The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-29

peer mad, before ner retirement SHOWN
signs of being smitten with Priscilla
What If she really exerted herself now
and managed to secure him? He was
distinctly eligible; a baron, of old crea-
ton, with a respectable estate. He was
youngish; fairly good looking; smart
man of the world To be a baroness
would be very nice To put Paulines
nose out of joint would be nicer still.
The baron in question-any bOdy'S baron
at the present minute. but whom she
determined 30 make Priscilla 's-was Lord
Morden- During the few weeks that he
had known Miss Pastern he had been
attracted by her beauty, but only in 4
butterfly sort of way For Lord Morden
was not a marrying man. He valued
himself on being a lady-kiIler, and prided
himself Immensely on his own looks and
appearance He was also very critical
and exacting in his ideas of female
beauty, and only cared to philander with
those girls whose charms were excep-
tional. Before her retirement from So
ciety he had never happened to see Miss
Priscilla with her nose badly a-burn.
But an i'll luck would have il. at the
very first ball that she attended after her
re-entry, and while she was actually
flirting with her (proSpective) baron that
troublesome nose fell a-thrObbing and
a-tingling. and blushed its very deepest
and most starting purple In this condi-
ton her face was anything but pre-
possessing. My lord was great stickler
for complexion. He prided himself very
particularly upon his own And his
aesthetic taste was instantly offended.
OF course. he had sufficient breeding not
to drop Miss Priscilla too suddenly. but
drop her he ultimately did. TO her deep
est annoyance and chagrin. The chagrin
would have been considerably EXCHANGED
had she happened to hear a criticism on
herself which his lordship expressed to
his next flame. 1t was a cruel criticism
1t was to the effect that Miss Pastern
was one of those in whom distance
lends enchantment to the view
But though defeated in the matter OF
the baron, Priscilla had no intention of
sitting down nv PalllinatS h2rOnef- She
was determined to marry. and to marry
well. But she now understood clearly
that. before she could conquer an eligible
she must conquer hirself. and that
complete and crushing victory over her
own prODOSciS was an essential prellm1n-
airy of matrimonial success. But how
was that to be achieved? She thought
and thought and schemed and schemed.
At length one fine morning, unknown TO
anyone, even to her own family, she
slipped out and paid a visit to Nine La
Rougiere of Bond street. whose adver-
tiserhent. appearing weekly in the Queen,
the Gentlewoman and other ladies' jour
mails, promises, on behalf of madam, to
make all and every complexion entrusted
to her "a thing of beauty and Joy for
ever"
Madam proved to be a fat and rather
cockney accent of Gallo in intention,
though British in pronunciation. She
seated Miss Priscilla in big chair, eX-
amined her nose critically through a
pocket microscope and handled the fea-
ture freely with her podgy fingers
'Ha," she pronounced, nothing wrong
with the cuticle No, 1t Is one OF these
many cases of burning nose-nay brool-
ant-which are brought to me almost
daily. 1t is a most obstinate affection
Has maddermoselle tried internal reme-
dies?"
every possible concoction.' said Miss
Pastern. And each as inefficacious as
the other"
"Hai welI There is only one really
Saf certain TO pursue. And
that is rather cOncealment than a cure.
Is maddermoselle engaged-hancey?' in
quired La Rougiere, with an odious
familiar grim
NO" said Priscilla, shortly.
''Ah, well-but maddermoselle must not
be offended-annoyay- Most young ladies'
may succeed in finding husbands
Naturellyment And to such as have
burning noSeS-nayS broolantS-l advise
one certain and sure course TO be
adoDted-adoptay, until, at any rate, the
husbandS-marees-ar secured
And what is that course?
ITO have the nose enameled. said
madam. with something between a
moue and a grin.
.'And-and-can that be done so-so-as
to defy detection inquired Miss Pris-
ella, anxiously.
ladies-jewns demoselles-for whom L
have done it. have told me that even
when the fiancys nose has touched
fiancysr' interpolated madam, with a
hateful smirk) the enamel has escaped
discovery. But one thing should be I'M
derStOod. The enamel needs frequent re-
newaL Maddermoselle should come here
on each occasion previous TO her balls or
parties and have her nose fresh en-
amellay.
Il am going to a ball tomorrow nightr'
said Miss Pastern, after minutes
thought. Shall come to you tomorrow
afternoon
gsrTv. f.
from 10 $50. Viii you come at 5:50?'
Yes said Priscilla. rising to go.
MY fee for consultation is 1919 francs
10 shillingS, madam reminded her.
Priscilla paid the Objectionable creature
half q sovereign and departed
Madam was 4 most repulsive person to
be fingered by. But Priscilla could not
help herself. 1t seemed the only way.
And if she would conquer she must be
prepared TO StoOp.
Next afternoon at the appointed time
Priscilla Con pretext OF buying gloves for
the bald repaired to the premises of
Nine La Rougiere. She was rather be-
fore her time and the commissionaire in
the lobby requested her to step up into
head of the stairs would show her the
way. Many important issues, witness
the pages of history passim, have been
known to hinge on the most trifiing ac-
cidents. II was so in this case And the
accident was surely of an abSurdly trifi-
ing kind 1t was just the fact that the
buttons happened to have run out Tor his
tea Not finding him at the head of the
stairs, but thinking that she knew the
way to the waiting room from her previ-
Gus visit. Priscilla opened a door on her
right AMI went in. As a matter of fact
the waiting-room lay just opposite. on
the left, and the room which she had
entered was the operating chamber of
Nine La Rougiere.
Madam was at this moment in the act
of operating. Her patient was a gentle
man. She had just completed the first
part of her process-the careful cleaning
off of some old cOsmetique-and the gem
tleman's real face was now ruthlessly re-
vealed. It was an unpreDOsessing face
pale, putty-colored, blotchy. For a min
ute Priscilla failed to recognize the
owner of that highly undesirable COM
Dlexion. Then the truth dawned on her.
She recognized the head. the moustache,
the features. above ALL the eyes. now
fixed upon her in Mortified stare. The
putty-skinned man with the spotty COM
plexion was indeed her own faithless
admirer-my Lord of Moreden.
The next day but one Miss Pastern's
engagement was announced in six Lon
don dailies. and Pauiine's baronet was
capped by Priscilla's baron.
A Triple Assignment.
Geneva. H.. Dec. 2S.-John - William