The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-26
"AStItttt6 lfGtstelldnp.
~ sAE OPTICAL DELUsION,
TELL you what 'tis, Pen, you've lust
Iallen in luck n YrRv---thats v5b 5bsrn n ID "

nSu SupPeu' Ienuel OrossleY, my old
Isehool fellow he dnnd derh badedest bow IN
me school, wlthouta shilling sworth yol
brains, or sixpenceworth of expectations.
had' somehow OF other, managed to max
good match D YEAR ago, on the STRENGTH a
which he had just taken the Mansr.6 6oIise
m our little village Of, Copesfora, and set.
tled down in'dignffed ease as n countTv
SQUIRE" with a four-wheeler of his own.
whilst ], who used to write half biS eTer.
Cises tor him, was still WORKING hard for a
living, and trudging It on foot didn't
grudge him his, prospeTitv. ..b,It I, vJ5nted
MN at ieast TO admit tnat. il came throTigh
no effort Of his own,-t1at it was, IN fact,
nothing but luck. "'''' - -'C'' ~
a"LuGkl' cried qxosslsy, y lis.io con,
temptuously, I tb ouEbtyimcki I do Won
say ? Look you. here, NV good fellow
my luck is jdst this il Is all n1y syS, 4
thaGS WhSI n 2 luck is." -
.N,9nssp Aeg Iretorted aDo you m can
W CeLl Nv e that you've worked for the
money gou spend in paying for this placeP
Do..y ou mean to say that your gold Ia tbe
itp.t of your brains oryour handsY That It
- good money, warm from the sweat Of
your brow, or that"
Now, don't'' he interrupted, "don't I
tell you it'ssll my eye ~ .T'.ti
vo,, lts not all my eye" continued, "if
"Hush! didn't say t was all your
eye | said II was all mine. Look at me. =
looked at him. l saw through the
Wreathing clouds Of smoke with which be
surrounded himself great, tall, hand.
some, hnlking fellow, with close curly
hair, like Roman gladiator, and a pair
OF very handsome eyes, alittle constrained
perhaps In their expression, partly, as
judged from school antecedents, because
he hadn't much to express, and partly
from his being little far-sighted. KNEW
he could not see objects close to him with
out peculiar spectacles. Il
"You don't see anything wrong about
me, then% he asked, when ! had concluded
nnyBcr1tinyg s. 8EG 'EV8S4h
. No, | didnk He was toying with a
leadIpenCl which was in his hand when
he asked the questions & % r1rs1.
Nor yet now Spl and he deliberately
took the lead'pencil, and tapped it against
his left eye-Eight on the eyebsll-and
played little tSFtoo upon It, "NOr yet
now ?" he said.
,lIPP, What do gdi near =! r cried,
Just thisS,I tell you it's all my eye.
It's only glass one, but capital bit of
window-glass it is,-as good as most win.
dow-glass EOul find in L9ndon,- loo dark
70 see through, but it keeps the sdraught
aout. And he turned away for minute,
whislEed ,hiseye out, and then, covering up
his sightess cavity, brought the eye to me
fO n
blow 1t away with a breath, and it looked
like a fragile shell of porcelain.
This is my luck" he said, when he had
inserted his eye again, at is my eye
all my RyqsFApa nothing else. If you
want to Know now, Just light up another
Manila and listen" -, .-~Y ,rs9
Y ltBnt which Il the artificial eyer |
asked, for declare l could not tell As
lookedat him, 4. EFu ,tM n&s
"Left," said Pen, tapping it affection.
ately. "T isn't bad, Ell? There are only
three people knowit beside YOURSELF
namely, the optician, my father.in-law,
and my wife, so I've kept my secret pretty
well and you need not go and tell every
body about Oopseford that the new squire
has game eye TWOpenny- worth Of
gunpowder did it, at school, after you left,
so it's nc. o.wender you didn't know. had
loaded asmall brass cannon which Wouldnt
fire and looking. down the muzzle to see
why 1t wouldn't 60 of, thechafge went IN,
and my eye went out. Isleft school
blown out of 1t, as it were and having re-
covered from the accident, and had my eye
replaced with this very artistic piece Of
china-ware, | went home to Step.
minister, to study medicine with my IA.
ther. Mytather, although called DT. Cross
Ley by courtesy, was not properly, quail
hed dectprof medioine; he was, strictly
speaking, medical man but folks in
our town were never very particular about
what letters a profcssed surgeon wrote
after his name, 80 long as he could write
enough Of them 81 FiTfif NiS& x
cdr. Crossley was Medical Inspector TO
the Local Board Of Health (unkind per
Sons called him Inspector Of Nuisancesl,
and had little or no pfivate practice, li
was his idea that Il I-sh0 Id keep Che loss oi
my eye profound secret, because he
wished gradually to work me into his own
position, for which his failing health was
rapidly incapacitating him. ae had some
notion the Board might fancy man could
not inspect enough for the most with
ono eve tpr my part / shOhld have
thoughta nose the most needful organ FOL
an inspector unf tnuissnces ;gand Lthavt
found one 81 quite enough tosee through
Board and all their wooden ways. Ahel
few yBaTs, i began 10 relieve my fathel
of, HE duties, until, though he stiii uomi
nally held the position df inspector, The
whole of'the work was done BY me. I. Al
it was satisiactoriiy done, the Board mad,
no. ditdculty laboHt transferring theYap
pointment to me on my fathers retirement
Hhica1oely seortlgsg b. Y sg5srsaee hie q dean
complimented me very highly on my as
siduity in the discharge Of the du
ties Of the .oficeyl Gle 10 only I
young man, sir he said, addressing tn
chairman 'but he has an eye like hawk
He was light. had an eye. Such was th
energy with which worked TO put dow
nuisAnOes, that the mere mention Of m
eye was almost sufficient TO get them re
moved. A person whose peighbor ken
pigs in his backyard had siiAply to say +
that neighhors Look out; the inspecto
has his eye upon you, and there was reall
no need for my interference. Such we
the beautiful respect and awe in whic
the tQTnstolk heldmy eye ButnOt on
Of then knew Tie d an mi feaning N bic
attached tq,heing under myeEe,-rpot
soul Of them knew he was telling u
truth by accident.
Some time bafops I was appointed Il
spector, wealthy old gentleman, BY tl
name.of FIsdg dgold, "a Widower, had settle
in StepminsteT. Some said he was q :
tired Liverpool merchant, otherB thai I
was q retired London broker, Peop
hsrdlT lle NJ ~ VA u fheres
had come nom, 81 what iof. Be Waa b
very oommunicatigep on these POINTS, B
il was agreed that he was rich, and Il W
indisputable he tad pEet
only daughter, Lauia He t1aOl0fe B
came A dfiec8 0f interest 10 paftptst
marriageshleE young men iu Siepminale
whilst Miss ffedgold became ditto dil
to those young men themselves Y
Tredgolds Invited ont good De
They were NOT atall proud they appear
fond Of society; they accepted those
yitatiOng; and 20 turn their hosts becal
Their puele hey weso very much lilfi
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