XL 
  
THE MIRROR 
  
  
A SHOCKINGLY ugly man comes in and 
looks at himself in the glass. 
“Why do you look at yourself in the mirror, 
since you cannot see yourself there but with 
displeasure?” Sir Ugly answers me, “Sir, ac-
cording to the immortal principles of the year 
‘89, all men have equal rights; ergo, I possess 
the right of looking at myself,—whether with 
pleasure or chagrin is no one’s business but 
my own.” 
In the name of good sense, I was doubtless 
right; but from a legal standpoint he was cer-
tainly not wrong.