Show I WIT WHY I at B Always u Pelt Nit Her Mer Was W a Distinct Jut Bat t Didt Chang It News Mews Clarice has baa always ai waya felt that her bel nose waa was a distinct tUre Ure To tell toll the truth it does not compare COla re In Ia come comeliness liness wU with her other features Sur Surrounded Surrounded rounded a ath it t is by cheeks of cherubic pink an Up lip that to ii like a deft cleft rose reM petal and eyes eJe that are a pleas pleasant pleasant ant compromise between blue and gray ray it to Ii commonplace and disappointing Brother To calls it pU J and even eeD her r mother mot bel has ba always alway acknowledged acknowledged edged that It would look took better if it it had bad more bridge e and pot not that upward tendency toward the end eDd When Grandma Mellon Melton came last Jut tall fall faUto to visit she be said sadly but firmly that t th t Clarice Clarke never Nyer got sot if meaning her nose from either the Pa or the Meltona Mellos lieU This roused her ber to prove IOve an alibi for his bis side Ide of the house ho He H said Id that the Doane DoaDe nose Dose had always atway been built on Roman lines I Even EyeD Laura declared that Arthur was waa the kind of man mu who bo would want to marry a girl 1 with a very straight trat nose BOft Such conversations OD filled with bitter bitterness ness fleas tIM the cup of ot Clarice CIti e She be made a astern astern stern tera decision d For several vera months the t family taUy wondered WOD lere t t her thrift She Sheve gave ve up chocolate creams She became l her Iter own 0 manicure She Site said that last years was wag quite fresh enough to wear this th winter She be became became became came really parsimonious III in the matter of gloves loves and veils For Per awhile the family believed that she be was going pin to dank cia it with Christmas gifts But when that t t day came t it was wU found that her ber presents were of a Doric Done aIm sim simplicity Im What are aft you hoarding your our wealth for anyway ay Tom Torn asked Well I suppose I might as well ell tell you dance Clarice Clarl answered Next week Hk Im going to have my ihy m nose DON made over overA overA A chorus of disbelief greeted ted this statement but Clarice Cleric told them that thata a surgeon Bureon had said laid her ber nose could be much Improved by bJ a slight ht operation attended aW with no danger dauer Grandma Mellon said ald she alte thought It was wu down downright downright right winced to try to change the fea tea features feature tures ture bestowed w by an ov overruling ruling And Tom began Now if Ir Arthur really r ally lo to And Ami Clarice dance amoth smothered smothered ered hi hl his sentence lIt nce In An a sofa pillow The day came amt that had been bien n set t for forI forth I th operation nl h waa w wa to take In It the h octor s office Ila a aJ J lee Ice refused to have any of her family with her She bad had asked Mary Rice i who hud had gained a gre gr grett it at reputation for urage by i an ailing eat cat catI eatto at atto I to t meet m t hei her at lit th t the h offlie lend lendi i moral support It sos It dinner dinni time limp h n l r ie n nI c cI I I I turned 1 I Her H r cheeks were touched with a ac c deeper dee r ose n se than common and when wile she tried to draw down the corners comers of her mouth they flew new upward again in ina Ina a smiling curve hut tut her ber nose nOie was wu the same inadequate little feature that It H had b aWa hem been Why Clarice y have It made nI ado over Grandma C Mellon asked No it w made over I II I changed chanced my mind today Clarice Clarl e eSo said So you changed your mind instead 4 ot of your nose nOlle Tom said 1114 Mary alee must have been be have backed out outI I see aee Mary She was wilting waiting W at the doctors doctor I suppose I wont went to 10 the Art rt institute Alone asked aked Tom Tem Did you want waat to get pt a pattern to have kavi ft your DOSS BOM modeled after No I go p atone alone Clerics Clarice a turned with a u deac J I me a aArthur Arthur in WabaSh swoons avenue and lid he wanted me tue to go goto to see pee m picture I Oh Ob said aid Tom and of course you youcan JO youcan can go co next week and aDd have Ita your r nose fixed fluet Mary and the doctor wont ear tale oft enjoy the walt wait Im Tm not going to have haye my m nose nON changed at all Laura struck truck in to with the ta practical mind of twelve years year y Then what will wiH 11 you It ever do with all an that tbt mosey money YOU yon Ita have ye saved ted Clarice dance opened the door a Sew Jew mckee Inches Buy Bay a wedding dress d perhaps per You Yoa might as a well weD all know Arthur Arthu t tt II want t me to have my nose changed eMD He HeIt HeUI UI it better than a real Greek one he says y its W so quaint And Ande we got pt en engaged engaged this afternoon o so there The door slammed and Clarice Clariee had fled |