The sun., 1907-04-07
DOMANCE OF TWO
N HEADS OF HAIR.
One Was Black and One Was
Brown-The Locks of the
Villain Were Red.

He was a black haired man. His raven
locks parted in long even folds from on
his high white forehead. His eyebrows
we're as perfect as if traced by the pencil Of
an artist.
His long. silken eyelashes made deep
ebony frame for the glittering black dla-
monds set within them. His mustache was
black. The bristles on his chin would
have been black il he had rot kept himself
clean shaven,
She had brown hair. There was lot OF
il on her head, and II all grew there
naturally. --
Her style OF coiifure varied according to
the fashion, for she had just the right
amount to adopt almost any style. She was
a good looking girl generally, but her hair
was her chief feature.
When she laughed the long, wavy tresses
rippled When she wept she shed hair
pins II the reader will kindly remember
these peculiarities it will save the necessity
of repetition when we get to the laughing
and weeping parts of the story. She also
had eyebrows and lashes.
They had known each other from child
hood He had watched her hair grow
from the days of the English bob to the
beauty develop from the time when his
mother used TO chopchop his hair on IN
chunks, till the most assiduous attentions
OF a well fed barber had brought his mus
tache to its full maturity.
They loved II appeared TO her that any
girl must fall in love with a man who had
such hair as his. He could not for the life
OF him see how any fellow could avoid
being held in perpetual bondage by such
hair as hers.
II was very sweet to see them. 1t made
ones heart palpitate. They trusted each
other with childish confidence He never
thought to ask her whether she would love
him as we'll when he got TO wearing wig,
nor did it ever occur to her to question by
30 much as a thought the steadfastness Of
his devotion when she should he obliged to
splice her hair out with a switch. Young
folk are apt to disregard the future
Into their dream Of happiness there
entered a villain with red hair. Why he
was a villain il would be hard to say, but il
is certain that he had been one ever since
the boys in school used TO call him Sun
burst"
In mere works Of fiction the red haired
man is usually the hero and the black haired
one the villain, but this is a tale in which
the hair shall be oolored as il ought to be.
Now this red haired villain happened to
be the uncle Of the brown haired girl. When
her father died he was appointed her guar
dian and administrator Of the estate. 1t
was a good, profitable job for him and he
wanted to keep it.
He could not think OF any easier way to
make living except to be appointed re-
Ceiver for failed bank, and he had not pull
enough for that. But il the girl should
marry. his guardianship would lapse
Consequently he determined that she must
be an old maid at all hazards.
1t occurred to him that il he could some
how manage to get her hair cut of her young
man might transfer his affections to some
one else He thought he would try to do
the job himself and afterward pretend it
was practical Joke and for this purpose he
carried a long sharp carving knife in his
trousers pocket until one day he forgot about
it and sat down.
Then he concluded that it would be a
better plan TO bribe the hairrresser. But
the hairdresser was a dear, faithful old
creature. She merely took his none
and then betrayed his dastardly plot to the
young woman for another consideration,
nearly as great as the villain had paid her.
Thus does fortune reward honest servants.
The young woman was 80 terrified by
what she had learned of her guardians
wickedness that she resolved to marry lust
as soon as she could get her hair properly
done up. But when she announced her
decision 10 the young man he asked her to
wait another day, because he needed a
hair cut. and the only barber who was
competent TO do the job properly for a we'd
ding was away on vacation.
That was the excuse he made TO her.
though the real trouble was that his pay
envelope was not due till the next day.
Men were deceivers ever. There never was
a man, however, who was a good enough
liar TO fool woman when she was in love
with him
or course the brown haired girl saw
through the excuse OF the black haired
man at once She did not imagine what the
real trouble was. A monetary strinRency
is the last thing a woman ever suspects,
nor would she have been able to see WHY
that should make any difference. even IL
, , he had explained the situation to her truth
fully. What business has money to inter-
fere with romances anyway?
But she knew by instinct that the hair
, cut excuse was a cruel fake, and her
heart broke like a celluloid hairbrush.-
you monster!" she shrieked, -begone
from my sight. hate you,"
Whereupon she flung her diamond en-
| gagement ring at his feet and pointed 10
the open door. And he. manlike. was
just silly enough to put the ring in his
pocket and go.
As soon as he was out Of the house the
young woman buried her face in the soHa
pillows and sobbed till her villainous red
haired guardian rushed in, alarmed lest she
should shake down the chandeliers.
Being a wise man, he did not ask her
what was the matter, but proceeded to
turn the situation to his own advantage.
"You have a headache" he said. -It
could not be otherwise with such a weight
OF hair on your head. Cut il on and il will
never trouble you more"
Il will pull it out by the roots. sha
sobbed, suiting the action TO the word.
But il hurts to pull live hair out by the
roots. and after one or two twinges the
young woman concluded that it would be
more fun to pull the villains hair instead
Springing az him when he had turned his
back TO look for pair Of shears. she got