Show THE SACRIFICE ithane it hade mamma sad but the baby gloated and was gl glad she was a sweet little woman with big brown blown eyes and a pretty air of determination and hardly summoned fo fortitude r as she bhe led a 4 year old boy into an up town barber shop she took off his hat bat and dallied lovingly for a moment with his long yellow curls then she spoke to the man in the first chair but her voice faltered and fell and no one else could hear bear what she said in a minute the little chap was perched atop of a hassock placed in the chair a big apron was around his neck and the barber with comb and shears in hand was preparing to begin his work the little woman seated herself resolutely with her face to the street and gazed Et straight raight out at the stream ol of teams aud and bicycles that fills woodward avenue just before noon nood but aber seem to see anything of the long procession snip sup snip went the shears and still she looked straight ahead before foz o her then her head bead began to turn tarn 6 slowly lowly but before the fatal chair came in view she had recovered her nervo nerve and straightened herself with a little shiver fixing her gaze once more on the opposite side of the street streel but that last long her hands were beating nervously on the arms of the chair and the too toe of a dainty boot made a rat a tat tat on the tiling she abo shifted uneasily in her set seat and pretty soon her head turned again very slowly this time until U she could see cee the devastation the shears bad wrought one side of the little chaps head bead was wag already shorn of its long locks and the unfeeling tonsorial artist held another curl at full length snip went aba shears the little woman gasped and a big tear rolled down her cheek check she flicked it off but another followed it she look away again but the barbers task was nearly finished before she ehe trusted herself to speak then she swallowed hard tried to faile and said in a strained voice almost gone now baby yes responded the youngster with an approving proving aD glanco glance at his reflection in the mirror 1 I guess dick wont call me a little girl any syne detroit news |