The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-30
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FSoy- ne 50. Louts Republic.
Miss Zury Knox, the daughter Of a prominent
citizen Of Yoakum county, Tex, was in ST
Louis yesterday on her way 10 Chicago, wher,
she will consult q surgeon who treated her las
summer, and endeRvor to have him remedy ~
unfortunate mistake he made In an operation -
that time that has resulted in much pain an,
discomfort of O mental and physical chnracts
TO the girl.
Miss Knox Ia n most beautiful young lady
Her figure. as II is suggested by her neat blu,
gown, Ia almost perfect. Her complexion 10 ,
dream OF white and pink. and her hair Is as
tangled knot OF silken golden thread. She Il
n brilliant con versationalist, a proficient mu
stefan. and an artist OF no mean ability. but az
injury abe sustained when z years OF age h.
being thrown from the back OF a pony she wa
riding cast a black spell on her life than only
her sunny nature has enabled her to Withstand
When she was thrown from the pony sh,
aliRhted on the ground in such a way as to pull
half of tho upper portion OF her right ear en-
tirely of and so lacerated the remainder that
most of II was later cut away by q surgeon 4.
and the wound had healed, she had only a small
amount Of the ear left, but she easily disguised
TIE difigIremsnt by the way she dressed hs,
attention to II. ms the hearing was not affected
Last April. white on n visit to Galveston with
her mother. she met n young lady from Chicago,
with whom she became quite Intimate. The
ChicagOan became aware OF Miss Knox's unfor.
tunate condition., and at once enthusiastically
a advised that the Texas girl go to Chicago and
place the missing ear by n grating process. Up
10 this time Miss Knox had not thought particu.
constant talk OF her Chicago friend made her
long for auricular apparatus Ike other people
GSpdauo 1b in n august OF the h "S ope inat she w wsn pe 70
formed, and she returned to her Texas homs
with an ear which, while II vas, not nearly 50
dainty and pinkv ua ito mata did tgpll aDnu0h
shortly after she got home the new ear began
to grow. and II has been growing ever since
About once II week the Young lady is attacked
with most acute pains in the recently acquired
can diagnose, the matter. as similar to the
growing pains" that affect boys and girl,
have any life IN 1t.
view il last night il looked like a slice OF dried
apple about AS large as John l.. Sullivan's banda
new style of dressing her hair, which requires
her to comb the greater part OF 1t down. over the
ear. giving her head a sort of lop-sided appear.
ance; She does not, know where the surgeon
got the ear or TO whom 1t belonged before he
grated it on to her. All she knows about IT I.
Chicago to find out more about it,.
Another peculiar feature about this ear 10 that
she can hear sounds with II that arc totally I'm.
distinguishable to other people. Seated Mt one
end OF the grand hall on The second floor Of the
per uttered ut the other end. despite the roar OF
traffic on the street and the noise ASCENDING
from the midway below.
1t seems a. though every sound that comes
to this unfortunate right ear she said last
night. us nagnitied n thousand times. | con.
tinually hear a roar like that made by a Thousand
steamboat whistles. At home my room is care.
fully padded and all openings are fixed with a
view to exclude sound, and still | have to sleep
with my right ear full of cotton. for the swish
of n pony's tail in the corral or n change
In the cadence of my fathers snore in the
next room will awaken me. | have not slept
since ! left Texas. and hardly think I will
sleep again until l see the surgeon and either
hnve my Ruricular mOnstrosity repaired or cut
of. ! would rather I've ms | was before. with no
ear at all. than ~ am now with this fan grow.
Ing out OF the side of my face. lou have no
idea of the worry 1t has caused me. | am afraid
II | let It grow II year longer It will hang down
on my shoulder so that | can hear people think"