Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-05

make out, tho League WAS lounucu ny
an American millionaire, Ezekiah Hop
kins, who was worry peculiar in his ways
Ho was himself rsd-headcd and he
had . great sympathy for all red
headed mon; 50, when he died, it
was found that he had left his enormous
fortune in tho hands Of trustees, with
nstructions to apply the interest to the
providing Of easy bcrths to men whose
hair il Of that color. From all / hear it
is splendid pay, and very little to do"
But said !, "there would bs MIL
lions Of rcd-hAired men who would
Not so many a. you might think
he answered. You see IL is really con-
fined TO Londoncrs, and to- grown men.
This American had started from Lon
don when he wHs young, and he wanted
to do the old town a good turn. Then,
again, have heard It is no Use your
applying II your hair is light red, or dark
red, or anything but real bright, blas-
Ing fiery red, Now, IL you cared
TO app ", Mr.. Wilson, you would just
walk in; but perhaps it would hardly
bc worth your while to put yourself
out of the way, for the sake of few
hundred pounds
Now, n is fact, gentlemen, as
hair is OF very full and rich red tint,
so that it seemed TO me that, il there
was to be any competition in the mat
ter, / stood As good a chance as any
nan that l had ever met. Vincent
Spaulding seemed TO know 30 much
about it that thought he might prove
useful, 40 | Just ordered him to put
up tho shutters for the day, and to
come right away with me. He was
very willing TO have a holiday, so we
shut the business up, and started of
for the address that was given US in
the advertisement
Il never hop~ TO see such sight
az that again, Mr.. Holmes. From
north, south, east and west every
man who had shade Of red in his
hair had trampcd into the city to
answer the advertisement. Fleet
Street WAS choked with red-headed
folk, and Pope's Court looked like q
coster's orange barrow, / should not
have thought there were 80 many in
the whole country a. we're brought
together by that single advertisements.
| Every shade OF color they were--straw,
lemon, orange, brick, lrish-setter, liver,
clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were
not many who had the real vivid flame
colored tint When / saw how many
were waiting. l would have given
not hear OF il. How he did il | could
not imagine but he pushed and pulled
and butted until he got me through the
crowd, and right up to the steps
which led 20 the Office. There was a
double stream upon the stair, some
going up in hope, and some coming
back detected; but we wedgsd in a.
we'll as We could, and soon found our
selves in the Office"
Your experience has been q most
entertaining one" remarked Holmes,
as bis client paused and refreshed his
memory with huge pinch OF snuff
Pray continue your very interesting
statement"
There was nothing in the Office but
q couple Of wooden chairs and deal
table, behind which sat small man,
with head that was even redder than
mine. He said a few words 10 each
candidate as he came up, and then he
always managed TO find some fault in
them which would disqualify them
Getting vacancy did not seem TO be such
such very easy matter, after ell. How
ever, when our turn came, the little
man was much more favorable to
me than to any Of the others, and
he closed the door as we entered, so tina,
he might have private word with US
This is Mr.. Jabez Wilson," said my
assistant. "and he is willing TO Fill Q
vacancy in the League"
"'And he is admirably suited fo1
it, the other answered. He has
every requirement. | cannot recall
when j have seen anything SO fine
He took a step backward, cooked hi,
head on one side, and gazed' ct my
hair until I felt quite bashful. Their
suddenly he plunged forward, wr,ins
my hand, and congratulated me warmly
on my success
IL would be injustice to hesitate,
said be. You Will, however, | an
sure, excuse me for taking an obviou.
pcrcauton-' With that be seized ny
hair in both his hands, and tuggee
until | yielded with the pain. Their,
is water in your eyes so he, as h,
released me- Z perceive that all 1
} as II should be. But we have to be care
full, for we have twice been deceived b,
wigs and once by paint. could tell YOU
tales OF cobbler's wax which would dis
gust you with human nature II,
stepped over the the window, anc
shouted through it at the top Of hi
voice that the vacancy was filed
A groan of disappointment came VI
from below, and the folk all troopet
away in different directions. unit
there was not red head to be seeI
except my own and that of manager"