Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-02-03

Now, don't you go deceiving your
self with any such ideers,' said the
hairdresser irtftably. Il shan't do no
such thing, 50 you needn't think it.
And to come to the point, how long do
you mean to carry on this little game:'
Gamer" repeated the goddess alb
senty.
How long are you going to follow me
about in this ridiculous way
Till you submit and profess your
willingness to redeem your promise
''Oh, and you are coming every even
ing till then, are you!'
AT nightfan of each day have power
to revisit YOU
We'll, come them he said with Il
fling of impatient anger. Il tell you
beforehand that you won't get any
thing by it. Not if you was to come
and bring Il whole stone-maSon's yard
Of sculptures along with you, you
wouldn't? You ought to know better
than to come Fostering a respectable
uadesman in this boldfaced manner"
She smiled with a languid, contempt
nous tolerance, which maddened Lean
der.
Rave on" she said. Truly you are
Il sorry prize for such us | to stoop to
win; yet L will it,. nor shall you escape
me. There will come Il day when, for
S;lnen by all you hold dear on earth
despiscd, ruined, distracted, you viii
pray eagerly for the heaven of refuge to
which | alone can guide you. Take
bered then! L have spoken
They were indeed her last words that
evening, and they impressed the hair
dresser, i'll spite of himself. Custom
habituates the mind to any marvel, and
already he had overcome his first hor-
ror at the periodical aWakenings of the
statue, and surprise was swallowed up
by evaporation. Now, however, he
quailed under her dark threats. Could
1T ever really come to pass that he
would sue to this stone to hide him III
the realms OF the supernatural?
Il know this he told himself, IF it
once gets about that there is hair
dresser to be seen in Bloomsbury chiy-
led about after dark by a classical
statue, shan't dare to show my face
Yet l don't know how Pm to prevent
her coming out after me, at all events
now and then. If she was only little
more like other people, l shouldn't mind
so much; but it's more than | can bear
to have to go about with Il tablOW
ylvant OF Il pose plastique Oh my arm!'
All at once he started to his feet.
I've got itr he cried, and went down
stairs to his laboratory, to reappear
with some camelhair brushes, grease
paints and a selection from his less i'm
portant discoveries in the science of cos
metics! namely, an eyebrow accentua-
tor" a vase Of "pweedle's Cream of
Carnation' and "Blondinette Bloom" Il
china box of Converse of Coral" for
the lips, and one of his most expensive
chevelureS.
He was trembling as he arranged
them upon his table; not that he was
aware OF the enormity of the act he
contemplated, but he was afraid the
goddess might revisit the marble while
he was engaged upon it.
He furnished the blank eye-sockets
with Il pair Of eyes, which, it not eX-
actly artistic, at least supplied "A want;
he penciled the eyebrows, laid on sew
eral coats of the Bloom which he suf-
fused cunningly with a tinge Of carna-
ton, and stained the pouting lips with
his Converse of Coral"
So far, perhaps, he had not violated
the canonS of art and may even have
restored to the image something of it's
pristine hues; but his next addition
was one, The vandalism of which admits
of no possible defense, and when he
deity fitted the couture of light close
ly-curled hair upon the noble, classical
head, even Leander felt dimly that
something was wrong!
Il don't know how it is he pondered.
she looks more natural, but not half
so respectable. However, when she's
got something on to cover the marble.
there won't be anything much to notice
about her. I'll buy a cloak for her the
first thing tomorrow morning. Matilda
was saying something about a shop
near here where / could get that And
then, if this Venus must come following
me about, she'll look less outlandish at
any rate, and that's something!
Go be continued)