Sniffles, the barber, trembled and believed him.

"Ugh!" said the Indian.

"Ugh!" has the same meaning in Indian as the word "Oof!" has in English.

"When I came in paleface said I was next," said Man-Afraid-Of-A-Shampoo.
"Well, I am next to this business. You have bay rum and I have a
thirst--let us get together!"

"But the bay rum is used only on the outside of the head," said the
barber.

"I have original ideas about bay rum," said the Indian, "therefore I
have decided to use it on the inside of my neck!"

"But bay rum is five cents extra with a hair cut," whispered the barber.

It was his last whisper in that shop.

Shouting the battle cry of the Cherokees, the Indian, grabbed the bay
rum bottle and poured it carefully over his thirst.

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This was followed by a bottle of hair tonic, which seemed to go to his
head.

Then the Indian swallowed a bottle of whisker dye and all seemed to grow