Show bleached the darky s hair william larue alias harry billy one of the principal clowns with the rowe greater circus that Is headed this way la an inveterate joker says the butte inter moun tain he Is always up to some mis chief and Is constantly doing some thing to evoke the laughter ot his companions ills most recent escapade nearly caused the complete collapse of one of the employed emp loyes 0 the circus larue has his stateroom on the circus train fixed up very attractively and among other toilet articles upon his dresser Is always to be found a bottle ot florida water george webb the dusky porter of the train who rejoices in the cogno men of pork chops presumably on account of his fondness for that meat Is quite a dandy in his way on sev eral occasions larue caught pork chops purloining his florida water and applying goodly quantities to his kinky wool happy billy determined to teach pork chops a lesson so removing the balance of the perfume he substituted in its stead a bottle full of peroxide knowing the darky could not detect the difference for a while and calmly awaited results it was with much satisfaction that larue saw pork chops continue to apply the liquid to his head and it gasn wasn t long before the powerful stuff began taking effect pork chops wool bagan assuming various shadeau of a blond tint and it ever there wad a scared colored man it was mr webb alias pork chops he un der stand it and hoping to get bis wool back to its normal shade ot blackness he continued using the peroxide 01 course the more he used the blonde his head turned by this time the entire circus was interested and amus ed at pork chops perplexity M scented a practical joke but could not just locate the cause finally bis hal turned a beautiful blonde and that was the finish tor the darkey he rushed to ilowe with a despairing sp airing cry for bawd s sake bosses wat you all spose Is de battah wid my hair the circus owners looked him ever and he was indeed a sight why said they youve beeri using peroxide j where did you get it you d better see a doctor quick pork chops was in no position to tell where he got it he simply rushed to a doctor and has been un der treatment ever since he was a mightily scared darky and it Is sate to say that larue can leave all his toilet articles around loose now and there Is one darky who will never touch them for it has cured him completely of the habit of sampling what coee not belong to him |