Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-17
A BARRIERS TRICK.

My yname is George Podgers, and although
j am only 20 ! nm g'iite bald save for q
little fringe II hair round the sides and
back OF my head.
| However, was tolerably contented with
my lot till happened To fall In love. When
a man falls Ia love. II IL nutural for him to
consider his peronal Appearance. Girls are
not yet educated up TO admiring bald
heads.
My adored one-liose Raynor-served in
pastry cocks not far from the Office
where | was engaged IA clerk, and ev0sy
day repaired there and lunched on buns
and tarts, thus displaying AN utter reck-
lessness as regards my digestion.
| My lovemaking was carried on through
the medium of the eyes, varied with little
squeezes Of the hand when she gave me my
change.
| AS always lunched In my hat-of course
| i do not mean that I placed the pastry
therein, but kept my hat on-my charmer
was unaware OF my badness
One evening when was suffering from
severe attack Of indigestion-the buns
were awfully doughy that day which
sometimes makes one do desperate things.
proposed 10 her and was accepted
Yes, proposed to her without telling her
that was baldl
Rose gently limited that affairs had now
reached stage when / ought to interview
her papa. ] ass cnted, and IL was arranged
that the following evening she should in
troduce me 20 the old gentleman, who. she
Informed me, was a retired sea captain,
also that she had lost her mother at an
early age and was an only child.
When Rose left Inc. was I'm a terrible
state OF mind. In few hours the frightful
fact would he disclosed that was as bald
as the /. oyeroial billiard ball
The fateful evening arrived all too soon.
Rose knocked at the door IL was opened.
She stepped in. i wandered in after her.
My hand went up to my hat, but my cour-
age failed me.
IL must take il off," thought desperate
ly. did so. saw look of indescrbable
horror in Roses eyes She gave a visible
shudder and then turned deathly white
"Are-aren't you we-well, deari" STAN
mered.
"Ye-yes," she murmured. "Only sud-
den chill seemed to seize me-"
knew it was the blighting influence OF
my cold looking bald head.
Mr. Raynor welcomed me very kindly,
aud after many tender inquiries as 10 my
income, etc, expressed his satisfaction at
his daughter having made my acquaintance.
was just beginning to feel at home when
the half blind old aunt said:
"Do please put the lamp little nearer to
me, Rose"
The clamp" the old lady pointed to was
my shining bald head.
Rose seemed kind and affectionate to me,
h,,t In Iu "a
mind. There were tears in her eyes as she
said Good night" and whispered:
"Can nothing be done for it, Georgef"
~ am afraid not darling" answered
huskily
But for Roses sake / determined to make
an effort.
There was a fellow named Thomas Saun-
ders whom ! had often met in the pastry
cooks where Rose served. and I had got
very friendly and chatty with him.
He seemed n decent sort of chap, and l |
knew he kept a hairdresser's shop, and I |
had frequently been struck with the orig |
inality of his ideas. He might know a rem |
edy for badness, and determined to con-
fide my troubles to him.
did so. l told him that was engaged |
to Rose Raynor twas it my imagination or |
did he give a convulsive startI and how 1t |
grieved her TO find out that was totally |
bald
He examined my skull. tapping 1t un-
necessarily hard with his knuckles, why |
was best known to himself, and then said:
"Come round to my shop after Office
hours and will give you something that
will cover your head in very short time"
After Office hours / fastened round to
his establishment
"There," said Saunders, handing me a
large bottle Of stuff, rub this we'll into
your head the last thing at night and let 1t
dry before the fire, and you'll be astonished
at the result"
Well, rubbed the stuff vigorously into
my head and pretty well scorched my brains
mp in drying it by the fire.
In the morning rushed to the looking
glass in faint hopes-so great was my faith
In Saunders-of seeing few sprouts of hair.
/ nearly fell down. The whole of my
head was deep. rich. shiny brown.