The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-08-01
SARAH CARTER'S
NOSE
BY NJ QUAD
BY M. QUAD
Copyright. 1918. by Associated Lit
erary Press

Tor the nero or dime novel, and neil
ther was he so plain faced that the
children were afraid of him.
When Lucinda Carter was born and
the neighbors called to see the kid
and guess at her weight there was q
jolt all along the line. They were pre-
pared to see an ordinary baby girl
without claws or teeth as yet They
had their comments all ready, but they
were not uttered. A gasp Of surprise
took the place Of words.
Little Lucinda Carter had face on
her, to be sure, but 1t was mostly COM
posed of nose. 1t began half an inch
higher than any other nose. 1t had
the Roman hump to 1t. 1t bumped up
and then bumped down and then took
on length until 1t far overhung her
mouth. 1t was bad malformation. The
father and mother felt bad about 1t.
The town of Charlotte had been not
ed for its mineral spring and its pic
turesque location. 1t now became not
ed for It's kid with nose" Scores of
strangers had seen Lucinda before she
was a year old, and later on came the
dime museum man and other exhib-
itors of freaks. All were turned away.
1t was when she was about sixteen
years old that her nose made its first
appearance in a court of law.
Lucinda was making short railway
journey with her mother, and while
waiting at a station an express train
pass d them at sixty mile clip A
bolt had worked lose, and 1t came
whizzing through the air and the win
dow and struck the girl in the face
and smashed her nose.
The railroad company took shelter
behind the plea that it was an act of
God and that the girl really looked bet
ter without a nose. Her father sued
for. $4,000 damages and was awarded
half the amount
Two years later the girl started by
stage for village ten miles away.
She was without escort, but there were
Ave other passengers. At certain
point the driver got down to pick up
whip lost by some farmer, and as his
back was turned for the moment his
horses bolted- After they had run for
g quarter Of mile the stage was up
set. Nobody was hurt except Miss Lu-
cindo, and, Of course. she got 1t In the
nose. Smashed fat again. The stage
company offered $500 In settlement,
but at the end Of q lawsuit had to
pay $1,000
1t was supposed that the nose was
gone this time for sure. but a surgeon
from the city who had come to drink
mineral water made an examination
he built up third nose for her.
For two years that nose had rest,
and the townspeople had ceased to
wonder what would be the next move,
when the dry goods firm Of Cline &
Bro. got new sign. 1t was green and
gold and certainly some sign. 1t came
8 o'clock before the carpenters had
made the sign quite secure, but, Of
course. they quit on the minute. Next
morning 1t was raining and blowing,
and the Idea was to wait for better
weather.
About 0 o'clock Miss Lucinda Carter
discovered that she was In need Of
spool of black thread No. 60. She
therefore pinned on her hat, opened
her umbrella and trlpped down to Cline
& Bro
bad morning." said the clerk.
"Yes; It is"
"Notice our new signT
"No"
'It's Jim dandy, believe me. Look
at 1t as you go out. Nothing else?
Good morning"
Miss Lucinda stepped out on the plat
form.
Rip, Crash! came the green and
gold sign.
| The dandy sign was broken and
splintered and the girl knocked uncon-
scious-hit square on that aOse, OF
course. and the clerk most tainted
away at sight Of It
THAT must be the finish of her
nose" said all who saw Its condition,
and when the doctor who was called
was asked about it he replied:
'If she ever gets another nose 1t will
be wax one"
There was a lawsuit for $1,000 dam
ages, and strangers came from a dis
tance Of ffty miles to see that nose
or the remains OF 1t. The judge was
an honest judge He ruled
That she had a right to believe the
sign was secure.
That she did not cause the sudden
gust Of wind that tore II loose,
That II wasn't a fair shake for
couple of carpenters in hurry to get
home to lay accidents to God,
That even II the plaintiffs nose had
been smashed three or four times be-
fore It still remained the only nose
she had.
The plaintin was awarded $1,000
damages, and the surgeon who had
fixed her nose last came back after
some more mineral water and to say