.

Sube nodded significantly. "Well, that's it! I'm raisin' a mustache!"

Gizzard was thrilled. And as Sube eloquently unfolded the tale of the
magic bottle, his audience was aroused to a pitch of boisterous
enthusiasm. Then followed complications that Sube had not anticipated;
Gizzard, too, wanted to raise whiskers and become a detective.

And as there appeared to be no way to prevent it without risk of
exposure, Sube reluctantly took him in as a sort of Dr. Watson, and duly
anointed his cheeks in the interest of a pair of long, flowing
side-whiskers. A bristling mustache rather appealed to Gizzard, but was
denied him on the ground of priority. Sube had already started a
mustache, and there must be no duplications.

Boon for Baldness promised nothing within a week; and for the first time
in their life the boys found the spring vacation beginning to drag.
They pored over the pictures alleged to have been taken "Before Using"
and "After Using," until the poor chromos were ragged and worn; they
discussed the "astonishing results" that were guaranteed, until they had
exhausted all the possibilities of surprise, and still the time dragged.
Then, more as a diversion than anything else, they began to shadow the
suspected mother; and this they found so absorbing that Sube almost lost
sight of the original purpose for which he had started his mustache.

A careful log of the suspect's movements was kept in a pocket memorandum
book that came in the carton with the Boon for Baldness. The entries
were masterpieces of brevity.

Monday April 10

WHY BE BALD WHEN BOON FOR BALDNESS WILL COVER YOUR SCALP WITH
LUXURIANT SILKY HAIR?

Monday she went to see the cid [Transcriber's note: 'cid' crossed
out] kid

Tuesday April 11

SEE THAT DANDRUFF ON YOUR COAT COLLAR! BOON FOR BALDNESS WILL
PREVENT IT.

Tuesday she saw the kid again Afternoon she
bought a bottel of something at Westfalls drug Store

Wednesday April 12

BE MANLY! RAISE A BEARD! LET BOON FOR BALDNESS DO IT FOR YOU.
RESULTS GUARANTEED.

Saw kid again

The next few pages in addition to various suggestions for the production
and preservation of human hair, set forth the damning fact that the
suspect visited the foundling every day. And the boys continued to
watch; and as they watched, they attended to their hirsutoculture with
infinite pains. In the public use of the tiny pocket phials they ha