The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22

believer In the sympathetic relation between razors
and persons But lac wanted the work out Of the
way. While We were all at work, Harms came in,
hung up his hat and coat and putting on his shay.
ing Jacket walked over to Jhr ksun was work.
ing at the next chair and could not help overhcar-
Ing what was said
Harris telling OF seeing Mrs jackson and
Hughes together, and as he went on making IN
situations, We could see Jackson $ face assuming
an angry expression. Finally with an eHclama-
ton VI anger. he put away his hone and razors
and pui,.ng ON his hat and coat went out After
he lad left the shop Harris told the rest OF the boys
what he had told jackson and all expressed them
selves very freely as 10 llarris's conduct What
rest "t the afternoon After Harris had with
drawn "" hogan To- talk over tho matter and in
"a" course OF uUr talk happened to speak Of tho
fact that Jackson had been Sharpening his favor
lie razor while Hughes was speaking 10 him. l
before could III II Jack son entered the shop lie
was apparently in good humor, and the incident
was allowed 10 dEop.
ut was about three days after the talk with
flatrs that Hughes entered the shop and sat down
IN JACK sun's clair. As he usually had Jackson
slave him, this did not seem strange but when
looked up and saw that Jack son was strepping
the razor lie Lad honcd while Harris talked with
HIM, became curious 10 ste what would follow;
jackson and Hughes were talking pleasantly all
tins time and when the former gan shaving there
seemed To- hr no III feeling between the two men.
the rH2ur however, before his face was distiEured
with a scowl, and could see that he WINS greatly
when the latter started up with blood streaming
from q cut near his jurltlar vein. At the sight
Of the blood jackson droppcdhis razor and reached
for towel TO staunCh the flow Of blood. The
rn2ur dropped on the floor and picked il up later
GGnd wr,- L %tl placing il il, one Of the pigeon.
time stopped tho blood from the cut on Hughcss
throat and liu' he'd shaving lin. J he razor re-
hd.i'h ~ 'hr t,h, hulc i"f about week nnl pe-
ing used Hgain unul Hughes once more came in
for a shave aud again sat down in JackSons
chair As jackson looked about for a razor and
occasion, Hughes recognized IL and laughed as he
said You want 10 be careful with thn! razor;
That's the same one that cut me last week. That
was an un!Vtiumai" remark for as he felt the razor
edge with his thumb .IACksun's fnCe again grew
next door to answera tclcrhour call As he looked
up gave him n meaning glance and said that |
would SHAY" Hughes while he wAs out lie knew
what meant aud laying down the hoodoo razor
stepped out. finished shaving Hughes and no
Wa aS,E gone before Jackson came back. M .,
and he at once started in To tell me all about the
trouble: lie said that he had never given min
utc's thought to his talk with Harris after the
TO hoerd Ut his house had never had any dispute
with him, It was only when he handled the
ln" he asked, and when modified assent con.
not exactly an accident As hc lay h4rk There
IN iI" chair win h.S hrGat exposed ! logan To
more Thought II il The more desire he'd to do
HIM harm, rud finally the feeling became 80 strong
that lust had 10 NICK hm and see Tia" blood ~
soon as saw the blood, however, my nerve failed
or should have finished the Job and then gone
home and attacked my wife, Again to-day,
wien took hold % thNt razor there Was the same
do r., and il was ouly your interference that
prevented serious results one thing is sure,
that ta2pt i, not safe for me Ia use again, and
guess III #, It nov. With this he laid the edge
ON the ma rbc slab in front of the big mirror and
in minute had completely wrecked il lie then
ing in the arcaway. That same old razor was
used by one al the participants IN q fight on tho
dump in which one man was badly cut. Now
tic razor is Of the objects Of interest in tho
police museum in the city where this occurred