St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-10-18

| per bureau drawer. Here she found
what she sought Before her, wrapped
in the same paper. was tho mysteriou.
bottle. Hastily unrolling it she learned
the fatal truth.
1t was hair dye!
Why do say fatal truth? I will tell
you. Mrs. Wiggin at once concluded,
what was indeed the truth. that this
looked toward matrimony. SIC knew
how much the use of the hair dye would
improve his appearance. and feared
that 1t would make him irresistible Ia
Sophronia Jones.
But what was she to do? Was she to
stand quietly by and suffer this to take
place? No Mrs. Wiggin was . woman
Of resource. and she sat down with her
what she should do.
An idea struck her. She would empty
out the hair dye and substitute some
thing else in its place. She remem-
bered that she had in the cupboard. in
her own room, largo pint bottle Of
blue ink. Scarcely stopping to think
she stole out Of the room, and brought
it back with her. Her next proceeding
was to empty the bottle of hair dye out
of shc window, and fill it instead with
blue ink.
''There, said she, when this was &C.
complished, II don't believe Mr.. Jen.
kins will improve his appearance much
by the use Of this"
Her conscience reproached her some
Nit - Oh hmA h.,A ~
felt that desperate emergencies re-
quired desperate remedies, As this Ger.
tainly was
Mr.. jenkins, meanwhile. had con-
cluded not to make immediate use Of his
hair dye, but to defer it till the next
Thursday evening, when he had re-
cciyed an invitation to attend . party
At the home Of Squire Jones. the father
Of his beloved Sophrcnia He felt that
tho unexpected youthfulness Of his ap-
pearance on that occasion would be de-
cidedly in his favor.
As might naturally b expected he
longed to have the time come, but time
will not hasten his flight. even for inn
patient lovers. He is much more likely
70 retard it. Immediately after tea on
Thursday afternoon Mr.. Jenkins went
up to his room, locked the door. took his
bottle of hair dye from the drawer, and
proceeded to use it He had only
faint candle to assist him in his task,
and this prevented his discovering tho
deception which had been practiccd
upon him. In fact in the dim light
the mixture looked dark, and he sup
posed it was all right After rubbing
In what he supposed would be sufficient
for the first application. and I may re-
mark that upon this point he certainly
did not exhibit any remarkable econ
omy. Mr.. jenkins leisurely proceeded |
10 dress himself in his most becoming |
attire.
His toilet was some what protracted,
Ind should be afraid to tell you how
many minutes no expended in adjusting
his cravat But the fact was that our
zero had made up his mind to make this
evening tho declaration which he had
ong contemplated. provided he could
Ind favorable opportunity.
But there Is an end to ell things, and
% there WAS an end to NJ. Jenkins
oilet About eight o'clock he came
and merely opened the sit
ing-room door to say:
II am going out to party this even.
ng. Mrs Wiggin, and shan't be at
ome very early. You need not cit up
or me, - you know I have . pass
ey."
Mrs. Wiggin could scarcely keep her
while her lodger was
peaking. for she saw ct once that he
ad fallen into the trap she had laid for
i'm. and in consequence that both his |
air and whiskers had become decided
lue. il
II guess" she laughed to herself,
that Sophronia won't fancy that color I
ny better than the other" I
Quite unconscious Of what had be- 7
lllen him, Mr.. Jenkins proceeded to {
,e party. Going up TO the gentlcmen's
,om, he took Oh his hat and coat and Z
emit down to the psrlors where most Of
,e company had already assembled. q
omehow no seemed 70 attract great Z
al Of attention, but this he expected.
I'd very naturally attributed IL to what
} considered the very decided improve
ent which had taken place in his sp-
.arance.
mo doubt, " he thought proudly, they }
arcely recognize me. look 90 much
Dunger than before"
And he glanced around the room with
look Of ccmplacent self-satisfaction 2
ut there was one thing that puaxled
m Eot . little. Tho expeessien OF =
cry face that looked at him seemed . =
struggling With lau9htee. Now
hat there was 70 laugh at IN his ap-
arance was moro than he could divinA
} dye the hair was quite . common
ing. and not al amusing. l.,
He looked towards Sophronia, butsho, y
.. had smile upoa her iacA He Fat
red himself, however. that twas from =.
different cause. No doubt she was
ppy TO see him looking % we'll He
'ul6 60 up and speak with her.
ut Il beautiful evening. Sophro- Q,
10 Joncs," he said, stamuerine in
nc ooafusion. In
Very said she. casting dova ~ u