Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-12-11

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Nait kooiod
Al belle went Cd tie thcatcr on re.
turning home after lho performance tho
discovered taat hor brooch. which was
g paluable one. had becn stolen. eho
was very aorIy. for tho icwclIy Was .
pr1sonG al few days aftsfward She young
lady received the following letter.
"Tio writer OF these lines has The
honor TO inform you that ho knows
where your brooch IS and viii return Is
ch~ccrfullv uEdcr certain conditions
do not expect to receive q reward IN
money, since I regard il na exceedingly
vulgar to accept money from q lady
whom / i6olizo as much as ! 90 you.
On the other hand. it would bo very
stupid in mo TO return you your iowolry
without getting some equivalent TAX
ing into consideration my consuming
love for you. I'm return the missing or.
namont for a single kiss from your rosy
lips Tomorrow morning viii DO at
tho corner Of - street with tho miss
ing iowelry. If You are willing % pay
me my price, ] win, after pressing a
kiss on the aforesaid lips, press tho
brooch ia your hand No questions
asked.
The young lady did NOT know what
70 DO. She wanted to get her brooch
back, but she did not care 30 pay the
price. She hit upon the idea Of sending
her servant girl in her place.
The servant girl put IN m appearance
a A. -..4.t.E.I L... 81 -I.-r EIn
was heavily yelled a well dressed gon-
tleman approached and asked.
"Do you accept the terrpsg'
81 lido"
The stranger familiarly embraced her
after tho most approved Style and ST.
simultaneously imprinted q large 3 by 2
kiss on her mouth that caused the police
man on the cornor to start He thought
it was a pistol shot.
''Here Is what I promised, " no re-
marked after tho formalfty had been
complied with, but, DO added, you
will find it like tho kiss, not quite what
It was represented 60 be, as you are only
the scrvaut, not tho mistress, " handing
her something wrapped up in a paper.
After he had retired, which he did
Immediately. tho servant examined the
paper and found that it only contained
o piece Of wocd.=Cbicago Times.
In appearance tho people are tall,
we'll formed and graceful. The men
wear small loin cloths. Tho women
wear nothing but q few handfuls Of
grass, but they are loaded with orna-
ments Of beads and brass and bells.
The men also wear ornaments, but moi
In such excess. Both men and women
take great pains with their hair, doing
it up in the s,rangest and dirtiest way
conceivable. A common style is to builC
it, with the aid Of strips Of bamboo,
into three hard ridges, several inches
high, running from tho front TO the
back of the head. Each ridge is mount
cd with q close row Of common whit'
shirt buttons. Sometimes a card con
tanning rs many as six dozen is sewe(
on above each car. The ridges Of hail
do not always run fore and aft. The,
are often in circles built up like a stor,
cake and iced with buttons. Sometime
a kind Of splashboard is built out be
hind. running from ear to ear, to hol'
more buttons. This latter style preves
their lying to sie4 in the ordiDery Wy
They Must place Tho neck on tho wdJd
en- pii.oW and let the head hang over
The hair once arranged remains undis
turbed for several months 1t forms
convenient place for wiping their hand
or knives. After dressing it grease j
smeared over, which in the sun melt
into the hair, some Of it usually passinI
through and running down the back
No matter what color this oil il on &c
ing into the hair, it always comes on
black-St Louis Republic.