The Russellville Democrat., 1879-10-23
THE MAN WITH THE GLASS EYE.
Having Won it at Church Raffie, He
 Puts it to Christian-Like Uses
"were you borne with it?"


 "And you drew it?'
 'sThe boys fixed it: I've worn it ever since"
 A man with a glass eye had interested the curiosity of a Gt0be-D -Dtm0crdf re porter, who had two glass eyes, and tho man had laid his one eye out beside ar oyster stew, before which he was seat ed, preparing to deyour. have never had but the one, and somehow I have been attached to 1t You may think that one glass eye IS as good as another"
 It was suggested they could only differ in color.
 "Yes," he said, moving it on the other side of his plate to make room for side dish. "You might think that was diff. ference enongh; but that cuts small figure. Now, then" he picked up the artificial optic and held it between his thumb and fingers-''you will observe but did you ever have glass eye? No? Well you will observe that this one has a peculiar stare. One glass eye differs from another in its stare, as one star differs from another star in magnitude and glory. This eye has a kind of a dead mans gaze on it. It don't strike you so much this way as it does this, Y" putting back the sphere in it's socket, and pulling the lid over the natural op- tic in order that the unnatural one might be more hideous.
 It was pleasant to reflect from the mans statement that there was such a thing as pleasant glass eye, and this was stated.
 "Yes," he said, removing the orb again, Eve seen blue eyes that were as roguish as an old mans pet, and brown ones that would overcome a man at matinee just like life"
 His manner seemed to be betoken en- thusiasm on the appetizing topic, and he was spurred on by the auditor
 Still, it is better to have two good ones," it was said.
 "l don't know" he answered, salting his slau, q take 1t from the Book that one-eyed man has as much to show in heaven as a two-eyed one. s'pose 1t won't make any difierenc there. But man never knows what unalloyed con- tentment is here until he has had glass eye. 1 thought l was lifted up when l was married. But when the raf- fie was got up by the church for glass eye-that was moment of excitement about which there was thrill such as come to man only once. There was AcdtHtH SnOtIDdh6I W liO tOHlSatSd hAtb me for the prize. He had lost one of his eyes. It was interesting to see the spirit of rivalry between the two wings of the church; and when our side won and I put the eye in, right there in the church, and the other crowd left in high dudgeon demanding their letters, was prouder than a ruler.
 There wasn't ripple of humor on his face. He was steadfastly lifting the bivalves.
 'They kept it up for few days to worry the other side, and passed it ar ound in the infant class one Sunday, and boy tried to change it for milk ey which he had in his pocket. l have always admired that boy"
 He rested a moment, and wanted to know if the auditor had noticed the pe- culiar stare of that eye.
 "It's just like dead man's," he said, as if he enjoyed that fact. Anybody can get roguish-looking glass eye; but glass eye with no expression is the one which man can enjoy"
 He sat back in his chair to rest.
 "A man came into my office to give me a threshing about a little differencd we had in regard to the settlement of a small estate. l listened to him cooly and deli berately. Then when l saw he was about to strike pulled out my eye and laid it on the table, as if it were a disposed of motion The man went down stairs on the outside of the build- ing. Still, he could have got away with me if he had persisted.
 He picked up the eye and polished 1t with the napkin, and insertedit.
 'I was out the other day for walk when couple of ladies approached me, asking for aims. As if to cogitate upon the ailements of the world, l took out my knife and unconciously picked out the glass optic this way (illustrating). They left their baskets on the ground. and though I offered to put up for theil cause, nothing could head them of"
 "Capitalp'
 "Yes, but it is in the street car where 1 have the most fun. Taking my C o'clock car at the starting point, of course I secure a seat. Very soon the seats are crowded with men, and ladies come in. I shut my good eye, so (illus- trating), and level the dead eye on the man want to have raised to make room for the lady. In time 1t will bring a man to his feet There's { omething in the stare of dead eye that will make mans blood like it were put on ice. l nave cleaned WnOie CsiT out III tuiS way, and had the thanks of the lad ies voted. Inever put up cent in a church collection. l set the eye on the deacon, and he never shoves the box under my nose. There is only one time when it causes me annoyance, and that Is when my boy loses the Jaw he shoots with, and his mother comes to me and loans the boy my glass eye until after school. Give a boy glass eye andshe will never stop until he drops it in rat hole"
 Having finished his course, he took his ticket to The cashiers counter and laid it down.
 "You charged toomuch for that stew" l" he said.
 You're a fool,p said the cashier, in pure St. Louis English and politeness style.
 That settles it," said the man, and, pulling the dead eye from its socket, he held it in his drawn hand. The cashier fled.
 "See how it works?" he said, putting it back, and walked op complacently.
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