The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-08
"Fell, sir; fell down stairs and hurt

nave gone. zone, Slr-lett the mousse,
the servant added, seeing my look of in
credulity. 81 was up stairs, cleanin' of
myself for dinner" the girl continued.
"when l heard missus scream. [ went
and helped her up, for she had fell and
hurt her forehead. She went to her
room cryin' very much, aud wouldn't let
us do nothin' for her. She put on her
things, sir, and went out almost directly
afterward, sayin' she had left a note for
you, sir. She was sobbin' very much
when she left" lst tis
Seriously agitated about my wife, ran
up stairs, and found on Laura's dressing
table the following note: BIS
"DEAREsr PEN-Fergive my leaving you
thus. have suffered much from deceiving
you so long, but never thought it would
depends upon it. You will soon know all.
My father will know of my going.
Cool, upon my word Was this the
woman whom had loved, and cherished,
and adored, and kept no secret from +?
that is nothing worth mentioning
go and own to systematic course of de
ception? and her fathera base accomplish,
too! he knew of her going. Clasping my
hands frantically to my forehead, 20
woman, woman look upon the wreck you
have made!'' I exclaimed The. emotion
was too powerful, for my glass eye fell
out with the force of the blow, and
shivered itself to fragments at my feet.
On second thoughts, l was glad that she
could not look upon the wreck she had
made. -4 araaas
Yet, could believe Laura false? Then
the demon of jealousy whispered to me
about the letters, and the present from a
friend" I hardly dared to think about
the agitation she had invariably betrayed
when 1 referred to this subject. At least,
would go to her father, Mr.. Tredgold,
go and wiring the truth from him, de-
ceitful impostor that he was, and know
the worst.
But stay. 1t was utterly impossible to
go as was-without my eye. I had been
accustomed to keep a spare eye, against
emergencies, in my desk at the inspectors
office. I had broken that about month
ago, and though I had written for a new
one to be addressed to the office, it had
not vet arrived; but I certainly could do
uOGullS LII Il6O OOCh w AOASA0AA "IN
got my vision repaired. g.
H Holding my handkerchief to my face,
I set off Immediately to the railway
station, telling all the inquirlng friends
who stopped me that something had
blown into my eye (this was no fb, for
gunpowder had, years before y. Arrived
there, eagerly inquired if my wife had
been seen to leave. She had, the station
master told me she had, in fact left by
the previous train, with ticket for
London-apparently much distressed in
mind-dressed IN travelling costume, with
thick black veil on. Evidently for the
purpose of avoiding recognition as much
as possible, decided. was therefore on
the very road to oyertake her, while, as
nv train was express, should be in
London within an hour of the time at
which she could arrive. 8
.s On reaching London, after few IN
successful inquiries at the Waterloo
terminus, respecting lady answering
the description gave, | told cabman to
drive me to Mr.. Bernottis, the opticians,
in Regent street. a. :,
''Will you walk into a private room and
wait sir, for few minutes? Mr.. Bernotti
is engaged just now" = ~.
However, presently Mr.. Bernottl ap-
peared, pleasant little man, with
twinkling eyes, buoyant disposition, and
a cork-leg, which always seemed FESTIVE,
and not properly broken int never
went well with the other leg it was too
fast for it and appeared to impress the
natural leg with hopeless conviction OF
it's inferiority.3 rrs.e.e5.rrro
After profuse apologies for keeping
me waiting, and several conclliatory
f1ourishes which his cork-leg seemed to
get up Independently of him, and entirely
on its own account, Mr.. Bernottl said
This is your size I see by my books,-No:
1913 Hazel, - taking one from O. case OF
several hundreds, land very neat eye 1t
is ShallI put you up an 'ott-eye Tor
spare use /? Thank you, sir. Am | doing
pretty we'll in eyes Thank you, yes;
nothing to complain Of You would
hardly have thought it, No, probably
not few persons would in fact. You see
that the triumph of art is so perfect one
does not really know who has glass eyes
and who has not. Scores of people in
every town wear them, who are never
of such thing, the illusion is
SO perfect. Yours, / am proud to own is
a very successful case. There are others
no less SO. Among the list of persons who
have obtained respectable damages from
various railway companies for the loss OF
an eye,and even pensions from Govern
ment, I could point to at least a few
instances in which the eye SO damaged
has been one of my make. No one mas
been the wiser. In fact, only the other
day, I was deceived myself A French
gentleman was introduced to me as re-
quiring an eye This is his eye, slr-No.
81, gray. Well, sir, after carefully
matching the artificial eye by the real
one, / directed his attention to the eA,
IRENE lightness of our manufacture ana
3 La % l1OrhE and |