foun
his shaving outfit in the side yarC
where he had thrown 1t from li
window. and the girl is now usin
the razor to peel potatoes.