The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-19
The Fair One With
the Golden Locks
By RYLAND BELL

l first fell in love with Gwendolin
Winchester's hair. We hear much Of
golden hair, but have never seen but
one head of hair the real color of gold.
That was Miss Winchester's. She wore
1t as loose as any hair can be dressed.
Indeed, it resembled a balloon in lis
shape.
Having fallen in love with the young
lady's hair. proceeded to fall in love
with the girl herself. We boarded in
the same house; consequently | saw
her often. But she kept very much
to herself, and none Of us became ia
miliar with her. Sometimes she would
sit with me after dinner for short
while, but none of the other boarders
was so honored. At such times, es-
pecially when we sat side by side,
noticed a dampness in the air which
seemed to come from my companion
I once asked her how she made each
individual hair stand out by itself. and
she said that she washed it very often.
There was a great deal OF dust floating
about, and 1t got into her hair. This
was the cause of the frequent wash
ings
After giving her a number of invita-
tons l finally succeeded in inducing
Miss winchester to go to the theater
with me. When at the raising of the
curtain she took off her hat and dis
played her wealth Of hair many per-
sons turned their eyes upon 1t admir-
ingly. 1t seemed to me that not only
/ its hue was golden, but that In one
on two places it had golden sparkle.
I asked her If she ever used gold
powder. She looked at me in star
tied way and said:
mo. What makes you think so!'
Because there is place in your hair
which sparkes as though you had put
gold powder on it."
She put her hand up and asked me
where was the spot l referred to and
was not satisfied till | directed her
to 1t.
Miss Winchester held a position of
some sort, but she told none Of us
where or what it was. She went out
about s o'clock In the morning and re.
turned at 4. On her return she went
into her room and locked the door. |
understood that she wished to rest till
dinner. could not understand why,
If she needed rest she took >he trouble
to wash her hair so often. Women
usually make a great ado about wash.
ing their hair, and when they do are
usually to be seen sitting about with
it hanging loose Miss Winchester
would wash her hair between 4 and 5
o'clock and come down to dinner with
1t done up at half past g. once asked
her how she dried it so rapidly and she
said by tanning 1t. This added to my
wonder that she should take so much
trouble after days work.
l asked the young lady on several
occasions to give me lock of her beau
tiful hair, but she always declined.
One evening when we were sitting to-
gether lock came loose. My business
requires me to carry small pair of
scissors in my vest pocket, and sur.
reptitiously cut off the strand without
her being aware Of what l had done.
When | went to my room l held the
strand near the gas jet to examine it.
IL 7 I'll p hot
that reflected the light. Among my
knickknacks kept magnifying glass
mot a scientific instrument, but such
as could be carried in the pocket. |
brought it to bear on the particle and
saw that it was either stone or metal.
! judged that it was metal, since one
of its minute faces reflected the light.
Moreover, moving the light about on