The notary's nose;

THE NOTARY S NOSE. 83.
cut off by a Turk for having spoken to
Mile. Tompain! There are three million
beggars in France, not one of whose whole
bodies is worth ten sous; but I can't buy
the nose of any one of the wretches for any
amount of gold. But indeed why not?"
His face beamed with a ray of hope, and
he continued, in a more subdued tone:
"My old uncle at Poitiers, in his last
sickness, had a quantity of Breton blood
injected into his veins. A faithful servant
made the sacrifice essential to the experiment. My grand-aunt de Giromagny,
when she was still beautiful, had a front
tooth taken from her prettiest chambermaid, to replace a tooth which she herself
had lost. The graft took very well, and
cost only three louis. Doctor, you have
told me, that hadn't it been for the voracity of that infernal cat, you could have
sewed my nose on again while it was
warm. Did you say so? Yes or no?"