ANOTHER “MILORD” STORY,

Dunstan Times, Issue 1235, 30 October 1885, Page 3

ANOTHER “MILORD” STORY,

Here is a pretty story from Vienna :—A specimen of the ideal English “Milord,” the hero of so many romantic and sensational novels, of whom the race had anparently died out of late, entered a hairdresser’s shop, and noticed within a charming young girl, but very poorly attired, conferring with tho master of the shop upon some matters of business. She was offering to part with her magnificent locks of hair, for which she asked ten florins, while the hairdresser would only give eight. At last with tearful eyes, the pretty girl consented to the sacrifice, and the hairdresser had already taken the scissors in hand, when the Englishman vented forth a thundering “ Halt !” He then asked the girl what were the motives that compelled her to submit to such a disfigurement, v aud learned that her parents,’ who had been in easy circumstances, were actually without bread at that moment. The Englishman taking out his purse, drew forth two bank notes, and offering them to tbe girl, said : “ Will you let me buy your hair ? ” Tho girl, without even noticing the sum, at once responded iu the affirmative, and the Englishman, giving her the money, delicately pulled out a single hair, which he rolled round his finger, placed in his purse, and so went away. The hairdresser then informed the young lady that the bank notes represented the sum of 5000 florins (£500), when the latter burst into tears—this time for joy at the thought of her parents being saved from misery. All Vienna is dying with impatience to ascertain the name of this generous benefactor, but he has since disappeared entirely from the scene.