A TOUCHING STORY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1451, 8 January 1887, Page 2

A TOUCHING STORY.

The following touohing story la related m an Atutrlan {journal I— a wealthy traveller, on entering a hairdresser's Siloon saw there a girl, young and beantlul, very poorly clad, m earnest conversation with the master of the establishment: She w.a* offering for the p&ltry cum of 10 florins 'or rragnitioont hair, which fell m thick luxuriance over her fair shoulders, and for which the hairdresser only wished Ito eive eight florins. At last she consented with teats m her eyes to accept this price, and he had just taken his Baissora m hacd when the new comer interforefl. He enquired the motive thai; compelled her to make such a eaorlfioa. She related the story of her poverty, and how her parents were actually without food; The traveller, prodooiog his pooketbook and taking from it a roll of notes, said to her — " Mademoiselle, will you permit me to buy ycur hair ?" With* ont even looking at the amount, she, re-. plied ,' Yes " Then the stranger gently extracted a single hair, placed It very oarefully m his pooketbook, and departed. The yoang girl wsb completely over* whelmed. When she counted the notes she found that they, represented 2000 francsj Bow truly might we say— s "Fortune sometimes hangs by a single, hair."