The notary's nose;

100 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
who let himshelf get cobered ober with
shtone (they callsh it petrified) in a
shpring, for twenty shoush an hour. I
rather get myshelf cut up peashmeal. It
ish lessh confining and agreesh with me
better."
M. Bernier sewed his left arm to the
notary's face, and the two men remained
for a month fastened to each other.
The Siamese twins, who used to amuse
the curiosity of Europe, were not more
indissoluble; but they were brothers, accustomed from childhood to put up with
each other, and they had received the
same education. If one had been a watercarrier, and the other a notary, possibly
they would not have presented the spectacle of so fraternal a friendship.
Romagne never complained of anything,
although the situation seemed somewhat
novel. He yielded as a slave, or rather
as a Christian, to all the whims of the man