The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-01-17
AN EGYPTIAN
RECIPE
80 ;,4. -. -rv-Tf. n;. ~.
.,m.:n.. By M. QUAD ,
Copyright ias. * Associated III


If Farmer, John Stoue hadn't been Il
widower, il. he hadn't been "A bald
headed, whiskerless m;tl,. il he hadn't
been in love with the Widow Davis.
thugs might have been different.
When he told her that he loved her her
reply was:
John. you are Il good man.. but
But what is it. Mary?"
You are baidheaded and have no
w%hiskcrs."
but | love you"
"Thut can't make up for 1t. repeat
that you arc a good man. but when |
think that / would have to sit here
, evening after evening aud stare ut
your shiny poll it is too much
ii thought if Il maj loved :.
'Eut there are the whiskers or the,
lack of them. No man can look digni-
fed without EN-. Your character is all
| that Il woman could ask for. but where
is the hair? Where the whiskersy"
.Inlln stone tnrllrd away in chagfin
and despair. and there was no sleep
for him for the next three nights. He
| was still in the dumps when n tin ped,
d!er came along aud Invited him to
open his heart. He did so.
SAY, John, it vas C. of the wild
ow.'. said the peddicr when he had
listened to all.
Yes. kinder
..J-.. IJ.i.. ~ cha f,nc yv-1.oHk-
Ell your life"
Illus Shr:'
You want to turn around and wreck
tie widow"
But how can | do it?" asked John.
FIRST of all, get mad ut her. Say
to yourself that you don't care ii durn
for. her,
Well, I'm feeling thai way. SHE
can go to Texas"
BULLY for you. Now. then, you know
that We peddlers take all kinds of
things in trade. The other day | raked
in nh Egyptian muNiny for 81 worth
Of milk pans. You know what !; mum-
my is. don't you?" &.
"SGmc one that's been dead a thou
sand years. Z
Exactly. When ! ripped him open
l found this parer." ,'
by George" gasped John.
1T is writ in Egyptian. but ] can
read il right off. It's ii recipe for maj:
ing hair grow on bald beads"
You don't say"
..t,l f,r fovcinu y,l,iSEocS tO CROW
on the S1aootkest face. 1t says that
ono months use Of it will grow side
whis!eis on II boy of ten"
You can't mean it."
You can have the preparation put
III, at Il drug store and begin to use it.
aud in a month what happens? Why.
,yo% have II iuxuyiant crop Of curly
hair u, your bald head and chin whisk-
e.>s that fall down to your waist and
arc blown to pert aud starboard by the
freezes. You 4 walk up and down
the road in front OF the Widows house.
from the window she sees you and
knows .l,e has made the mistake OF her
lie. She calls to you to admit that
she w:l% in the wrong aud that you can
nrin:s the preacher us soon as you
please. but you wave her aside"
"..nd wl,at?"
And you wave her aside and 90
along to the Wilder Stevens and pro-
pose marriage to her and hustle things
along. She dotcs On curly hair and
chin whiskers. and will say yes at
once"
"By George, but it will he great"
sit will for sure"
"And youth do this out Of the good
ness Of your hearth"
'I'll do it for one-half goodness and
the other half cash. The cash haif is
:$25. Those chin whiszers alone are
worth 500 to any living man."
No farmer is ready to pay out money
unless he car see a return for it.
Farmer Stone asked for a week to con-
slider the matter and then closed the
deal. 1t wasn't humanely possible for
a b%aldheaded, whiskerless maj to hold
out. The formula was copied Oh for
him. and he deposited 1t In a safe place
Until he could spare Il day to 80 to the
village. That day never cane. he
was killed by accident ia his own field.
Then came an interval Of seven years
during which time nothing was said in
his late community about batdh.aded'
men. One day a stranger appeared
who had heard from the peddler that
John Stone had the Egyptian recipe.
and he offered s. for It. Que ~ the
widower's heirs found It In an old
trunk and took the money. 4
The next heard Of the recipe was by
advertisement. A coffee and tea house.
instead of giving out trading stamps.
advertised to grow hair and whiskers
for the buyer Of every pound Of tea or
coffee.
They sent a lot Of wagons through
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