The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-07-21
A Wife For A Wink.

almost decided to call this story THE
man who winks." aud besides to write
the title in French; but a serious obsta-
Gle presented itself could not think
OF the French for "wink," (Oh. yes.
the Freuch have word for wink"
no doubt Of that. my English-French
dictionary was not at hand. (t was
fully four feet away so was compell-
cd to coniine myself to plain English;
which. after all. is good enough for
anybody.
But the man who. winks. He is--or
rather was. for tho events am about
10 relate occurred number Of years
ago--toleraby good looking. aud per-
haps he would have been II II were not
for the peculiarly OF his eye. his right
eye This eye was somewhat larger
than the other. aud rounder. almost
circular in shape; and when he looked
suddenly at anyone. or had his atten-
ton drawn suddenly toward anything.
this eye would invariably close. rs II to
focus itself upon the subject in ques-
ton.
This optical popularity may have
come upon him originally In the form
Of "A habit. which ne heedlessly FOSTER
ed. and which he found. To his sorrow.
he could not rid himself of when ho
wished 10.
So IL is with all habits. We acquire
them; they serve us for while; then
we wish to throw them of. but we find
we cannot They become engrafted.
so to speak. into our natures so indis-
solubly MS to form almost part of our
dispositions; then. try as hard as we
may. we cannot remove them any
more than we can those feelings that
are born within us.
Stephen Sandon found this deformity
OF his eve a serious obstacle to his hap
pincss. Especially did 1t bring him
sorrow in his dealings with the gentler
sex with whom perfect figure counts
more than anything else In winding
their appreciation. 1t must have been.
10 say the least extremely provoking
to Stephen. and extremely laughable
10 the lady. when IN the midst OF "A
serious conversation that terrible orbit
would experience a total and instan-
taneous eclipse. Sometimes perhaps
IL would serve to add force to tho con-
vcrsn,ion, but generally II didn't To
be sure. there were chances In favor OF
It's speaking more than words could;
but unfortunately for Sandon. ii could
not be relied upon with anything like
accuracy to act at the proper moment.
Thus in condoling with anyone visited
By sorrow. a wink might not prove a
fitting accompaniment to words;
whereas one under happier cIrcum-
stances would not be so notice able. so
II will easily be seen that the peculiar
lily OF Stephen Sandon's right eye was
not an enviable possession. aud no one
felt the truth of In fact with greater
force than Sandon himself.
. As may be supposed. Sandon's mis-
fortune brought him no littlo sorrow
besides that which mere ownership
caused him. What he may have suf-
fered when boy il does not concern
us in the present narrative. and we will
pass on 10 an event that proved to be
the turning point in Sandon's exist
encc.
One afternoon while strolling along
tho street he met a young lady. The
instant the left eye caught sight of her.
the right one. following the usual GUS
tom, behaved In very shocking man
ncr. The upper lid came down to
meet The lower one. and the lower one
assembled 10 meet the upper one, the
whole action forming what Is called a
.'wink.n
The young LADY against whom these
attentions were directed. stopped short
and gnzed at him whom she believed
had insulted her
What DO you moan. slrp" she said
Indignantly.
Snndop. the innocent offender stop
ped. too. on hearing these words. and
intended TO explain and apologize. but
unfortunately for HIM his irreprcssiblc
eve acted before he could speak. and
drove all thought OF apology out Of his
head. besides increased the lady's
anger. just at this moment Qncred'
ible Ms II may seem) policeman hap
pcned along. aud seeing the hostile
attitude Of the young lady. inquired the
reason.
THAT man Insulted me-" she ex