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Show HE SHAVED A MAN'S HEAD It Was laa Thai Cms MIi Sl Mk , , . In lh I'm. SrAiMiiit" Si-HiMtS, Conn., .Inly 8 Patsy Mitchell, a locul star actor of Thouipuinvillv, had the bigT't head of hair iu ronnrcliciit. and h loved gin, too. Until luck followed him, and lately the good pe.iple uf the villaga dn v.cd him in good elothns, aided htm with money, and in let urn received hi solemn pronii' that he would uewr titxte another drop of gin as long as there was a hair on his head. Sn he kept sober for a few day, and then liai -her "IU)My" t 'riiiuby said to hlnn "tdiave your head, Patsy, and gim you a pint of Kin to boot?" Patsy agfct to the barir iin. dropped Into the chair, and Crumby sliarieinit live razors and went to work mi the wihleruesa of h.ir. 'I lie job laoted thirty minutes and w hen, Palsy gut out of the chair Ins ht-ad wan na smooth aud shining as the full niixirt in September. Theu Bob Crnrohy prt settled Putsy with a pint Ixitsle of neer gin, and iu two houts thn latter si In lie lockup. Next day hu was before a trinl justice, and the room was croadeil with n grinning rmigregiitinn. Mitchell bad to tell the story, und submitted his lieud in ev idenee, Then Mr. I'mmbr was called In the judge' ib-ak and sternly acquainted with the solemn tm 4 that tii tiHimirial performw was nt joke. The justice sent him to the IIft ford jail fur six weeks. |