Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-25
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QUEST. OF Mr., MIDYEARs WAS
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And Article He Was Offered, Good
Enough tn sits Way, Was Not
Received With Much out.
b.. pouring Of Enthusiasnn.

heh HuIIee MluycarS, entered the
! club he could not help observing the
,lustrous torknot- of his friend as II
showed above the newspaper in the
4 afternoon Aght. Somehow It struck
MIN as 1t had never done before.
he could not recall that he had
i" ever paid much attention to the ton
,<:o1 Ills friends head" He remembered
vaguely that it was the usual Kind
d topknot Of, the men he knew-al-
! ready rather thin, perhaps little
'dlnsy. looking and not IN the least
. like the shining; healthy brown hair
he row saw. 80 ...,... ,gv'r ,,......
= He had thought Of treatment
1oi the hair himself and had been
advised by. his wife tn try the wom-
en- who had iiassaged Her scalp until
1.-The hair grew thick and healthy. The
tsight' of his friend's head recalled
:. this to him. =. . .: ........' = 'r.',s,'
!. Hello, old man." he said, coming
closer and still having cause to ~ad-
mire the thick growth of his friends
head. Your hair looks fine. Who
Z did 1t for you? 'f''.. g.: ..s'-''.. -.
r Ihe friend repeated an address
Mind II I try him too?". was the
e. question that followed. '.@' ; e. .i,.
rr Not in the least. Here's his ad.
dress answered he of the new hair.
:. from book in his pocket he read
an address. Midyears copied 1t in his
notebook and there was no further
:. Thought Of hair on their minds. '
!. You certainly ought to do some.
thine for your hair, Earlee," his wife
SAID one night later as they were on
!thelr way home from the opera. "WIhen
you went down In the orchestra, to-
night to speak ito Mrs. "Wednesday 7
could distinctly see a bald spot In the
center of your head. The hairs really
getting very thin" =. -. ...'..'.
; Go' Just the man." came the sleepy
nf&Ner from the 'corne: Of the mo.
: tor Going to hiri' tomorrow. :" o.
= He stopped on the way uptown that
AFTERNOON" at the address The had
copied. IL rather surprised him. ito
aftnd that the man was not q doctor,
E'put ne mentioned the name of the
man who had sent him there and, said
: ne wanted the same thing that had
SO much improved the looks of his
friends head. - ...'.r . '''"' - -.
He took a seat and as he read the
evening paper he felt the man rubbing
his hands"'over' his head. After an
that seemed, to him unusually
Short he heard the Hair exuert nell
him to come on at the end of the
week, say OH Friday. - ". e.. .'.
On that afternoon he called again.
He took his seat in front of the mir.
rof. There was. no evening newspa.
per to interest him now, for he had
decided to watch the operation.
The hairdresser' disappeared and
when he came back out Of the work.
room he carried In his land a small
tissue paper package. This he opened
and out OF 1t came little brown
scratch wig. Admiring the perfect
match he. held 1T up to the back hair
or his 'astonished patron. '.r".
But what gin the world is that
thing?" Midyears asked.
why, a toupee, the same that i,
made for your friend" replied the wig.
maker, who thoughthe had turned out
something nncommonly fine in its
way. That's what you said you
wanted" ....,..
he paid for II, but he didn't want
1T. It's In his bureau drawer now
His wife says she is going To ey.
change II for puffs unless he fnds n
purchaser at very much reduced
price for a chestnut brown toupee.
guaranteed to look Ike the real thing.