AN IRREGULAR PROFILE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2081, 4 September 1875, Page 4

AN IRREGULAR PROFILE.

In an article in the Contemporary Review^ Mr Julian Hawthorne, writing of duels between German students, says :— Once he was present at a notable duel between two renowned fencers ; and for a long time.-the, advantage was on neither side. "No cut had been given ; it was feared that their skill would prove too perfect—that there would be no blood. Just then, however, Fritz appeared suddenly to grow an inch taller; his. wrist extended admirably—ah ! Karl was hit. So true and swift was the blow that Karl himself knew not at first that he was overcome ; only when ho went to speak, and the blood poured into his mouth, did he become aware of it. A sponge was brought; the blood wiped away; when lo! Karl had no end to his nose. Dv lieber Gott! where is then the nose which Karl had lost ? AH search for it—it is still in vain—the,nose—the'noseliad disappeared ! Then cries- out all. of a sudden Fritz—' The dog ! the dog ! Potz tausend Donnerwetter! look once at the dog.' One sees the dog make like a cough, with something in mouth. One runs to him, catch him, pound him on the back, lift him by the tail and shake. Ach! 10, at last the nose, the poor nose, the end of the nose which Karl has lost. Then Karl takes that end and sticks it to his face—to the root you see." "Yes," we. exclaim, breathlessly, seeing the narrator pause; ".well, did it grow on again?" "But surely yes. For seven days ifc is held continually "on.; then is the bandage removed, and the nose is whole once more. But alas ! an un-looked-for misfall has occurred." " How so ? " "In the haste of replacing that lost end, the poor Karl has it upside down applied ! It is now too late to alter—so growsit to this day. Karl was before a handsome man ; he- has still the Giest —the vivacity; but the profile—one finds it irregular;"