The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

: : . mo- Il common experience among
employers in this age. / don't know
that your assistant IS not as remark
aDte as Your advertisements
'oh, he has his faults, too said
Mr.. Wilson. Never was such d fell
low for photography. Swapping away
improving his mind,-and then diving
down into the cellar like a rabbit
into its hole to develop his pictures.
That is his main fault: but, on the
whole, he's q good worker. There's
no vice in him"
lie is still with you, l presume?"
Yes. sir. He n q girl of four
teen, who dosS Il bit of simple cook
ing, and keeps the place clean
that's all / have in the house. for [
am a Widower, and never had any
family. We live very quietly, sir.
the three of us; and we keep a roof
Owe cur heads, and pay our debts.
il We TO nothing more.
The first thing that put us out
was that advertisement. Spaulding.
he came down into the Office just this
day eight weeks, with this very pa
per in his hand. and he says
II wish to the Lord, Mr.. Will
son, that | was q red-headed man.
Why that | asks.
Why says he, here's another
acanc on the League OF the
headed Men. It's worth quite a little
~ III GIL i4INIt II S1io IL. dIfl
j understand that there are more
than there are men, so that
the trustees are at their wits end
what to do with the money. If my
hair would only change color. here's
a nice little crib all ready for me
to step into
why, h is it, them I asked.
You see, Mr.. Holmes, l am a very
stay-at-hOme man, and as my bust
ness came to me instead Of my hay
ing to so to it. / was often weeks
on end without putting my foot over
the door-mat. In that way l didn't
know much of what was going on
outside, and | was always glad of a
bit Of news.
Have you never heard Of the
League of the R~ed-headed Men?' he
asked, with his eyes open.
Never
why. ] wonder at that, for you
are eligible yourself for II of the
vacancies
And what are they WORTH I
! asked.
"'Oh, merely a couple of hundred
a year. but the work is slight, and
it need not interfere very much with
ones other occupations.
well, you can easily think that
that made me prick up my ears, for
the business has not been Oyer-good
for some years, and an extra couple
Of hundred would nave been very
mandy.
Tell me all about it. said L.
We'll said ne, showing me the
advertisement, you can see for your
self that the League has a vacancy,
and there is the address where you
should apply for particulars. AS far
as | can make out, the League was
und by an American millionaire,
EZekiah Hopkins. who was very pc
culiar in his Ways. He was himself
49, 49, L. 49, $1,000
pathy tor all r~ed-headed men: so.
rThen he died, it was found that he
haG left his enormous fortune in the
hands Of trustees, with instructions
to apply the interest to the providing
Ct Easy terths to men whose hair is
OF that color. From all | hear it
il splendid pay, and Eery little to
do
But said 7. there would be
millions of red-headed men who
would apply
Not SO many as . might
think he answered. You See it Il
really confined to L~ondoners, and to
grown men. This American had
started from London when he was
young, and he wanted to do the old
town a good turn. Then, again. I
have heard 1t is no use you apply
ing if your hair is light red, or dark
red. or anything but real bright,
blazing, fiery red. Now. if you cared
to apply, Mr.. Wilson, you would just
walk in; but perhaps it would hard
~ be worth your while to put your
self out of the way for the sake of
a few hundred pounds
Now. it is a fact, gentlemen. as
you may see for yourselves, that my
hair is of d very full and rich tint,
SO hat it seemed to me that. II
there was TO be any competition in
the matter, I stood as good q chance
as any mar that [ had ever met.
Vincent Spaulding seemed TO know
so much about it that | thought he
might prove useful, so / just ordered
him to put up the shutters for the
day. and to come right away With me.
He was very willing to have a holi-
day, 50 we shut the business up. and
started off for the address that was
! given US in the advertisement.
II never hope to see such q sight
as that again, Mr. Holmes. From
north, south, east, and west every
man wba had a shade Of red in his