The Red Cloud chief., 1885-01-16
W. PAIRS or EYES.

TWO PAIRS OF EYES.
The Great Difference Ia the Way Ia Which
p.opi. Use Their Visual Organs-Th.
Lucky and tho .'Unlucky" hoy.
Did Il ever occur TO YOU what a diff
ference there j. in the way in which
people use their eyes. ! do not mean
that some people Squiui, and some 10
not, that some have short sight, and
some long sight. Thee are accidental
differences; and the people who can not
see far, sometimes see more, and more
truly. than DO other people whose Wis
Jon is rs keen as the caglc's. No, the
difference between people eyes lies in
the power and the habit If observation.
Did YOU ever hear of The famous con-
iurcr. Robert lIoudin. whose wonderful
tricks and featS Of ma~ic were the AS
toniShmcnt of Europe : few years ago?
lie tells rs, in his autobiography, that
10 see everything nj Il glance. while
seeming 10 see nothing, is the first
requisite in the education of Il ma
gician.' and that the faculty of motto
ing rapidly and exactly ear be trained
like any other faculty. When he was
fitting his little son 10 follow the same
profession he used Ia take him past Il
sh0p-window. at a quick walk, and
then ask him how manv objects in the
window he could remember and de-
scribe. At first. the child could only
re.ollcc; three or four: but gradually
he rose 10 ten, twelve, twenty. and, in
the end. his eyes would note, and his
memory retain. not less than forty
articles. all caught in the few seconds
which il took 10 pass the window ut a
rapid walk.
II is 50 more or less with us all. Few
things are more surprising than the dis
tinct picture which one mind win bring
away from a place. and the vague and
blurred one which another mind will
bring. Observation is one of the valu-
able faculties. and the lack of il n fault
which people have 10 pay for. in various
ways, all their lives.
There were once two peasant BOYS in
France. whose names were Jean and
Louis Cardilliac. They were cousins:
their mothers We're both widows. and
they lived close to each other in IA little
y%illamc, near Il great FOREST. They also
looked much alike. 10th had dark.
clo>clv-sh3ven hair, dive skins and
large, black eyes; but il spite of ali
their rcscmblances. Jean was always
spoken of aS lucky" and Louis rs
.~'unluckv," for reasons which YOU will
shortly see.
80 two boys were out together. In
the foT.si ~ Ffs 4e,ds+..sS Walked
aloHT cutie differently. .oniS dawdied
III A Sor, of loose-iointed rot. with his
eyes fixed on whatever happened 10 bc
in his hand-a sling. perhaps, or a
stick. or one of those siappcrs with
which birds are scared awiy from fruit.
Ii il were the stick. he cra'ked il - he
went. or he snapped the mapper, and
be whiStlcd, aS he did 81. IA an absent
minded WAY. Jeans blackcye>. on the
contrary. were ALWAYS on tpe alert. and
making discoveries. While .ouiS stared
and puckercd his lips up OYER the snap
per or the SLIM. Jean woud note. I'M
consciously hut truly. the hr1n OF the
clouds the look of the skyin the rainy
west, the wedge shaped Procession Of
the ducks through the air. md the WAY
in which they used their wings, the bird
calls in the hedge. He wa, quick TO
mark 4 strange leaf. or Al unaccu>-
toned fungus hv the path. or any small
article which had been dropped nv the
way. Once h. picked up l tivc-franc
piece: once a silver ~pcncleaSe which
belonged 10 the cure, who vas glad 10
Cc, il again. and gave Jean ten SOUS by
way of reward. Louis wouh have liked
ten sous Very much. bat somehow he
never found any pencil-c;scS: and il
seemed hand and unjust whn his moth
e. unbranded him for the act. which.
Il her thinking. WAS rather his misiort-
une than his fault.
How can | help it?"he aked. The
saints are kind 10 Jean. aad they are
ne; kind t. me-roijG tcBt!'
The saints help those who help
Themselves" re;ortcdhi his InoG,er. Thou
art a look-in-the-air. Jca keeps his
eyes open; he has wit, and ic notices.
But such reproaches did o helm
Lcuis. or teach him anything. Iiabi,
is 50 strong.
There, cried his motlnr one day.
when he came III 10 supper. Thy
cousin-thy luchy cousin-has again
been lucky. DE has found 4 t-uiie-
bed. and thy aunt has sold che trutiles
TO the man from Paris for Il hundred
francs. A hundred francs. Il will.be
long before thy STUPID iingefs n earn
the half of that!'
Where did Jean find he bed?"
asked Louis.
In the oak copse near ne brook.
where thou mightcSt have fund them
as easily as he retorted rs mother.
He was walking along with Dau6ot. the
w~ood-cutter's dog-whose mother was
a northumberland Daudo began to
point and scratch. and Jean suspected
something, got q spade. dug, and crack!
a hundred francs! All! las mother is
70 be envied."
The oak copse! Nea.' tie brook
exclaimed Louis. too much excited to
note the reproach which cdrsluded the
sentence. "Why, 1 was there but the
other day with Daudot, and l remem-
Der now, he scratched and whined a
great deal. and tore at the ground. l