The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-18
LITTLE

70" Ncary month now every one
passing Il Partisan hairdresSer'S shop
in the quarter Of the Madeleine md
seen nehind the glass Of the great
window IA beautiful liondc head
coi!lcd with a littlc b,u' caplchon.
An adorable mead it va with ton
dri.ly Ire>seS of shining gold, Ian
gushing eyes ana haif-partCd lips,
SEEMING to need and to await bat Il
kiss to warm them to ardent life
1t wa The move ~ Of tue season in
the advertising line, ana the trade OF
the cOii.CUr 30 much Increased there
by that il 'ealiy looked as if the p0-
ice WlG.d b needed to keep the
sire igoe.
All ar!>-as one sheep follow an
other over the ,cnce Il the who c
i.ock las rt,sed- was occupied now
with the pretty ligUriue O. the Made
le ne ualter.
u. the %cagernCSS of the city
change nothing in the habits Of the
halrdres,e''a shop the pretty liguriEc
III her cOQuetlish capuch.n, faced
with v.cuA-iUse, showed herself
neither more nor less cften IN her
velvet ami crystal caging, ANA DIS
than al for the importunat and Curl
III ones, when tUcy entered the shop
and demanded OF the majestic dame
de com IOlr a care view OF the
wonderful va IMAGE. she answered,
lirnlN ana Always, that the KEY was
not IN her pose sion, ana blandlY
point Il 20 TIE SIDE Of The room, i'm
pe%nctraOlY closed TO the cling be-
hlnd stout wooden pancling.
Marcel made up his mind Il
morning and entered the shop deter
mined to acquire The beautiful Ob.
jcct Of his desires, no matter at what
cost. The stately saleswoman met
him and sought 10 sell him every
thing iii the word but that which he
mad come to purchase.
''No,' >aid he lit is tie head
that ! w3nt-that is to say. the head
that last %cEcning was in the window.
for the window at present is empty
VITA many hens and haws the
salc>woman finally declared that She
had no authority TO negotiate such
al affair.
40 whom then" persisted Marcel,
shat | address mys If, madam"
80 the patron, monsieur, though
/ warn va that it viii he entirely
useless, for nothing in the world
would induce The patron to part with
IT.
That is my affair, malam. And
when can the patron be seen; |
wish 10 settl the matter as soon a.
praCticIb!c."
"~lmposSib.e to say. mons eur: the
patron goes out every morning not to
return sOmeliues-till exceedingly
late"
Ills home address, them" urged
Marcel, stubborniy.
'Out Of The question, mons eur: it
Is torbild ntO disco e ill.,"
Mare ! wa not to be stopped BY
tri!,es He took up hi, stand in a
cafe opl Osite the hairdre,s er'> shop
and waited.
About - O'Clock he saw a little
bccurled, pomaded and Der. umed he
ing enter the pace and begin to
strut ar0un with the air Of the mas
tcr. lie quickly crossed and stated
his bus ness lic was badly received
truly.
"Il such outrageous, such lndis.
erect steps ,%Ontinue," tuned the
artistic coitleur, a shall close VI my
SInn, inn 1tIalin fnlY ,,f.i,np <.
before, and | have dwelt in ever,
capita in Europe with-with my
head mSleur-ncyer. never, re-
peat, have l suffered before a perse.
cutlon that equals this"
but, monsieur" said Marcel.
''you look at thi, matter in Il very
strange manner Allow me a word
of explanat on. lou are a merchant
and possess an object that / find to
my taste and which / offer TO buy
from YOU. What could be simpler,
particularly as am willing TO u
whatever prize you choose TO ask
And | tell you, m'sieur," returned
the enra2ed little man. stamping
around ike one possessed, 'no mat
ter what price you Off r, my-my OBJ
jet is not for sale. ANYTHING else
that you please in my ShOp-paints,
powders, %perukes, %capuchons, trinh-
cts anything, anything i say, but
but the tlgurine in my window"
The case was hopeless. Marcel de-
parted, defeated and furious
She was regularly in her pl &C for
perhaps a week more, when the
window was EN- ty. and, queerer than
all else, the window remarked empty.