The curly-haired hen . >;^ ?>--V .V«v ; CHAPTER X TRIUMPH OF THE OINTMENT The craze of the public for this new preparation was extraor-dinary. A china factory, about to close its doors, made a for-tune out of manufacturing jars for it. Of course all the baldpeople bought it. Everyone expected it to work miracles. Thewomen with tow-coloured rat-tails expected to grow luxuriant. black tresses and others with coarse scrubby black hair dreamedof having fine soft golden braids. A very rich land-owner, who did not care how much hespent, rubbed with it the back of his mangy dog, and his ho
The curly-haired hen . >;^ ?>--V .V«v ; CHAPTER X TRIUMPH OF THE OINTMENT The craze of the public for this new preparation was extraor-dinary. A china factory, about to close its doors, made a for-tune out of manufacturing jars for it. Of course all the baldpeople bought it. Everyone expected it to work miracles. Thewomen with tow-coloured rat-tails expected to grow luxuriant. black tresses and others with coarse scrubby black hair dreamedof having fine soft golden braids. A very rich land-owner, who did not care how much hespent, rubbed with it the back of his mangy dog, and his horsestail, which was growing somewhat thin. The mayor even, they tell me, put a thick layer of it ontohis wig, which was beginning to wear out. The district wassteeped in it, the air seemed to smell of musk. TRIUMPH OF THE OINTJIENT 91 Alas! everything has its bad side. The good side of thiswas for the merchant alone, who, though he guaranteed hiswares for human beings, refused any further bad side was for the hens and ducks. (I believe even thegeese suffered occasionally.) I cant tell you how many people,knowing all about the effect it had had on Yollande and the
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