Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-29

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The change MorCsuis appearance
/ was caused hya remarkable experience
/ IN desperately fought engagement
| before FArls. Tie was n gunner at a
| point NO the linc where the flfo VI the
| Ifuasian5 was particularly deadly.
! -Four OF his comrades mai fallen nj his
siIe and he himself had been slightly
/ wounded, Suddenly with o crash
aud q great roaring In bile head, he
| irlt himself spun round eight OF ten
| umns Ike top, but 50 CuT0usly poised
I on his feet that he did not inlI Hu
/ felt no pain aud did not realize that be
was sUri0ufly Injured. 10 seemed 90
him that "a hall had struck him 0u tue
/ head and glanced OFT There was a
rush " blood, however, auI he yut up
! his hand 10 hud the central mart ~ bis
/ face gone. lie pressed a handkerchief
Z 90 the wOuuu aud started Tor tnu mill.
/ inry hospital. His case was then con.
/ sidcred hopeless, anu u was believed
that he would die within iwcnty.iour
houra. In fact 10 was hoped ,ust he
/ would die.
Cuhously enough, In spite OF the
shelpe terrible mutation, UuU eye had
! bUUu left be- the shattered socket, ~
| t1ai NUruau was able Co Hac at hrs', but
tue hUmUrfhuEo was on great that HE
! eye was torn away, aud on the second
] usy he WIS entirely blind. ,NvIy much
] 10 every once surprise the IOuI follow
/ continued % live, Aui uu the fourth
day u was decided 30 operate upon his
head. Thifiy-nyo pieces uf shattered
bone were ttkru from tue gaping
/ wound, some VI ihau very lArfo
| pircrs. No vital part SEEMED 10 have
been touched, anu owing 10 his strong
/ CustiiutiOu hu recovered, hiH face nav.
| INK a terribly mutilatUd appearance,
| with parts ~ the cheek bones aud
| forehead carried away aud the eye,
nose, upper Up anu n portion Of the
upper Jaw gone. When hv spoke his
voice mai a peculiar sound somewhat
resembling "A phon0graph.
] the surgeons maze the best Oi a dif.
! hUuls case. The lower iawhOno being
] intact, AZ artificial set OF teeth was
| attached 90 II, raised ON n bridgc.liko
! platform, uuu tuVar were male 10 work
against another set Of tgvta fastened
naTus, one Of the ribn VI mask,
fashioned 20 ~ 10 cover the cavity.
! This mask was furnished with eyes,
nose aud lips, ~ us 10 give certain
! ghnstly resemblance 10 the human face.
| 10 was made Of wax.
For ten yoau M0fuau Woro thls mask
! c0nttnutly, oven a. night, but IN 1858,
| Will e. vlsiiinE come friends at Naien.
| uivnnUF, hu had o severe attack Uf
brain fever, and In one OF his deiri0us
moments ne tore Oh the mask aud
ur1ko u Into pieces. Being very
| pO0t-in fact, entirely dependent
ulOu his scAniy pension 1rcnu
could 80 afford 10 have another wax
mask made % replace thu Old ont, aud
| for long time he suffered Agonirs OF
| humiliation because uu had no way OF
c1ucraliug biz hiieous dihhgutsmrnt.
| Finally, however, = petition VAS made
tU the French government aud an NJ.
tla, was sent 10 make platinum mack,
and Instructions were given tuht
thia mask must be- kept In repair aud
painted whenever II became neci ssAty,
w o. 10 Initiate ne nearly a. possible
the human appearance. Since then,
about once a year, an artist from Paris
visits the little village where Motcau
lIvtt and with bfusi aud pencil makes
such changes in the exterior Of tue
platinum mack ~ are needed, restoring
eyebrows and complexion, coloflng tue
eyes and lips anu IN general making
the old soldier look little more like
an animated doll aud little lcts like
some horrible tpecter.
Notwithstanding HE slilioilon II 10
said that the unfortunate man lives
happily enough aud Ia much liked by
his neighbour. Strange ~ II may seem,
no wac able some years ago 10 polsua 10
a c0msly maiden to become his wife,
aud she has borne him several children.
Asis usually tho oate, the mans re-.
naming senses have become muun
quickrued since HE misfortune, aud lao
| manages 10 earn quite n sum every
year by weaving baskets aud doing
old lots with his hands IN thu way OF
mending anu repairing, lie greatly
enjoys fishing, aud IL IL IN this pastimu
that he often spends many hours along
the brook referred 10 Ia connection
with the painting " "OAkB ~ Brit.
tnny.o Sometimes people who have
not heard OF him but who come across
him when lac " seated by tho side
Of stream angling, are startled
by tho appearance OF a mau whose
ewes stare but never close, whose lbs
are rod but never smile, whose while
face gives no changing oKpfe.Alpn,
aud whose voice seems 10 come with "a
thick sound from bshini drum
When they learn his history no n
frequently this object Of charity la the
way Of a gooily glft Of money
such IL the account given OF this
strange case, the Incidents connected
with which, when once related, nre
wildly rectlled by gazing upon the
picture IN the art exhibition Of a pretty
scene close 10 the home, and Intimately
connected with the associations OF the
gallant aud sturdy Brs'0n whose mask
isa necessity 10 his olm'Ort In life.