The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09

olO"S nerce1y ana frequently. JOcu
| larly termed Washoe zePhyrs are these
sweeping breezes that lift and carry
| tin roofs, caPsize houses and deftly
| pick box cars clear off the tracks.
Prof. Wigs tie was an imported teach,
er. His peculiarities were extremely
at ends-that is, he .adored yellow
I shoes, as hereinbefore mentioned
and, although past so, had luxuriant
curly, black hair. On a Sunday, sew
eral days after Woolly's rescue, the
professor and his wife were coming
home from church. The morning had
dawned beautifully, so Prof. Wigstie
took much pains with his toilet. Shoes
a FURNISHED yellow, hair an oily mas
of curls. A Washoe zephyr sprung
suddenly out of the west, even as the
congre CATION poured forth from the
holy edifice. It blew and ragged and
rampaged with vim. 1t twisted gowns
awry, and caught up an occasional hat,
or kerchief, or loose wrap. Prof.
Wigstie held on to his head-gear faith
fully; abruptly turning a corner, he
let go his hat, threw up his hands and
shouted: Sarah, Sarah, look at it!
That demon of a sheep! Why he is
thousand feet"
The sentence went unfinished. A
boisterous gust snatched the prefes-
/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, a hatless, hair
less individually; while his wig-strange
coincidence that Wigstie should wear
wig-whirled gayly on the wings of
the wind.
"Hoodoo sheep! Hoodoo sheep"
The words ran through his mind and
slipped audib;y over his tongue. The
'hoodoo' sheep saw the tangled black
ball of hair rolling swiftly toward him.
He jumped aside then in funny stiff
legged leaps he took after the object.
His low ba-a, ba-a; accompanied every
jump.
A jolly crowd of miners stepped out
of a saloon. They observed the details
of the Sabbath street-show and how
they did hoot! Some one grabbed up
the wig-with mock courtesy it was
returned to the dazed, cha grined 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 a strap terrified the schol-
ars. ''Poison! I'll lay it in my garden,
leave the gate open and Woolly's appe-
tite will do the rest
That evening the professor saw the
undaunted sheep eying his oasis-like
delays are danger
ous," quoted Wigstie,F oracularly, and
he quickly procured stryehnine and
deftly placed it here and there on the
choicest plants.
Owing to the dilapidated condition
of the windtossed wig, the professor
had ordered new crop of hair. The
same arrived late in the evening of
this day on which Wigstie plotted
against WooIly's life. Visitors hap
pened to be at his house, and he laid
LIiC OI lis cbl ca ~ W l iictL
examining it. Mrs. Professor-e wom-
IN, and curicus-opened the bundle,
smiled approvingly and whispered to
herself: Dear Henry, he has at last
overcome his pride for his youthful
ooks. 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 it.
Prof. Wigstie awoke with start. He
listened apprehensively. An unusual
"a attering noise filled the ROOM He
cached over in the dark and grabbed
lis wig, clapped it on his head, leaped
out of bed and rushed to the window. Y
He saw-Great Scott!-he saw Woolly
Nisp multiplied an hundredfold! There
we're sheep in his garden; sheep racing
lown the street; sheep scattered all
,ver the sidehiil. What could it mean?
Vas he dreaming? He trembled as the
word ''hoodoo" flashed through his
mind. Pale moonbeems flooded every
hing. They cast a ghostly pallor upon
he sleeping, sheep-haunted city. Prof.
Vigstie turned aside. A mirror stood
n the niche by the family illuminated
window. Horror upon horrors! His
air-his false hair-had actually
urned white!
1t is a wonder the man didn't go
tark, staring mad. His wife tried to
xplain the n1iracles-but failed utter
y. She did explain, though, to the
rustees, why her husband could not
ttend to his school duties; for he van
she'd completely, nor was he again
yer heard of by Comstockers.
Mrs Wigstie .languished for few
,eeks in her lonely house. Several
etters addressed to Prof. Wigstie ar
ived, among which she discovered one
rom the hairdresser who supplied him
nth hirsute furnishings. 1t read like
n apology; mistake mad been made;
lis wig was sent to another party, and
he other. party-an old man-receiVed
lis, the professors, black curls. Mrs.
v shook her head, murmured
something about poor, puzzled dear