The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-23
Story Of a
Lady Killer
~ GERALD GREEN


cent my hair began TO crme out. at
once had ms head shaved and ordered
a wig The wigmnkcr n Frcpchman,
measured my head aud before depart.
ing asked:
Blond. noir or rougeT"
understand nothing Of any Ian.
guage except American and did not
know what he was talking about. Hut
there t. a dislike IN all persons TO Ac-
knowledge that they do not understa nd
vr do nO, bsar cg carrct se- hooked
at the man as though | was deliberat.
Ing on what be said, then replied:
"oui. rouge"
This seemed TO satisfy him, for he
bowed himself out without another
word.
II wonder what he said 70 mef' I
mused after he had gone. WAS II the
price he was speaking of or the time II
was 20 be hnishedf'
found cot what be had said when
the wig came In. II was n beautiful
red. I abused him for having made a
wig OF such n color. and he erpostu.
Mltu WIN TUG Hthsl tIth'u huiuh hhu
gesture.
Monsieur. I ssk you n you have II
blond. black or red, You say I make
him red"
Seeing that had authorized the col.
OF. I said no more. hut paid for the wiz
like man. The price being s2n.
could not Hfford another one and sub.
Jected myself to wearing lt till my own
chestnut locks should reappcar
10 was about this time that ! received
an suons nous note written In q No.
man's hand. The writer said that she
had seen ne ou u s.ckbed IN the hos
pital aud had been Impressed with my
appearance She plaStcrcd the com.
municstion over with lot ~ stun
about my intellectual. pale brow aud
other features. What her object was
did not know. but I did know that
there we're emotional women IN the
world who are silly enough Ia de- Just
that sort ~ thing
/ However. since she gave me nu clew
60 her Identity. paid uo attention a.
her letter. tossing II int the lire aud
tblnklug ne more Hh"ui li
when | had forguii,u Il n married
Indy friend ~ niue toll me that size
desired tu intruuu, me Ia u frlcud ~
hers. II think" slr said Ia me that.
io use slaug plirdsc, you have mHdc
mash think the lady admlrcs
ycm"
, Has she ever seen mcf' | asked.
"Of rhlrsr. How could she admire
,yol ~ itNuut having seen youf'
7 "Oh' Her admiration doubtless only
exists la YOUR imaginHiluI"
Nevertheless was naliered This
was tile secuud case ~ admiration of
which kwas the subject. aud ! began
20 feel quite AIogls Ike i seemed 70
me. aiier this last conquest, that eVefy
girl who came near me was struck
with me. I waited impatiently for
my friend 10 introduce me 10 my vie
TIM. hut nothing came ~ II. aud I WIS
beginning To settle dawn Ia the opin-
Ion that was not. after all. q lady
killer when another woman friend OF
mine said "a me one day;
II would like 20 know whether or
not you carry love potion about you"
"why do you say thAtr I asked,
my finger ends tinRllng aud my heart
Increasing its beat
ooh, nothing. 4 friend ~ mine
/ i"Welly"
\ "A friend Of mine was going into
rsptures over you the other day"
"What did she have To say shout
mey"
II don't think hat the nsttering
pested to them auy more than the dis
sereesble things"
That is all could eet out of her.
BY this time felt sure there was
something about my appearance that
attracted the fair sex. | stood before
mirror trying Ia discover what Il was.
II seemed 10 me that II my own black
locks decorated my head | would be
psssaby good looking, but my sorrel
tOp. considered, spoiled the whole,
Then it occurred To me that these
rmashes" had been made since | had
aonned Il. aud Il struck NE that this
must be the secret of my success.
I One evening nj a dinner the hostess
game Ia me Hnd said she would intro
duce me 10 the lady who WAS 90 be my
companion AT table, She took me 10
one Who the moment she saw me
started and shrank away from me. |
noticed that her eyes We're fixed on my
wig. The hostess looked at her In as
tonishment, hut the other, recovering
herself took my arm. and we marched
together To the dining room. Passing
mirror. | saw that my hce and my
wig were both very red.
My dinner companion. when seated.
turned from me for an animated con.
versalion with man sitting ON the
Z other side uf her She scarcely spoke n
i word to me during the dinner.
This treatment brought me 10 my
senses. and | resolved 10 make an in
vestigation. Before | got through !
| knew more than | wished 10 know
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