The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-03-08

hu'eho"eh, ohe vi IHelu DelnS raLne
higher than the other. His chin, adorne
with course beard of grizzled red, hun
down upon his breast, which was forme,
something like that of pigeon. HI
arms, considering his height, were of
prodigious length, reaching almost to hi
knee when he stood as upright as his fig
ure would allow--at least, that which be
longed to the lower shoulder; and, Will
his legs were short in contrary proportion
his flat feet and his course, red hands, O
which the dirt was half concealed by
CARLOAD of valuable rings, were large
enough for a man seven feet high. Hi!
head, bald at the poll, but otherwise cover
ed with shock, uncombed hair of the same
color AS the beard, was also gigantic: 81
large, in fact, that it seemed to hang dowr
over the breast by reason of it's own weight
rather than because Of the malformation o
the shoulders, anG to have crushed VIVA
ought to have been neck into nothingness
so that the lobes of the huge ears touched
the shoulder blades. But the face, which
thus seemed to be in the matthew atica
center of all this deformity, was the most
remarkable part of it all. l do not think
anything more unutterably hideous was
ever seen: 1t required a skillful painter te
describe it, and even Pauson himself, the
great precursor of all painters Of the hid
eous would scarcely have done it justice
There was absolutely no forehead: scar.
entire space between the eyes and the
limit of the hair. Beneath this scarlet line
cleaned two obliquely-set eyes, like those
OF cat in all respects save that while in
certain lights one of them became yellow,
the other invariably remained of dull
green color, and that they squinted toward
one another as if the point Of their own
er's nose was the only thing in creation
worth regarding. Nor, if they thought so,
were they altogether without justification
for their belief. The nose in question was
of vast size, seeming to project in its bold
curve beyond the pigeon breast; its form
was that of the segment of circle, of
which the most advanced point, instead of
being Tip, was the bridge, while the
tip itself was so depressed that it would
have interfered with the upper lip, were it
not that the whole cumbrous machine bore
SO much to the right baud rs to leave the
mouth as much master of the situation as
if there had been no nose at all In color
it was that of raw flesh, and it seemed to
tremble like calves foot jelly when its
wearer moved. The mouth was large, and
grotesquely shaped, with immense and
monstrously thick lips, always wide apart,
of which the upper was unshaved, and the
lower excessively pendulous, and both, in
their separation. displayed two broken
rows of huge yellow jagged teeth, one eye
tooth resembling a tusk that stuck out hor-
ribly, and as if intended for formidable
weapon of offense. The whlskers upon the
broad, puckered cheeks were thin and
sparse, thus revealing, in all their leaden-
hued loathsomeness, the pits, or rather the
caverns, with which the SMALL o1 had
covered the whole face, and the pimples,
or rather hillocks, with which the caverns
were relieved. The long finger mails, like
talons, were grimed with black, as though
they had not been cut or trimmed for many
a Sabbath eve. But in other respects his
person was not i'll cared for. He had plas-
tered his head with half the contents of a
barber's shop, to judge from the greasi-
ness of its appearance and from the min
gled odors, not of the most refined kind,
which it seemed to exhale. His coat was
of the best blue cloth, and fashionably cut;
his waistcoat of seal-skin, over which two
large golden watch-guards meandered in
massy folds; his trousers were plaid, of
cloud" pattern; his cravat, fastened by
valuable diamond pin, was scarlet; and,
over all, he wore loose, white greatcoat,
with velvet, collar. His whole effect was
as bizarre as it was hideous, and defied all
analysis of expression, except that the
movements of his hands and the tone of
his voice all told of an unutterable and
all-pervading greed.
But, however remarkable his appearance
might be, it did not appear to call forth the
amount of personal remarks that might
have been expected. In fact, it seemed to
be familiar to most who were there, and he
himself to be treated with sort of chatting
respect by the professional buyers, differ
ent from the more distant respect that was
paid to Mr.. erode. The only special at
tention that he attracted to himself SEEM
ed to be provoked by the single word,
"Shevenr'
Mr.. erode looked up almost angrily.-
He did not like to be made butt of.
Half guinea! he said, decisively.-
The auctioneer looked surprised and in
terested, and began to find imaginary mer-
its in the picture that had hitherto escaped
his practiced eye.
The new bidder also looked interested.
He turned his squirting eyes apparently
toward the door, but, in reality, full upon
the dead maybe. Mr.. erode was not the
man, as he well knew, to throw away shil-
Iings for nothing, and yet for nothing it
seemed.
Fifteen
"Twentyr'
Extraordinarily
The outside value of the picture had
been passed. But the manner of Mr..
erode had become just little anxious
imperceptibly to those who had the power
of looking straight, but not to those squint-
ing eyes, which could see readily enough
what was to their owners advantage.
At last, as the bids increased. even the
bystanders could perceive that this was
not mere joke on the part of the drawf,
any more than that it was any longer a
pastime ON that of his rival.
"Grode means to have that picture"
said one.
"And old Levi sees that, and doesn't
mean to let him." said another. Do you
remember that sale at Lord St. Kenelm'so
Lewis cute customer in some things, but
don't know Hetty from a Wandyke.
noted he always followed Grode's lead"