The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09

ny ud!l@nt
Nv dear madam" eX laimcd MI
Hiddel for the second time. with even
icepcr depreciation than before, "hpU
an .uu? of course I'll come when
ever HCU please.
VIEW good; rs my hrougham is here
will drive you home in it," In five
,inu,eS he had packed mp all the lock.
cts and was following her elegant
though stately figure down the shop
Months rolled on. but though YOU
al gone ever so many times into
less s. NIoonstone'S establishment
you would not have seen Mr.. Riddel
His flowing cataract of hair no more
adorned the forcman's desk. Ana
yet on hero was in the shop: he stood
at the counter in the farther corner
where the youngest assistant was nj
ways placed Gin charge Of the mourn.
ing iewclryl with u Welch wig on.
!Is twn mother not to mention thu
duchess would never have knSwx
BIN. He had fallen from his Ugh e.
tate, and was beginning life agaiG "a
The lcwest rung of the ladder
This was how 1t happened. Mrs
Monrf,rt and her niece, a young lady
only less charming than herself,
dwell as ! have said on thu! first floor
Of Mr. De la Bois', the courl hairdress-
err They had lodged there for some
weeks and by punctual payments,
and 'arelessness concerning the do
nestle accounts, had won the heart Of
their susceptible landlord. He saw
that she had an inward grief-passing
that o. the ordinary widow-and he
ventured to inquire what II was.
Alas" she said, ~ have dear and
CRY nephew whose condition gives
me tic greatest uneasiness. He has
over worked himself, and Is threat
Ell ed with brain fever: the doctors say
That j. we could only get him to lave
his head shaved, all might be well,
but le has a splendid head of hair
iEdetI. a great deal too much CT It.
No argument Of mine will induce him
to part with it."
This touched Mr.. De Ia Bots pr 'fes-
s.onai feelings. Dear me. madam,
Row | pity the young gentleman! 1t
is terrible thing to part with ones
hair, Tut still-we could shave him
tcttcr than at any other establishment
In the kingdom and quicker"
"Oh. I don't care about the quick
ness" answered Mrs. Montfort, hasti-
II
th0rouc hly. | would give fifty pounds
If Alphonse would only submit to it.
Don't you think il he cane with me
one morning. you could get it done
whtth' r he would or not?
Well, really, madam. that wonl1 he
Sifn' measure; still if it. is for the
yorno mans good"
"Thcy tell me. MIR De Ia Bots. moth
;t,r ~, will cnyo hie, yx-ite. l,n 10 bol
mad Hh cady: entcrtains the stranGrst
deluSons-that everything have-my
jewels. for cXample-belongs to him
I'll will belong to him some dav
poor fellow that is" she added with
4 sigh "if he lives TO enjoy them"
"PopI dear young gentleman! And
you said fifty pounds. believe. Well
I think il can be managed for you if
you VII name a morning l will lave
fcur OF my strongest young men in
feadi' SIS. and if you will bring him
here. | shall promise you he shall have
he head shaved"
Worry good: | will take him cut
shopping with me; he is fond of Slor-
ping: thinks he is shop Ike aDpr
sometimes. when his head is bad lie
shall come here in my brougham. You
magnificent head OF hair
"Just so; and in five minutes nobody
shall know him madam"
"Don't be in a hurry about it. Let
It be done thoroughly" she answered
md 50 it was arranged.
Accordingly when Mr. John Rid1el
had arrived in the widows carriage at
Mr. de la Bots and had Just pla Hed
the parcel of diamond lockets upon
Ter S'tling-room table, there was an
incursi, n of four strong young men
with combs in their heads and aprons
round their waists. They carried him
iIto back room. fastened him in 4
chair. and in spite of his babhl'ng
aloGt how he was a jewellers fore.
mar and was being robbed land with
viOlence), they shaved his head.
1ltv not only effected this with
great completeness but took their
time rhout it. as his aunt had request.
ed them to do. so that In the mean
tine che got clear out of the hplse
and nothing was ever heard of her
artery ard. nor of her niece, nor of the
diamond lockets. 1t was supposed to
he the oompletest "shave" in the slang
sense, that had ever been effected,
Never since Samson's time had any
one suffered so severely from hs,ng
cropped: for Mr.. John Riddel not olly
lost his hair but his situation. The
Nessre. Moonstone declined any log
or t. ntrust their business 10 frle-
man who had fallen into such hal
low tap. and lost them thereby
.hoasfrd pounds worth of iewelry.
7 .lev declared that it was all thro Igh
his ipSufferable conceit, and that &c he
had not taken such pains with his
hair or worn so much of it, such n
plan would never have entered he
head of that modern Delilah, Mrs.
Montfcrt.
The guinea pig grows more quickly
han any other uuadruped. It Is fully