Show it I IA A Matter of I Color 1 1 By E. E P. P WARE Q 1935 1196 w Western tern Newspaper Union l I ITHE wigs were ere at nt the bottom of ol THE the trouble j had It not Ot been for tor been have them we would never novel tempted Bob and I are twins We came down with typhoid fever on the time same d day and att after r five weeks of ot nip and tuck a we e begun began n to re recover over at the same time It was during th the early ar stages ces of ot our conva convalescence that I n noticed l that my hair was falling out In spots and Bobs Bob's was doing the time same some Most of t our youth had been spent In IQ boardIng board- board Ing school and college and was almost as strange to us as though we had not been bee born In the city Tell y you u what boys said Doctor hallows Fallows you might try shaving your heads head's j when the new hair comes out will be oteen ot of a as it wilt will In due time It even en length Might stimulate the new growth too Advise you jou ou to try itA it A few d days s 's after the shaving Bob remembered that the annual Charity Charlt ball was as only one one week oft off We hated like sin to go t to that hop bop in bald baldheads heads beads so to speak but finally decided to do s so tot You Ton ou will stay In the house ordered Doctor Fallows when we approached him IP II n the matter Weather too cold I cant can't risk a relapse Bob Dob thought bought of wigs Dan I 1 he shouted when the ball ban was yet four tour days days' distant How flow many hairs to snake make a wig That at a wig maker called and we selected our hair The Time day c came crne me and with it t the wigs They were perfect after atter the they had hod been fitted on and touched up a n bit with the time shen Robert and Daniel were themselves again I IThen Then Theu we become became me each ench other We Ve hud hind finished dressing except for our hair when Bob reached over to tomy tomy tomy my side of ot the table cable picked up my wig and put It on The next Instant he was hopping around the room In Inthe Inthe n the grip of a great Idea You go as me ind nd Ill I'll go as you youl I Ibe be he shouted grammar gramme r I gone to the dogs The scheme was scat great at the ball ball ball- but we didn't stop it t tere To tell the time truth we both fell In love I fell ten for forNell forNell forNell Nell Barry the minute r T saw her Bob Dob did likewise for her Madge The next morning still enjo enjoying Ing the masquerade of ot the night before I put on Bobs Bob's wig and rind he lie put on mine We proposed on the S same sauta lJ night night and and were accepted I Tall Talk abou happiness Why we were tl a nod and ud then we began to wake up Guess we have gone far or enough with this wig foolishness Bob Dob remarked remarked remarked re re- re- re marked next morning Det Beter er become our own handsome sel es selves again and explain the time Joke to the time girls girs That night I called culled on Net Nel flying my own color color color-a a somewhat taming laming auburn and auburn and I came a away sore from the heart out On the terrace In front of ot our house I found Bob suffering suf from a similar malady maladj Well Bob I began andl sadly She told me that red Is the only onh color she lime he simply cant can't abide Sh She reacts to my hair What did Madge tel tei you The Th same replied Bob Dob hoarsely Only it Is yellow she has a positive dis dislike for 1 Life Lite had Indeed a serious At last lost we wc gave up retired from the field beaten But Dut we didn't go tar far away away A small farm about 15 miles distant from Rosemount Is also part of our landed possessions and we withdrew to that farm from th the world forever Exactly three months later we returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to town In Bobs Bob's eyes was th time the light of ot hope j in mine the same That Thor evening after supper I got Nell on ou the phone This Is IB Dan 1 told herDan her ber Dan who Dan who Sa Say Nell you know who And listen I want you ou to have Madge over oyer to your hol house se tonight and Bob Dob Boband Boband and I want to call Just one more moru time time time- ir H would It would bo useless useless- Yes I know It would But well ell theres there's something you dont don't know kno about something very odd to sa say the least Can we come We called one hour later the butler butler butler but but- ler scanned us with wide-mouthed wide astonishment as ns- when he admitted us As we crossed the room towards Nell and Ma Madge ge Bob Dob and I walking In solemn unison and unison and feeling it too too they they got l slowly to their feet and gazed That's all all gazed You objected to us on account of our colors said Bob as ns we stood before them Well the same fever that 1 killed our hair killed the pigment In our om scalps along ulong with it We aint got Jot any color any more 1 We had thatched out fine silky silky and and andas as us white as cotton Take your our choice I invited ID Im ImI I and amid hes he's him Were We're not tagged any an long longer r. r Choose Weve We've done doneaU all aU w we can fhe They did And each chO chose e the right one though heaven alone knows how V they did It |