GETTING THE BULGE ON HIM.
•' "Who gave you that arch.- villainous crop, old nian ? " said a fashionable (Jueen-street hairdresser the other day to an intimate acquaintance who was depicted in last week's OusEVER in the worst kind of a Bill-Sykcs' brand. " Come into my shop and let us take a little of that Mt. Eden hair off your whiskers, and show the Observer artist what we can do in portraits." The guileless youth submitted his upper story to the comb and scissors, and was complimented by a dozen who were waiting their turn upon the vast improvement. "There," said the boss, triumphantly, "that's the way we turn a man out of this warehouse ; and if you have the courage your calling demands, your will speak out and tell these gentlemen where the last tornado swept over yotir countenance." " Oh, I don't mind, Mr 5.," replied the exhibit; " and if you want particularly to know, it was that young man of yours who done the ' houso-of-correction" business for one this forenoon." Then a wave of depression rolled slowly over two men in that crowd, and a small voice called out " Next ! "
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 229, 31 January 1885, Page 4
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190GETTING THE BULGE ON HIM. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 229, 31 January 1885, Page 4
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