Rock Island daily Argus., 1892-02-22

A CLEAN SHAVE.
have just rearranged my trunk and
tucked carefully back into it the thrill
ing narrative of a rich slumber robe
which huttered in the Canadian breeze
al the way from Windsor to London
Custom house officers do not know how
TO repack a trunk after they have
kneaded over its contents, and they shut
the lid wrong, so that it takes six men
and F. K Dederick derrick to open it
after one gets at his 'otel
carry with me change of linen and
underclothing while travelling, and have
never before found a customs officer
VINO seemed to think these things would
ht nm So | have escaped. But this
time II was different saw right away
when this one looked at me that he was
Just my size though less intellectual.
de had the same long. swanlike throat,
which looks so well in full dress with a
string Of red coral beads around it. He
had also the same boneless tentacles for
limbs that am using, and his feet un-
duIated a good deal
am very neat about arranging my
trunk, and so he seemed to think many
OF NY things were new just because they
were tidy My method of packing q
truna was acquired at Heidelberg.
When want anything out of the trunk
J upset It on the bed and thus find it
readily
Inc officer wanted to keep my dress
b.F 4 r,lao I
It Is nice suit, made in Boston by a
perfect gentleman.
lie wanted me to pay duty on a cigar
tAa' mad almost smoked mp He was
gong to seize dozen perfectos that MIR.
Burbank had but when he found that
M Burbank had chewed each one a
AIte before crossing the line he said:
Al. right. never mind They are free. +"
Vle man ahead of me, noticed,
s'aled the eye of the officer. and while
Con'ersnS with him looked out the
window Afterward asked him why
le did that
Well. ne said, Il didn't mind look
,aS MN IN the face, but did not want
uiih 10 notice my breath. | am trying
10 get It In free.
he was a fat man, and carried mass
I've "atch which he had to remove be-
.Ote ne could get into the car. and-he
brought It IN IN his hand.
carry seven razors with me, one of
Tu'ch ] use on each day of the week
-leu have at home special razors for
t-a''e' Nhltsunday and Guy Fawkes
Oay. These razors bought at various
oasaIh counters through the United
'~,,es Some Of them will cut hair.
Ny jefferson says that the way to buy
."@"F' Is to get twenty five center in
s,s'y Town you visit for year, and out
We 10, you may get a good one He
'oe9 .H't way, he says, instead of buy
.-7 S@.3O razor every little while and
I1t getting One-tenth the chance to
lFaw Prize.
II nave done that way, but judge that
w. jefferson had preceded me and
USo'sn' the only good one there was in
the town
t-'S' spring | began to shave myself
OsCdase got tired of reading The Police
Sua~e',e while the neighbors dropped
n..o the barber shop to get their hair
-. ana get shampooed and also their
-, -. "h'Skers dyed; also because BARRIERS
g" s',I- referred to my badness before
''IAs and made me feel hurt.
.. "'eu IN the country, too, for two or
80 weeks in March, and the nearest
-, - Oe' | knew of was farm hand who
-. ,aI shaved the prisoners for eight years
an,,1t' oo''et' Ills. So my beard grew out
t'''e rank and nodded i'll the wind. 1t
: .euuer than thought it was, and on
rn sIe SIDE 1t grows upward, thus giving
'''e d surprised and startled air.
% now am shaving myself. got a
,." so'' razor IN Chicago 1t had lovely
-''U'e' and on the blade it said
..............'........
REMEMBER ME.
did so.
ou ! VI a shaving mug | use a mustache
rp slVen me in Paris by an elderly
:. eAcn lady who said she did not need
- as she had two besides this one.
8, -AiIer have shaved l want to be quiet
-, ~, an nour or two and generally avoid
~ -A pany, especially our pastor. But l
~ I.-' Improving all the time. 1 can
"a ,SI pen my razor now without cutting
f1 Strop In two, and sometimes my
= 1-e would almost seem to indicate
Suten shave. One strop lasts me