The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-27

m that dark December day
]. II Gleason in Cincinnati Tribune
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III STRANGE PATIENT
1tout two years ago there came Ia
j tail, handsome fellow, who
,,,e The name Of George Grifiths
a,lhad fearless eye, a cheerful
,rpn genial expression, an exception
,ly we'll modelled aquiline nose, and
sDlendd mustache, trimmed ana
i ended, evidently, with scrupulous
gg There il no obvious reason.
ertanly why he should require INV
arrires there was no possibility Of
4 rsking him better looking.
il hear that you are a specialist
dermatologH he began, after I
asi greeted him with the usual form
Kitty
admitted the soft impeachment
well, " he went Oh, III want YOU
PERFORM a surgical feat on me- II
. yant my nose altered"
81 depressed my surprise, and as-
ned him that in my humble
ninion, his nose was best let alone.
1T be disputed this proposition, and
nsisted that he had reasons for being
rarT of the aqulline and for crav-
q II 4 proboscis as unlike as possible
that with which nature had en-
hged him. Seeing my curios ty.
slllpossibly not wishing to be deemed
mailman, ne proceeded to explain
hem to me.
After several years roughing 1T in
Esas he said, II have come back
rA and there is nothing to prevent
enjoying myself but the fostering
mentions Of relatives whom had
bed to have done with forever
Ehen | went abroad. But / cannot
xape them or their opportunities,
III So however eccentric you may
iink me, Unjust enlist your services.
presume there is no danger in the
eratiOn."
no danger, | replied accepting
explanation as That Of un eccen-
IL man. whose affairs, after all,
He no business Of mine, ''and very
ttle pain practically none, in fact.
y you must keep in doors for few
N after it is over. When and
here shall I call upon you?"
Could yon not operate here, and
Rg1 he asked.
impossible. Your Journey home
lId not be without great risk"
& But cOnld / not stay here?"
4 ald yun not accommodate me Tor
short time necessary? Doctor, /
ad and would pay you literally for
service. Consider, if / 60 home,
lldentity would be again revealed
nose from whom l desile to con
MAn
M speech, one would have
ae9ht, would have aroused nv
AtiOns, but it did not. The mans
AK and en- expression disarmed
entirely, and | could but look
j ann as ! had done previously,
VII as an eccentric Individual. 1t
opened that had a spare room.
la not regard the question of
Qneration with Indifference, and
0cuta long story short, / con
" inc purpose Of more convent
operating | suggested, some
Y Ilmidly, the sacrifice Of his
a'llal mustache. To my surprise,
scented eagerly and was for the
cation OF the scissors and razor ,
aWith. You would scarcely
y tne difference the removal Of !
artistic hirsuite appendage- !
clop Of many years" as he jok- /,
described it-made TO nv pa .
II displayed what had been J
saieu before, his mouth, and the !
III expression Of this was such as !
equally nullify the honest gent !
" bis upper face. In fact, !
snoYal OF his moustache consti-
as ! promptly told him, SUM-
alsguise to battle any number !
9ulSitfre relatives. But he in !
ION the nasal operation never J
Y His motto was evidently !
0rOugh, A
" ] performed it, and when, :
~ later, George Gritfiths left !,
we with nothing but a rapidly ]
" and almost invisible scar to ],
- The straight nose which now Z
sea his face + would have ]
ea my case Of instruments 10 !
pshnY penknife that the most !
mt OF his previous acquaint- ]
would never have recognized i
VIZ week after my eccentric I
w departure Inc particulars, 4
e they were known, OF re- \
40lF brutal murder were made !,
The body Of lady named ],
evidently stabbed to death. !,
Sen discovered in a house in a !,
y supurb, where she had re- 1
18th her husband, who had n
kappeared and whose portrait n
scription were now freely cir y
by the police. "A brief d n
Y OF attention to these pub 4 I!
eetails was sufficient TO CON NJ
THAI my patient George
was the criminal.
~ time in communicating ~
eW to the authorities, by Cd
Just be said, my story was it
h some incredulity. You SCI
clal branch Of surgery is ov,
poWn TO the public, and eel
pion Of the police that Wi
I'D left the country far
Mr.. Griffiths had Th
The
tbs ago, happening lie
{ b Iresden, whittier AM
Arief summer holi. i'll
b a way largely des
missing from nv ow
prerelated - was Id
led at a table III dIa