The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-08
ley, Esq, London. Come down. 1t is all


right. Laura is here"
l was so thankful But what could she
have meant by "having deceived me, and
"for long" I thought, referring to her
note. And why should she have written
me such note at all, and aroused such
cruel suspicious There was a good deal
to be explained, at any rate.
| returned to Stepminster by next train
and hurried to Mr. Tredgold's. Laura re-
celYed me at the door in an ecstacy of
delight, and I was about putting twenty
different questions to her at a time, to
know the reason of her singular conduct,
when old MI. Tredgold said: "Wait
bit. None OF That. just cast your eye
this way, Pen, my boys here's little bit
of round | want you and Laura to try
over with me before allow word to be
said about this little mystery. No, 1 in
sist," he said, seeing me about to remon-
strate. "Pleasure first, business after
wards"
The cloth was laid for supper, and we
sat round the table, a plate in front of
each of us, while Mr.. Tredgold handed
Laura and me the notes of the round,
keeping copy himself. mGn
When had glanced at my copy, I felt
ready to sink through the floor with NOR
LITIGATION. [ could not believe my eyes
eye, mean.
., "Now, them" cried Mr.. Tredgold,
1smartly, "Laura begins-one, and two,
and" t
Laura began, blushing and in o voice
very unlike her natural one, to sing:
Oh! do you know the Glass-eye Man?
No Oh! do you know his name?
Who keeps the shop in Regent street,
And goes little lame? T#Itqg
| This was terrible but reflection was out of
the question, for Mr.. Tredgold, with his stem
torian bass, Immediately began singing, IT,
the same air, by way of reply: @9
Oh! yes, ! know the Glass-eye Man;
BernOtti is his name 81
| He keeps the shop in Regrent'street
| Apd walks little lame"
But the worst was, the terrible proof Mr..
Tredgold gave that he really daE know
the Glass-eye Man, for he had no sooner
| finished the verse than, with burst of
| laughter, he took out his own eye-to my
terrible surprise, glass one-and plac-
ed it on the plate before him. I was al
most stupefed. But in moment, the old
gentleman recovered himself from his
chuckles sufficiently to call out:' Chorus
ifyou pleased In which i very lugubri-
ously joined: Hea ur ar
Then there's one of us knows the Glass-eye
| There's one of us knows his name,
Who keeps the shop in Regent street,
And goes little lame.
Snow" said my eccentric father-in-law,
(" it's my turn" And he addressed the
inquiry to me to the same tune.
was forced, very reluctantly, to own,
in reply, as he had dee, thatI certainly
did know the Individual referred to.
y" Very well, them" he remarked, when
I had finished, "out with it, can't you }"
Very furtivelyI obeyed, and placed my
eye on the plate before me. My wife
gave a scream of laughter, which much
disconnected me. There we were, two of
us-Mr. Tredgold and I-holding our
handkerchiefs up to our faces, and con-
templating the ,upturned glance of our
eyes from our plates. 1t was most ludic-
rously horrible. oa
&C Chorus, if you please" .,.,e.
Whereupon we stated harmoniously thaG
there were s'two of us /" knew the Glasseye
Man. 3 iuinr.yl.s e.... 1n1 ti-@
I thought we had done. 100
"No, no." said Mr. Tredgold /" pass
the harmony round" .-..--r
| It devolved upon me to putthe question
to my wife: "Did she know" &c.
Il Before had finished, the truth flashed
across me-sure enough she did. .5
With little terrified cry, she deposi-
ted her eye on the plate, and ran out of
the room, leaving US to slug the chorns
by ourselves, to wit 8a3b ssasa brs
"Then there are three of rs know the Glass
l eve Man - s.4
Bernotti is his name
Who keeps the shop in Regent street,
And goes little lame" ~ TE
In a few minutes Laura returned with
her I" off "-eye inserted in place of the one
left In the room. g You know now why
went to London, Pen. fell down going
up stairs with my spare eye in my hand,
and the other one falling out, Ibroke both
unfornate1y at once. Thetwo letters you
were so suspicious about were from Ber-
notti-so was the box. You mighthave
known he would not have addressed two
letters to one house in the same handwri-
ting, on such private matter, you dear
old goose you. But you need not be jeal
Gus again, for we will have our eyestogeth-
er in future,-won't we, dear?"
eyes" said Mr.. Tredgold, EVEN all
have our eyes downtogether, now.the mis-
chief is out, and perhaps they'll come
cheaper, like that. But now Mister
Crossley, I'll have word with you. I'll
tell you why we came to Stepminister.
Soon after Laura left school, she met the
accident that deprived her Of the sight
of one eye. When it was replaced with
the best imitation we could procure, I
began to sec that there would be plenty
of suitors yearning toaccept her one eye
as drawback that might be balanced
by her money, for every body knew of her
anaisfnrt11ne as well az her .fcrtliiae 81 did