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"Any chance to get a bath here?" he asked one of the two barbers with a twinkle in his gray eyes. He expected a snort of astonishment and a sarcastic reply. "Sure. Want it first or after?" Rathburn eyed the barber suspiciously. Was the man poking fun at him? Well, he was not a stranger to repartee. "First or after what?" he asked, scowling. "Your shave and hair cut." Rathburn laughed.
"The men shave the hair off their heads, except a small tuft on the top, which they suffer to grow, and wear in plaits over the shoulders; to this they seem much attached, as the loss of it is the usual sacrifice at the death of near relations.
"The same," admitted Bobby, smiling down at her and taking both her hands. "I never saw him so closely," she declared. "Really, he's quite distinguished-looking." "As long as he avoids a close shave," supplemented Bobby. "But what brings you into the the busy marts of trade so early in the morning?" "My trusteeship," she answered him loftily, producing some documents from her hand-bag.
He had an exquisite neatness of his person ever, and had contrived every day upon that island to shave himself, so that while most of his fellows bore bristling beards, and my own chin was as raspy as a hedgehog, he might have presented himself at the Court of St. James's, so spruce was his appearance. When all was ready Lancelot drew up his men very soldierly and made them a little speech.
He has been within a shave of another shipwreck; and would never have escaped it, if the lady hadn't had the sense to suspect the old Admiral's telegram and come down to watch him. Don't let's talk about the old Admiral. Don't let's talk about anything.
His old habits will lead him back to civilization, to the luxury of a well-furnished room, the quiet of an easy chair, and the repose of a soft bed. In a word to 'clean up' and shave and dress, so that when he looks into a glass he will see the shadow of a gentleman." Spalding and Martin went out upon the lake after dark, with one of the boats, to hunt by torch light.
The investigator will encounter nothing less than a line of battle; there is no need of pickets, videttes, skirmishers, to give warning of our approach; our attacking lines will be visible, conspicuous, exposed to an artillery fire that will shave the ground the moment they break from cover, and for half the distance to a sheet of rifle bullets in which nothing can live.
There were tiny creases at the corners of his eyes, caused by the blistering sleet and cold wind of the Arctic coast. He grimaced as he studied himself. Then his face lighted up with sudden inspiration. "I've got it!" he exclaimed. "I need a shave! We'll use the prune water." From the rubber bag he fished out his razor, a nubbin of soap, and a towel.
"We had a pretty close shave of it, father," answered Snap. "We've got a prisoner for you, Mr. Dodge," sang out Shep, somewhat proudly. "Here is the rascal who set fire to the sawmill." "Is it possible!" cried Mr. Dodge. "That fire was an -an accident," grumbled Lusher Barrock. "All a mistake." "I've got the documents he took, and three hundred dollars of the money," said Snap. "Well! well!
If this is not done the child will be unlucky when it grows up; if it is a boy, however often he may marry, his wife will die and so, if it is a girl, her husbands will die. Another fact is that they always shave a child's head for the first two times during the same moon; if it is shaved first during one moon and then during the following moon; it will always have a headache once a month.
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