Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-12-23

sAta~.s 4 shoAA Y e,SS Willy YOU GILL u IHKG the
shears and cut about an inch OF the
ends rs well aa q barber Understand,
though, 4 don't want any monkey
work about 1t. You want to look at it
as q very serious business,
Mrs. Bowser tried to beg Off. She
had never even cut child's hair, and
she had no hope OF satisfying Mr..
Bowser. She also remembered that the
shears wanted sharpening and that
she had had rheumatism IN the right
elbow that day.
You can do it IL you follow instruc-
lions, was Mr.. Bowser's firm reply.
And he went away after the towel and
shears and left her growing pale and
her heart increasing it's beats.
'If make q bad Job OF it you wont
blame me?' she said as he returned
and sat down and tucked the towel
under his collar.
But you will be to blame, OF course.
I am going to give you Instructions
that any child can follow, and you see
that you follow them. Now, then,
comb the hair out straight first. Ouch!
What in thunder are you trying to 4
do? vi
TIM combing.'''
Well, don't rake those old harrow
teeth into my brains. You go at It as
if you were using currycomb on
horse. Got through 2,
Yes
| Then begin over the right ear and
snip gently. IL you snip OF too much
| It will destroy my professional look.
What are you doing now r,
m shipping q
Then don't lab the points Of the
| shears into my skull. Circle down to
the back Of the neck and then around
/ 1t. 1t wants to be "a true half circle on
! the back i have been told that my
head is exactly like Gicero's, but
/ What's the matter now? ." asked
Mrs. Bowser ais she stood back.
You are clipping too much offp'
.'I'm only taking the ends, as you
told me. S$ss
Woman, / told you this was a seri-
GUS business, ana hope you will see
It In that light II / look like Cicero =
can't help 1t, and try to be modest
over 1t, but IL you in your envy and
jealousy try to change my appearance
to that Of John e. Sluggerville / won't
be responsible for my actions. Have
you got down to the back Of my neck
i yet
Yes, I'm there, 2 5,
ssThen work up on the other side,
and don't jabs the points Of those
/ shears into me over forty times more.
What are you stopping for?
4 was looking at the freckles on
/ your poll didn't know that bald
head ever freckled I hope you never
take your hat off in the street car"
ooh, you do, eh Well, let me Just.
tell you that there is not one single
4 freckle on my head, and you know It
as well as do. might have known
you'd think up something to hurt my
feelings before you got through. What
are you trying to dos with that ear?
I Dom you know that it's attached to
/ the head r"
I'm bending 1t down so that / can
il cut the hair. wonder why the hair
is thinner and more reddish on this
4 side z, 8
.sNeyer you mind about the thinner
4 and more reddish. Have you got
through at last r.;
'sT'Ye done the best I could. I told
slyou I'd never cut hair before and that
4 the shears were dull, but / think I've
made q pretty fair job OF it &
Mr.. Bowser removed the towel and
Il got up and took a look at himself In
the mantel mirror. One glance was
il enough and he threw up his hands
8 and turned on Mrs. Bowser and shout
4 ed
oman, you have done 1t at lasti''
Done what n she asked.
Failing on fourteen different occa-
II sions to assasslnate me, you have cut
4 my hair and changed me from Chris
d topher Columbus to a fifteen cent pu-
a gilist! The children will boot me III
the street, and as for the Browns
you never looked better, Mr.. Bow
ser. You look ten years younger, and
u there's gay and hilarious something
q In your general demeanor that is quite
d fetching. You remind me Of the pic
d lures of Daniel Webster
MI. Bowser walked up and down
the room and breathed hard. Then he
d stood before the glass and swore to
and ait himself. Then he walked down
a the hall to the hatrack and clapped on
& his hat and strobe out into the selfish
q world. He walked he knew not where,
and he passed and repassed people
without seeing them. Only one thing
h did he remember when he woke up in
bed next morning an hour later than
usual. He had gone into saloon and
stood at the bar and called for some.
thing ID brace up d ruined man, and
the bartender had passed him a de
canter and mutt tered at the same time
Wei, by John, II old Captain Kidd
! hasn't come back to give the pirate
business another push along!
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