Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1896 — Why He Apologized. [ARTICLE]

Why He Apologized.

There were live of us hunting and fishing iu the Puma Hinge, and one Pliny day, when we were sticking close to the shanty, a stranger appeared. lie said he was a tramp barber on Ills way to Dobbs City, and as none of us had been shaved for a fortnight, we gave ldm half a day's work. lie had a steady hand witii the razor, and was au expert with the shears, and the only jiecullarl:y any of us noticed about bis work was that lie let bis razor lovingly linger on the throat. We gave ldm his dinner and in cash, and he went uwuy well pleased. About four hours later a band of six men rode up, uud the leader Inquired if we had seen a tall, roughly-dressed man pass that way. We told ldm of the barber and he looked from man to man and exclaimed: “Good heavens, but you are all freshly shaved!” “Yes, we gave the barber a Job.” “And In* shaved each one of you?” “He did. and did it well." “Boys, do you hear that?” shouted the .nan. as hi' turned to Ids companions. “'What of It?” asked one of our pHrt.v. “Why, lie went Insane yesterday and cut a man s throat In his barber chair over at Unadlllu, and we’re after him to put ldm in an asylum.” They rode away at a gallop, and next morning returned to camp with the nmu, who had been captured after a bard tight and was tied on his house. He seemed to remember us as be was glveu a «lrink of water, and as he handed the cup back lie quietly observed: “Soy. gentlemen, please excuse me. I meant to finish off the last man who got Bhavcd, but I ( got to thinking of something else and It slipped my mind!”