, 1905-10-05

lOl UO tlle IL -
Il don't know"
Because there is NJ reason why.
Nature is the great rcStorcr. Let her
alone and shed almost grow Il new
leg on n man to replace aFwoo;lcn one.
As far as my reading and observation
extend, nature docS more Mt night than
in the daytime. She docs more on
moonlight nights than on any others.
Isn't there n hint here for me?'
"GOu-you mean you will sit in the
moonlight in hopes to get Your hair
back -
Il will sit in the moonlight, knowing
that l shall not be II baldheadcd man
six weeks from now. l have got per-
feet faith in the cure. l am as sure
it will start the hair growing as | am
that l sit here
Then why not try it?'
u am going to this very evening. I
simply wanted to explain matters 10
YOU so that You wouldn't call me Il
fool. l am glad to find that for once
you agree with me. Yes. | shall 50
out in the back yard and sit in the
moonlight for three or four hours. and
| shall continue it for each night until
cured"
But if anything happens you will
lay it to me- protested Mrs. Bowscr
of Il sudden.
NONSENSE! In the first place. moth
ing can happen, and in thc next place,
how can You be held to blamr:"
But you've got Il way
Never mind my way. At 8 O'Clock
you can 90 10 bed and I'll go Il in
the moonlight. l shall lay nothing to
YOU unless you throw a water pitcher
out of the window ut me-
Mrs. HOwSCr had Il ~prcmonition. but
she couldn't raise any further obiec-
lions, ana o after night the house
was closed and Mr.. Bowscr made his
appearance in the back yard. 1t was
Il quiet night, made almost us light as
day by Che bright moon. and whom he
had become seated in the chair brought
with him he took pencil and paper.
turned the back of his bald head to the
moon and began:
$50 o~'clock-IIavc started in - dis
cover the discovery. Mo1nbcams feel
grateful on my scalp. Seem to be
feeling arcane for the dead roots Of
my hair.
"9A0-IIave been under the NOON
beams for twenty minutes. and if I
had any doubts at the start they have
disappeared. My scalp is itching and
glowing.
40 o'ciock-I expect II grow Il rer;
crop of hair in an hour, but if l don't
astoniSh Mrs. Bowser before midnight
then I'm 4 goat. There is the silence Of
the grave out here. but | am not at ali
lonesome.
'10:2o-Feels like spiders 'crHwliI@
over my bare scalp. 1t is the moon
beams working at the dead cots. Bow
ser. old boy. YOU have struck it. In two
weeks from now you won look Owe"
thirty Years old.
IL o'clock The agitation of my
scalp still continues. 40 sore heel ever
gees VIZ without itching first, The
blamed old yallcr eyed cat has come
out and is looking me in the face. I'll
be the death of him ONE day. The
moonlight makes me feel sleepy.
''11:3O-I can hardly hold my eye:
open. Moonlight must he good for in
somuia us well as badness. Have just
passed my hand Yer my scalp. Think
] can feel
At daylight next morning Mrs. Bow
ser discovered the foregoing mcmoran-
da on the grass beside his empty chair.
but Mr.. Buwscr WAS nowhere to he
found. When The morning paper cam"
she saw the following advertisements:
Found 1T midnight last night. 81
baldhcadcd man. bIrc headed and
without coat. vest oil collar. Seemed
TO he walking in his sleep. Muttcrs
to himself ut intervals about great dis
covcries. Insists that he has Il new
crop of hair on his shiny poll. Talks
about Il yall"r eyed cat and moonlight.
VIII he held here to await idcntilica-
ton. May hav" escaped from 4 Buffalo
Bill show. Inquire at the Fourth pre-
ciuct police station NJ. QUAD.
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