Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
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ther was ne 50 plum fac,l that the
children were alrabl ot uim
| When Lucinda Garter was born and
the nai-haors called to see the Eid
ana guess at her weight there WAS a
jolt all along tie like TAry were pre-.
! pared g., see au ordinary baby girl
| withoJ claws or teeth as yet thri
had',heir comments, all ready, but they
were not u,tuI,d y gasp of surprise
took titp place of words.
Little Iucindu Carter had u face on
her, to he sure. but il WAS Iuost,l con-
! posed Of nose. II uetan half an mch
higher than any other nose. 1T hau
the Roman hump to it. 1t bumped a..
Oh length unit! it far oycrauns her
mouth. 1t was y bad malformation. TN
father and mother felt bad about It.
The town # Charlotte had been not
ed for its mineral spring ana its pc
turcsque location. 1t now became not
ed for its kid with nose" Scores O,
strangers ha seen Lucinda before she
WIS II year Id, ANA later on came th1
dime museum man and other eAnib
itorS Of frca s. All were turned away
1t was when she was haba"t siXtceL
years old that her nose made its frs
appearance In Il court Of law.
Lucinda was r'ukiNg y short railwa!
Journey with her mother. and whil,
waiting 1T n station an express traiF
passed them ut sixty mile clip. y
bolt had worked lose. ANA it came
whizzing through The mir and the win
dow ana struck the girl in the face
aud smashed her nose
The railroad company took shelter
behind the plea that ii was an act at
God and that the girl really looked bet
ter without il nose Her father sued
for $4,000 damages and was awarded
half the amount.
Two years later the girl started ny
stage for village ten miles away
She was without escort, but there Were
five 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 hi
horses bolted. After they had run fOl
a quarter of a mile the stage was up
set. Nobody was hurt except Miss LII
cinda and of course. she got it in thu
nose Smashed fiat again. The stag,
company offered 5000 in settlement
but at the end Of a lawsuit had t.
pay $4,000.
= hof hn
gone this time for sure. but surgeon
from the city who had come to drink
mineral water made an examination
and held out hopes. 1t cost money. but
he built up a third nose for her.
For two years that nose had rest
and the townspeope had ceased t.
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. II came
o'clock before the carpenters ha'
made the sign quite secure. but. OF
course. they quit on the minute. Next
morning it was raining and blowing.
and the idea was to wait for better
weather.
About o O'Clock Miss Lucinda Carter
discovered that she was In need of
spool Of black thread No. CO. She
therefore pinned on her hat. opened
her umbrella and tripped down to Cline
& Bro.
bad morning." said the clerk.
Eyes: 1t is"
"Notice our new sign?"
mo"
ITS a Jim dandy. believe me. Look
at it as you go out. Nothing else?
Good morning"
W-h-e-w. came gust Of wind as
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 nose. of
course. and the clerk most tainted
away at sight Of It.
THAT must he the finish Of her
nose" said all who saw its condition
and when the doctor who was calico
was asked about II he replied:
"If she ever gets another nose it will
he a wax one"
There was lawsuit for $1,000 dam
ages. and strangers came from dis
lance Of atty miles to see that nose
or the remains of it. The judge was
an honest judge. He ruled
That she had right to believe the
sign was secure.
That she did not cause the sudden
gust of wind that tore 1t loose.
That II wasn't fair shake for
couple of carpenters in hurry to get
home To lav accidents to God.
That even If the plaintiffs nose had
been snas'icd three or four times be-
fore it still remained the only nose
she had
The plaintiff was awarded $1,000
damages. and the surgeon who had
fixed her nose last came back after
some more mineral water and to say
to her:
~ think there's just enough left to
make II new one. hut this will be the
end You'l nave to begin on your ears