Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-31

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cd directly spsn ~ bseks
4'sOA, psAnwi Whats No use Of say.
ing tAat. Aouhavsn't eyes u the hack
at ysur head" Il
"But yours might as web be for oil
the good they do xon. I say 4 WAS
following every move Of ypur poncil."
"How coala yos 30 following evcsy
move Of my pencil when your eyes
were turned upon tho wall ~
"Why, ! guess yoa are SO cross-eycd
that you can't tell whoa am looking
straight"
"Cross-eyedi Mo cros-eyed! Why,
I can 500 straighter than you can. |
don't have to turn the hack Of my head
to q mirror when I want 10 SEQ If my
hats on straight"
ooh, no, OF course not. non are even
worse than that. One Of your eyes has
hump in it and the other travels
around like circular saw
"Don't make fun Of my eyes"
''rhen don't make fun Of my eyes.
They are little crossed 1 know, but
they amt crooked enough 70 twist my
nose out Of shape.D
'sDo you mean to say shat my eyes
twist my nose out Of shape~
"yes, do"
"Well-never mind. won't say what
I was abost saying But will soy That
if my eyes were as crooked as yours |
would nire them out to trapeze perform
ers in the circus"
"Oh, you horrid wretch won't live
with you any longer" x viii 90 home
to my mother Tomorrow"
"And then burst OF tears caused a
cessation Of hostilities and left both
husband and wife feeling decidedly
miserable"
When tho morrow came the wife did
not 60 home to her ma. She was glum
and moody, however. and the unhappy
couple exchanged but few words. The
following day passed with but little
conversation, and no quarrel. In this
this miserable condition the pair
lived for week. Both were anxious
for reconciliation, but each was too
obstinate to make the first Oyertures
At the end Of the second week they be-
gan to be on speaking terms. One
evening, while tho husband was intent
ly reading, his wife, drawing stool
to his side, placed her head in his lap
and burst into tears.
"Why, Mary, what are you crying
about 2"
Conyulsive sobs was the answer.
MARY, don't cry. Calm Yourself
and toll me what's troubling you."
"You don't love mep sobbed the un-
happy wife.
"Why, yes, ! do. Hove yen dearly"
'Then what made you say my eyes
IS
were as crooked az rams korns"
Because you said mine were crooked
enough to twist my nose ont Of shape.
They amt, are theyW
No, they're real pretty eyes.
"And so arc yours real pretty eyes
"Now you're aattering nae. "
Ppm not. ! mean every word I say.
But Mary" and here tho husband sud
denly paused.
"But whatp
"Why, this book ! was to read is a
| treatise on the eyes."
Well, what does it saya'
at says enough to encourage me in
thinking that under the operation of a
| skillful surgeon our eyes could DO made
perfectly straight"
"Does it say all crossed eyes can BIZ
cured r.
"No, it doesn't say that. IL says that
some eases can.
"Wellp
"Why, / was thinking that perhaps
it would be well for ~ 70 try to have
| our eyes. Strengthened. now what do
| you think n
| 4t"You Say every case cant he cured y
mot every cose. Bat perhaps both
your eyes and my eyes ssah b made
perfectly stfsight.
"Butisn't II possible that yours could
be Strengthened and nine couldn't, q
that my eye, could b cured and yours
couldn'tl"s s.eSisssiaA
'.Yes.s
"'Then I'm opponod to any operation y
.'Whyp
because, dear" chirupped the wife