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Show RED-HEADED NOT TO BLAME According to Writer, Thslr Frstful-nessjs Frstful-nessjs Thrust Upon Them by the Humorists. You will read In ancient chroniclea that when the rub) haired Cruader, Sir Kufus de Hurxh. paid bis ruinous visit to the monastery at riurni Krieuc be said to the abbot: 'Now tell us, old chap, how did you lone your hair?'' Nothing daunted, the abbot replied: "Sir-knlght. It was red. no I pulled 11 out!" A Maltese cross marks the spot where the good man Ml. and you may see It lo Ibis day; but the end Is not yet, for a certain fretfulness has been attributed to the red headed ever since, and now comes wise Professor I veil port, looking Into them with the eye of science. (For our part, we think science Is taking awful risks, and will discredit Itself. We admit the fretfulness. We have often observed It. Yet we bold that the redheaded come into the world peaceful and amiable, and have fretfulness thrust upon them by the liumorlsts. This Is why Titian painted paint-ed where be did Seeking a city overflowing over-flowing with redheaded girls, he naturally nat-urally established himself at Venice, which baa ever been their haven and heaven, owing to Its frewdom from white horses New York Tribune. |