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Show An Affecting Tale. Barber Poor Jim nas been sent to an insane asylum. Victim (in chair) Who's Jim? "Jim is my twin brother, sir. Jim has long been broodin over the hard times, and I suppose he finally got crazy." "Hum! Not unlikely." "Yes, he and me has worked side by side for years, and we were so alike we couldn't tell each other apart. We both brooded a good deal too. No money in this business any more." . "What's the matter with it?" "Prices too low. Unless a customer takes a shampoo or somethin, it doesn't pay to shave or hair cut. Poor Jim! I caught him tryin to cut a customer's throat because he refused a shampoo, and so I had to have the poor fellow locked up. Makes ine very melancholy. Sometimes I feel sorry I didn't let him slash all he wanted to. It might have saved his reason. Shampoo, sir?" "Y-e-s, sir." New York Weekly. |