Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17

1T is perfectly remarkable" said the
gh-browcd person with the thoughtful
lamps as he folded his evening paper and
shook hts head wonderingly. what marvels
of surgery are possible in these advanced
days" The friend beside him started to
reply when a thck-necked individual in
the seat ahead swung around and grinned
alphabetically.
Excuse me for butting in. pal he re-
marked genially. but if you've got the bug
that line of dope l can hand you past
performance about one of these medico
cut-ups thatn make your teeth ache. l had
friend named Bill who didn't have any
nose. Freight car backed into him or some
ting like that. Anyhow it made him
fierce locker. But he didn't mind 1t SO
much till he got the big love hunch and
found that the dame he'd picked out for
the center-aisle tramp thing wouldn't even
let him come within megaphone distance.
1t sure did break him up and first thing l
knew lac got a couple of weeks leave from
his job-he was a telegraph operator-and
went to bang-up freak metiico with seven
diplomas and an optimistic disposition and
told him he wanted a nose.
You shall have it said the Cut-up. and
after he'd slapped my frieDd on a marble
topped table and scrubbed his mug with
chemically pure carbolic he went to work
and grated the foretinger of Bits right
hand to the place where his nose should
have been"
You don't say" cried the high browed
person In deep astonishment.
Fact" replied the man with the thick
neck. What's more the operation was
success-except for some little inconven-
fences
What sort of inconvenience? asked
high-broW.
Some right bothersome ones" replied the
no-nosed ones friend. but after the earth
quake and fire down in South Carolina
where Bill was working. he didn't mind EN-
40 much. Quake shook the railroad station
down and both Bits arms were broken by
falling timbers. But the brave Kid stuck
right at his post and telegraphed for help
with his nose.
Did your friend finally win the girl he
wanted?'' inquired the high-brow after
long resounding silence.
mo. said the thick-necked person
gretfully. "he didn't. She liked his i'm
proved looks ali right but Bill queered him
SELF when. In a moment of sentimental
confidence. he told her that the doc-medco
In transplanting the finger had forgotten
to remove the nail and that consequently
he had to have his nose manicured three
times a week. Sure was o-e of the sad
dest cases I"
When the lights went up in the"car again
the thick-neCked person was missing and
the high-brow and his friend were breath
ing heavily.
ITS all right gentlemen" whispered the
CONDUCTOR III HlBH-DrOW $ ear. was IlSten-
ing and I'll report that the dub fell off the
running board"
He stepped out of the 9th street depot
grip in hand. his bronzed cheeks agow with
the excitement of returning to his native
haunts after several years of wandering
in far-off lands He smiled at the famil-
iarity of the buildings as he walked the
short half block and boarded an avenue
car. 1t a closed with few ocCu-
pants and as the homefarer stepped upon
the rear platform he spied within the
pretty features of od-time girl friend
His heart beating with undue velocity,
oCCasiOned by the pleasure of renewing an
old friendship. he entered the car and
meaning to surprise the oblivious young
woman sat quickly beside her The long
seat of the car was sparsely settled and
there was really no reason why strange
young man should seat himself so closely
beside the girl unless he meant to flirt
This evidently what the young woman
thought. for giving him one contemptuous,
sidelong glance she fiounced up and slid
several feet further forward Somewhat
taken aback by her failure to recognize
his tan, but seeing what interest had been
awakened among the other passengers by
the incident, determined to prove the in
nocence of his intentions. He rose and
moved forward alongside the girl
''Dont-er-you know meg he began.
Without deigning to look at him the girl
rose abruptly and crossing the car. pumped
herself down on the seat. every feature of
her pretty face expressing her indignation
The passengers gazed curiously at the
traveller. some rejecting the girls ndigna-