Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-22
RACHELOR'S TRIALS,
, Tale of Love and Rair.Dye.
nv CAROLINE f. PRESTON.

v,u] jenkins would have been :
INV man but for single circum
.nea The circumstance was the per
ase determination OF his hair to turr
ay when he would decidedly have
atsrred to have it remain its original
,l I, \ glossy black. This it was tina,
,b;ttered his existence, in spite of his
ned Nd health, good income and pros
sr;tr in other respects. This it was,
Mr.. Jenkins conjectured, which
nod in the way of acceptance by So.
,ronia Jones, with whom he fancied
nself wildly il love.
Mr. Jenkins felt that he had not ar.
rel at an age which justified his gray
IRIS, He had only just passed his
rtjeth birthday. However, it was q
nily popularity, and he must submit
il with the best grace that he could
hster.
but all at once light dawned on his
bomv dissatisfaction. On one of his
arterly visits to the city, for the pur.
q of receiving his bank dividends,
attention was called to placard
on a wall, wherein the merits of Hig-
bbotam's celebrated hair-dye were
forth in large capitals.
That will be just the thing for me, I"
blght our friend Paul. II don't
nix iii at all out of the way to call in
to the assistance of Nature, when
ture don't do as we'll by you as she
ght be reasonably expected to.
ere's no reason why such good
king Young fellow as I am" q
the reader to observe that gentle
n are much more subject to vanity
n ladies', although / know that some
jndiced persons hold a different
Elon There's no reason why such
,ood-loo]ling fellow as I am," con-
bed Mr.. jenkins, Should wear the
ny of old age"
Pr. Paul jenkins accordingly de-
Id to procure a bottle of the. mix.
+. Proceeding to the store where it
to be procured, he went in and in
led in low tone for Higginbotam's
brated hair-dye. While the clerk
wrapping up the bottle, he assured
delighted customer that it was de
dy the best thing of the kind in
market, and would make hin look
ast ten years younger.
fophronia Jones shall be NINE"
Jenkins exultingly, as he pushed
bottle into his overcoat pocket and
+ his way to the railroad station.
was anxious to be at home in
to test the wonderful effects of
celebrated hair dye. The ride over
the village reached, Mr.. Jenkins
Ply took his way to the residence of
Selma Wiggin, where he boarded.
|eemed in unusual spirits, which
Mrs. Wiggin to imagine that the
lad paid a larger dividend than
but how little could she guess
the little bottle which she could
rotruding from his pocket was the
cause Of his good spirits. II she
known that by the help of this he
eted to win the hand Of Sophronia
her own spirits would have been
~ affected, since she would have
very sorry to lose SO profitable
desirable u boarder as Mr.. Jenkins
proved to be for the last ten years,
be all of which he had been an in
Of her establishment.
ere had been time indeed when
Pad hoped that he would become
thing nearer than a boarder, but
hope Mrs. Wiggin had about given
hiding that he had never seemed
tce the glances of affection which
brew over to him across the table.
FAlef desire now was to keep him
rled and so retain him as a
yer, since, if married, he would
put much doubt go to keeping
and Mrs. Wiggin would lose q
important part of her income.
Wiggin did not fail to observe
Oottle which her boarder had
gut home with him. She felt q
curiosity to learn its contents,
leelded at the very next oppor.
That offered to do so. That OPP
NNT was not long in coming.
morning Mrs. Wiggin sent her
~ IN to set Mr.. Jenkins room to
But on the morning succeed
/ re return 'l1 from the city, she con-
70 take this duty upon herself,
or mat she might thereby have a
| ed her.
iaeet," she said, as the latter was
~ go up stairs on her morning
you have more than usual to
way You can stay here and I
seat up Mr. Jenkins room this
1ie, ma'am, and you are very
sala bridget, little surprised
a., extraordinary and unexpected
: I a,., on the part Of her employer.
U w. wal, want you to do too much, +"
y y WIS., U.S. M'ggin. Il am not one Of
y {Ls help; :. that are willing to work
ID ~ Mrs. Wiggin entered the room
y . ,S5, her first proceeding was
ano me door-probably in order
o,n eof the dust might get out of
I Ia I INTO the entry. Having done
d as a. LAO down her broom, put on
les and began to look carefully
b In nol First she scanned the
p EI' next the bureau, and
Dn ,se TOOK the liberty of opening
w. w., bureau drawer. Here she
nd Cd ., she sought. Before her,
ton az !, me same paper. was the
au 4,M @e o9ttle. Hastily unrolling it
u u as ;, hair dye! ''A'