Douglas Island news., 1916-11-24
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al shaving process, when that func- tonary unbosomed himself as fol- lows:
 CT done got some bad news in SC. Paul lus' night and rse feelin' pow ml blue dis mornin'. Yo' alls may not want Co hca' my story but ! feels as though ios' got Co. tell it Co some pusson, otherwise my heart ! is gwme to overflow an sunercate mo"
 The Stroller nodded consent and Ithis is what he heard during the time he was being shaved which, as neither party to the operation was in ] a hurry. consumed the greater part of an hour.
 "Yo see it was disscr way: When Il was quite young man | was em- ployed as valet to a young and rich New Yorker He was very good to me and l.. in turn. was good to him When we wasn't on his yacht, we was travclin on lan' either in Amer , ica or Europe. am we sho' did have | the very bcs' Co Doe had in life. But |au the time my employer was failn. | lie had inherited pol lungs from both |his parents am tuberculosis at las got him In his win he done lef me fifty thousau' dollars but his kin | folk contcs' the will and finally of fer five thousand dollars to drap the matter. A lawyer said if | didn't ' take 'cm up | might get nothing. SO | took Che five thousand
 Five thousand dollars is consid. Icroblc money lo' a young cullud fcl- |Iow-I was only thirty am come wcs' Co st. Paul am sot mp one Of the fines threc-choir barber shops in ! the city am in six months ! done ! had tho cream of thc white trade an was maNn' good money married Che purtics' little cuIud girl in st Paul. rented @ nice little foroom bungalow in a good part Of town. furnish hit without regard to cos Iau' settled down Co enjoy life. ! reckon ! was about Che hoppics' man lin St. Paul in a modes way. Az ! | was at the shop every night till 9 o'clock. done insisted on my wife entertaiun'. which she did, To make long story short she done began cutcrtoiun' a lo-dc-doh young |cuued fellow am purty soon she be- | gin Co grow sort O collous toward me. au one night when | went home she warnt there. The note she lef' said she had followed the dictates of her heart lD-o y-o' shave close sah?)
 "Do yo' know that fo' the mex few months ! was laik man iu 8 drcam2 ! couldn't work. coultn ( sleep. | jcs couldn't do nothm'. ! sold the shop fo' half its value Go the man who worked at the se .cnd chair an fo' Che mex three years was a waudorcr on Che face ol Che earth. then l got a job as potter an has followed it ever since. But jcs couldn't stay away from St pauI where my wife was Twin The oth- or fellow had deserted her at JIg end of two years am she had come back broken in health am bowed in sorrow. ! amt never seen her since she kiss me goodbye in the doah or our little bungalow one morning l thirteen yeahs ago. but have kept close track of her ever since. lHayc Ia little Bay Rum, SahD
 "Shc done suppotc herself by hair drcssin up Co two year ago when she was fo'ccd Co give up work. My fricn' the man ! sell che shop to, has acted as my oEont in the matter am she has no idea ! am interested in her ut an. Six months ago she had Co SO Co the Charity hospital an since then an my wages has gone towards gettin' medicine and little niclnacks for her My run, as yo' IaHs know. is between Chicago and Seattle. an every time | pass Through st Paul telefomc my fritn' am he | tell how she is Las night he said she is hayIu' frequent hcmorrhages an he don't think she can las but short time longer CComb de hair wet or dry sah2J
 "I put the las' five dollars | had in a envelope am lof' it at the depot for my fritu' to call fo' an also lef' a note tclln' him to get some med icino Co ease the misery in her chest an loosen her cough fear the pol girl is sunerin' something awful an | will be anxious to hear how she is when ! gets to st Paul on my way wcs' day after tomorrow. CLet
 me light yo' pipe am yo' can set in the chair am smoke a whilo)
 "I was jes' thiukin' that after it
 is an over ] won't want to run thru
 St. Paul no mo, am was jes' think. .Iin that maybe yo' olls could get mo
 a job up in yo' ulls country where
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