The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-06
sALTRUIsTIC IN HIS OWN WAY.
On This Occasion He Felt He Was Fortified
nv Circumstance -

On This Occasion He Felt He Mas f9rtlliea
by Circumstance.
IL, YOU don't mind my Eentlon!ns
it." remarked the cheerful passenger
who was holding on to|a strap, as be
leaned down to speaEto young man
seated near the ca7/stoVe. you have q
very remarkabll mustache."
Hey WbMs that:' growled the
young mssHooking at him sidewise.
4 .say<Sou have remarkable mus
tache/
'Nlst Let it alone, will you:'
Yes. III let it alone. I'm not bar
Der. YOU know. Still, there can't be
any harm in telling man, when he's 5
got a mustache like yours, that IT
something worth while looking at.
You'll pardon me for calling yonr at
tention to the fact that it grows
straight out from your lip for about
an inch. at a right angle, and then
most Of the hairs turn directly up,
while the others turn directly down.
That shows it's natural. 1t couldn
be waxed 50 as to stand out that way.
It's like the long arm Of the letter +.
\ man couldn't train it in that shape
in a million years. l don't suppose
now, you ever took two looking glass
es and stood so as to get side view OF
!, that mustacle, did you:'
None of your business responded
the young man. III thank you 70 at
tend to your own affairs, if you have
; any, and let mine alone
just So" placidly replied the ether.
Some people like to have their pecul-
iarities pointed out to them and some
don't. It's all in the way you look at
it. You are not asking my advice, OF
course, but if l were in your place |
should trim that thicket, that chap
aral,> that ,heval-de-frise, as We Would
say in French, close to the lip. and
then it wouldn't attract general atten-
ton. Most men, dare say, look bet
ter with a musiache, but that's prob
ably because it hides their mouths. In
your case, now. it doesn't hide the
mouth at ALL 1t runs right away from
it. It's out of the question to-
Say, if YOU don't want to get your
head punched, YOU shut up. 1oaTe
got more blamed gall than any man l
ever saw. Mind your own business.
Certainly, certainly. That's ali the
thanks /, man ever gets for trying TO
lie an altruist in his own way. re-
member | once called 4 fellows at
tcntion to 4 wig he was wearing. l
told him it was all right. considered as
q wig. but he didn't think 1t fooled
anybody. 1t was so palpably Il wig
! that it gave itself away rs soon as you
looked at it. I could see that he
thought it was 4 perfect imitation OF
the natural hair, but il wasn't, aEd
somebody ought to tell him it WASH t.,
That was the position I took. lie got
angry, Just as you're doing, but
didn't mind that. I'm always getting
people down on NE When I'm trying to
do them Il favor, just in that way. ana
suppose l always will be. l don't let
it bother me as much as | used To-.
Still. Young man. I would advise yoI
not to 20 punching beads
why hot. sir?' demanded the oWr-
er Of the bristling mustache bcl!iS1r-
emily. What would you do:'
! Nothing. But some Of these women
who are standing up might slip into
! your seat.
! Then the man who was trying to
benefit his fellow man Strengthened up
srasped the strap still more firmly,
and, during the remainder Of the ride,
said nothing. and merely looked pleas
/ antly at the young man. OF rather
! through him. without seeirg kinl