The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-20

about 20 zee me with tho mask on. Bnt
let &c nor le M hand that shall open
Pauuuga toE Receive through YOUR
own the punishment for your foolish
impniiausu.
"rethtiou take the knot can't un-
tie 1t All. my kniio-that is it'll
Beuuti"--
runid not finish tho word, such was
my surpIise, amazement. terror What
nuse Mbat nmei Oh, what nose
| would net have hsiieved that nature
was capable Of arriving at such degree
of pleouasm. hyperbule, amplification.
The sonnet OF Quevedp. Erase un hom-
bre a una pariz pegado " tThera was a
man attached to Il nose), would be poor
and oolorless to paint it. This was 10
human nose. 1t was n beet root. a cor
nerstono, an Egyptian pyramid. II it
is Just 20 condemn everything unseason-
ablu, everything exaggerated. why is it
that law is not given against the sx
agEOratiun ut noses?
In the midst of the horror which this
mourntul discovery caused me | wanted
b. withdraw myself from the large
messed mountain girl without mourning
rude remark from her made incred-
ible efforts toward some expression Of
salInnuy impossible. II could have
had mirror bei )ro me, | am sure l
must have seen a foolish fHee
Fortunately for mo, the mountain
girl-who doubtless had learned to re.
ign herself to her deformity, likewise
10 all It's eiIccts-laughcd quite good
humorydly, whether at my conflict OF
At herself | did not know. This gave
me- courage to rise, under the preteXt of
going to greet friend. And without
daring to look at her again, | took my
leave with Il formal Farewell, senori
ta
shame gave wings TO my feet: wrath
biIccd me; the ground failed me in
uy light ! stumbled over furniture
against persons, over myself, and woul0
have waikiki home without waiting for
tho cOaL lpor tn get my uvercoat | few
then, To tho refrcshment room, took
possession of table, snatched up the
bill Of ilre, asked what they could
uring me The quickest. ate, now, not
With npprtite hut furiuusly, from four
lilerout plates, and they Were ahont
bring me the tifth, when | heheld
eated m front of me- divine justice =
he same mountain girl, or, rather,
,hould say, the same nose which had
nurrii, I'd me shortly before. My first
impulse was To risa and run, but tire
merry girl petriied me by saying with
Internal sweotnessi
what Arc you not going to invite
No to sGppur?'
felt troubled and looked sheepish.
| phe nose laughed. aud SO, to my dis
| comfort, did the gallant who accom-
anuied her would have liked to wreak
my rugc upon him.
"Seuorita"-
1T shall not cost you much--a glass
n wine; nothing more.
| Such inn udencg stung me keenly,
and resolved ON being revensed by
mookiug her
- shall haye the greatest pleasure
~ cUii lff1 ft--r W
| rita, though fear that your nose will
prevent you from putting glass to
your lips IL you cannot take it of, as
YOU did your mask. | do not know
now"
You are rude, sir, but shall be
gracious 1 will romuvo it "
"HuwY What do you say? Then
At this instant her hand darted up to
her nose aud she tore it Off
a las, 1t was false 1t was pastehoard,
and it left her real nose revealed, no
less graceful and perfect than the other
features of her face.
How shall | depict my shame, my
desperation, ON beholding such an ex.
quisite creature, and the remembrance
Of the leviiy. the disoonrtesy, the in
lquity OF my couduct was going to
beg thousand pardons, to lament my
error, and Frustrated, kiss the dust at
her t6et, hut the cruel one took the arm
of her escort, Gisconoerted me with Il
severe look, and, initiating my cold
manuer of a shoit time before, said
Farewell, scnorlF and she burst into
real ut mocking lughter,
never saw her more. From the
Spanish For Arg0nnut