Daily camera., 1901-10-08

sweeping breezes that lift and carr
4 tin roofs, capsize houses and deftl.
\ pick box cars clear OF the tracks.
Prof. Wigstie was an imported teach
er. His peculiarities were extremel
at ends-thst IL, he adored yellow
shoes, A. hereinbefors mentioned
and. although past 80. had luxuriant
curly, black hair. On Sunday, sev
eral days after Woolly's rescue, th,
professor and his wife were cominl
home from church. The morning hs<
dawned beautifully, 90 Prof. Wigsti,
took much pains with his toilet. shoel
. FURNISHED yellow. hair an oily mas
of curls. A Washos sephyr sprung
suddenly out Of the west. even - tn,
congregation poured forth from tn,
holy edifce. 1t blew and raged an<
rampaged with vim. 1t twisted gown
awry. and caught up an occasional hat
or kerchief, or loose wrap. Prof
Wigstie held on TO his head-gssr faith
fully; abruptly turning . corner, h
let 60 his hat. threw up his hands and
shouted: Sarah, Sarah. look at itl
That demon Of . sheepl Why he 10 Z
thousand feet"
The sentence went unAnishAd. A
boisterous gust snatched the profea-
sor's hat, and at first thought one
would imagine his hair arose from
fright at the spectacle Of Woolly
Wisp's ghost Not SO; his hair lacked
anchorage-'twas false. And there,
in sight Of the whole congregation,
Prof. Wigstie stood. . hatless. hair.
less individual; while his wig-strange
coincidence that wigstie should wear
. wig-whirled gayly on the wings Of
the wind.
"Hoodoo sheepl Hoodoo sheep!"
The words ran through his mind and
slipped audibly over his tongue. The
"hoodoo" sheep saw the tangled black
ball Of hair rolling swiftly toward him.
He jumped aside then in funny stifY-
legged leaps he-took after the object.
His low bs-a, ba-a. accompanied every
jump.
A jolly crowd Of miners stepped out
OF saloon. They observed the details
Of the Sabbath street-xhow and how
they did hoot! Some one grabbed up
the wig-with mock courtesy il was
returned to the dazed, chagrined peda-
gogue. Prof Wigstie silently resolved
that vengeance should be his; that
this sheep and he could not live peace.
fully together in Virginia City.
He thought Of shooting the beast
NO. that could not be: for the handling
of pistols alarmed him as much as his
welding Of . strap terrified the schol-
ars. "Poison! I'll lay II In my garden.
leave the gate open and Woolly's appe.
lite will do the rest"
That evening the professor saw the
undaunted sheep eying his oasis-like
Aower-g garden. Delays are danger
ous." quoted Wigstie. oracularly. and
he quickly procured strychniDe and
deftly placed It here and there on the
choicest plants.
Owing to the dilapidated condition
Of the wind-tossed wig. the professor
had ordered a new crop OF hair. The
same arrived late in the evening Of
this day on which wigstie plotted
against woo!ly's life. Visitors hap
pened to be at his house. and he laid
the package on his bureau without
examining ii. Mrs. Professor wom-
an. and curious-opened the bundle.
smiled appro,inaly aud whispered to
herself: Dear Henry. he has at last
overcome his pride for his youthful
looks. Bless his dear heart! This
gray wig will be so becoming to him"
She placed the wig on the stand where
Henry always kept his hair. and quite
forgot IL.
In the wee early hours OF morning
Prof. Wies,ie awoke with start. He
listened aPprehensive,y. An unusual
patieriny noise filled the room. He
reached ever In the dark and grabbed
his wig. clapped it on his head, lesped
%. Of bed ard rushed to the window.
He saw-Great Scot;!-he saw Wool!y
wisp multiplied an hundredfold. There
were sheep in his garden: sheep racing
down the street; sheep scattered all
over the sidehili. What could il mean?
Was be dreaming? He trembled as the
word 'hoodoo" flashed through his
mind. Pale moonbeans flooded every
thing. They cast q ghostly pallor upon
the sleeping. .sheep-haun,ed city. Prof.
Wigstie turned aside. 4 mirror stood
In the niche BY the family illuminated
window. Horror upon horrors! His
hair-his false hair-had actually
turned white!
II is . wonder the man didn't 60
,tark. staring mad. His wife tried to
explain the miracles-but failed utter.
ly. She did explain, though, TO the
trustees, why her husband could not
lttend to his school duties; for he van
shed completely. nor was he again
ever heard OF by Comstockers.
Nr. Wigs,ie hnguished for . few
weeks In her lonely hous<. Several
etters addressed to Prof. Wigstis ar
rived, among which she discovered one
from the hairdrcsser who supplied him !
With hirsute furnishings. 1t read like /
IN apology; 4 mistake had been made;
ais wig was sent to another party. and
he other party-An old man-received
ais, the professors, black curls. Mrs. |
W shook her head. murmured
about "Poof. puzsled dear"
Ind silently wept,
When letter came, shortly after.
yard, she cheered up amaxingly; bads
! few friends good-by, and-it was ru-
her husband. who came
% his senses, but could not muster up
nough courage to comss back to tie
Genes of his mortifying experiences |
NTH Woouy Wisp,
Woolly. dckls creature, deserted his
.sppy home and wandered OF With the
lock Of sheep that passed through vir- |
,inia's streets on the night Of Wig !,
ties hallucina tionA
Not knowing what became Of Prot. !
Vigstie. We canAot cay whether
Vooly persisted in being HE "hoo-
loo" OF whether. which 10 more likely, !
y went the way Of all ordinary mat.
on.sheep.-San Francisco Afgonaut !