Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-12-18
tNNocENcE ABROAD

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. I. 1880.

of fiNSSS AaAsAt al dSldliG
2ndiyldual in the midst of fog, mist,
mud, chilly winds and contiguous
d'owapopr day after day and night af-
ter night, would certainly need more
asthma,cqre and matches to fire the
stuH than in almost any other spot on
the big round earth; but your humble
servant has found it quite the reverse.
lie burns fewer matches, coughs and
wheezes less here than at our own
Hawthorne, surrounded by aromatic
sage and sweet scented garden flowers
that bloom and flourish like green
bay tree eyan in Winter time.
He will mention, though, what he
does need more of than at home
money and grub. Yes, much more
collateral to pay for the latter than at
Reno, at any rate. All, iaiSny time
has he, since he has arrived in th.s
western Go4ka@, wRss Hunger
gnawed at his contracted stomach, and
while hunting for a quarter in his
shrunken purse, wished himself In the
Queen City of Nevada by the Truckee.
He must not use too much space
with preliminaries, but at once take
up the main thread of his story which
really begins number of years ago,
when he was visiting this same city
and staying at an uptown hotel. Soon
after his arrival he stepped into bar.
Der shop near by to have his whiskers
combed out and his hair parted in the
middle; when the barber, eying him
sharply, seemed to hesitate about
touching his chin or Uranium, and
while pretending to be hunting for
! clean towels, took look into his safe,
as if to satisfy himself that everything
there was all right. At length he
plucked up courage 10 begin to ar
range those golden locks No laugh
ing; how do you know but what the
traveller had golden locks in those
days. brushing them this way and
that, and at the same time carefully in
specting the scalp of the stranger.
In moment or two, the tonsorial
hombre appeared much relieved and
began to breath easily. His pent up
| thoughts burst forth into words as
they most always do, from one of these
garrulous artists. Something as fol
lows: II perceive sow, sir, that | was
mistaken. | thought, until | examined
the top of your head, that you were an
individual well known to our guar
dams of the law, III short, Jimmy
Hope. He has a bald spot, which he
| keeps carefully covered by side locks,
when he is in society," but when
working at his profession, he ls bald
headed Hope. You, sr, have plenty
of hair where Hope was bare"
Your humble servant, at that time
hoped not often to be taken for such
precious rascal, as it might sometimes,
be very inconyenlent. He might be
nabbed by The minons of the law
while engaged in the study Of Astrun-
omy with some one equally lntYresi ell
IN the science hanging on his arm.
And then again after awhile bare
spot would be likely to appear, and
then it might be an almost Hopeless
case to prove he was not Hope.
The above incident had long hoen
forgotten by yours truly, when, the
other day he stepped into down town
barber shop to- es s,a whiskers comb
Ell ngt, ~ in days of Fpsa. F4a mani
puiator WAS told to let the silken locks
alone. To contine his assiduities
solely to the whiskess to lot each
particglar hair remain plastered down
over his classic brow. Yet, still, this
bllahariaa m.r@s ii dive 10 disturb for.
hidden locks, in order Ia SEE what was
under them, 4 nj undou btedly, would
have suctee,ieti, had he not thou ,ht
he neaoo.ysl hood In the left eye of
his patron. He winked knowingly at
tbe boss, twisting The ends of his
moqslache; and the bgid hnss eEsrsed
fifty cents for the job. At first. it was
mystery, why such strange and blr.
harnus actions and charIes: but when
me iuvalid was jos lsavlng The room,
aams nne said, That is he" IT was
plain rs day, that he had been taken
agaia for Jimny.
You may think it very undesirable
thus Ia b., mistaken for "A celehraled