The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-26
NUMBER 81.

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and contempt ing tho upturned glance Of ogr
horrible.
Chorus, if you please,
there Were two of us knew the Giass-eye Man.
~ thought we had done. ~
No, mo-, said Mr. Tredgold pass the har-
"It, therefore, dcrolyed upon me to put the
question to my wife Did she know, etc.
Before had finished, the truth flashed
across measure enough she did.
with little terrified cry, she deposited her
eye on the plate, aud fan out of the room, leav-
ing us TO sing the chorus by ourselves, to witt:
Then there are three of ms know the Glasseye Man
Who kcepa tho chop in Regent street,
And goes a little hlic,
'Tn few minutes Laura returned with her
of-eye' inserted in place of the one lefs;n the
room, 'Yen know now why went to London,
Pen. fell down going mp stairs with my
spare eye Ia my hand, and the other one fall
ing eht, broke both unfortunately ut onee.@
The two letters You were so suspicious about
were FROM Bernotti-7so WIS che box. Yon
might have known he would net have adj
dressed letters to two persons in one house in
the same handwriting, on such u private mat
ter, you dear old goose yoti. But you need not
be Jealous again, Tor We will have our eyes
down together al fat5aTc---wor't wA deHrV
I = les,' said Mr.. frodgofd; wen all have 0nf
eyes down together, Row the mischief Is onts
and perhaps they u some cheaper like that.
Bat now, Mister Orossley, ri haven word
with you. Pll tell you why we came to Stsn.
minister. Soonssafker Laura left scfss1oi. Il1ls
met with the accident that tlNfri1rSs AHlss t|s
sight Of one an ileM & TTsln fafiI &fs -, s.
tlAe be<& &f5 ION we He2iift III hi il7
time. did nat care - hare IsailTs s,ed III
der circumstances 10 diHai gsnta Gh6Es 81 aef
real merits, sol reIa9Fea 9seft #lsnSh III least
there could be no know 80 If sfeS ifaftrznsty
to prejudice her future. / bayg he itstentfen
that Laura should marry without her hue-s
bands knowing the secret as Soon as8sfie was
honestly loved fer her own sake. III WITH
held TINT secret froli you, it was yoar Own
fault. / was disposed to You from the first,
from discovering that you had d glass eye; and
gave You every. opportunity to own 1t, even
leading the conversation to the subject. You
refused. i therefore considered myself justified
in strictly forbiddipg Laura TO tell you her Sc
cTet till / gave her perniissions Thought I,
you will both find ont the truth by and-by
but till you do, not penny of my money shHu
You touch, Mister Pen, penalty for your
deception. Now that yoH understand one
another, there Is no further renson for your
not giving APP the one-eyed inspectorshfp to
some triaf who 10 better qualified for the Office
The next thing is fer you and Laura to take \
couple of months holiday, and travel ahout
tho country till you cast Your ore egsa upon
some comfortable little property where you
make up yonr minds to settle down in
tfHiet7-ilIid Yum thu T;Itt t.rcrF
Wen see what else can BIO done for yotis'
"Need i say we did so-oE that, In conse-
qaepee, here we are Z
'Ther6,t syrfd Pen, when fc la fiifisfIest his
story; 81 hope have convinced you that my
luck is ALI IN my eye h''--Chaaibers JosapcI