New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-06
SOME TERRIBLE EYES
From Tho Gcnrlcman's Magazine.

From Tho Gcntcman's Magazine.
To have becn undcr The hostile gaze. no word or
which for years after gave the possc'Sor Of Il. how
ever ChdngS the sccu" n'9 c'Tumsiln-r my" 30
thrll Of most unpleasant personal fear. And
very analogous case within the nemorIc, OF our owa
time can 10 adduced. II Is that Of a man who Ger
SP a. faF as RfT,oI R%rSn r,n MA 'T
beauty % manly feature. he hal that dign, "hlch.
spring frum tho sense Of unlimited power Wh"h u'
same observer mentions aS particularly characteristic
Ei the hrsr full, eye, II + % nI,r Eye ila' We
experience Of unlimited sovereignty, bat thoT spoke
In tones ~ t"rrur TO all uI"Sc on whom ihry Wcl"
bent In anger. For those WHO wcr" itlmaic win
The ways Of LLo Russian Court have unanimously 70
corded how much 81 nnu"nc" IA a." Shap" OF ai,on'
fear there IN The cy"s % the Emperor Nicholas
He looked at cnlpnts With h. sg" star OF snEgr;
sense from that In which the phrase Wa7 OiElnahS
usCd under the wand Ot IA" cnchanier' Bu'. IAVg"
as wcrc the CIar's cyrs-ih ID" RomanoH Inheritance
from thNir beautiful sta'u"SIue German An'e'r'sN
there was no brilliant sparkling glance OF l' wien
they wcrr directed toward an offender on The con
rrary. those who have had most experience OF Them
describe them A. being dull. cold almost UNhlIhr.
IN aspect. Stulid thr gaze was. none recold'd
I'm history e,er produced mOrn tcrruriL!ng effects
on IT'S Oh cots. In many cases whore there vas any
in h. accuttnnlcd silent fashion was looking fcluoutly
aid not wal, IN bc Intercepted. sometime. was
hardly suspected bur. lih" H." victims OF Rrhrlrn.
as Just mentioned, poured forth full confession
under tho gazo Of the pllesmatc sovcrcig'.
OF Macmillan RoLespICrrg no one can @lc4uacy
paint the portrait after Carlyle has lmhHd ne sea.
,rrpn Incn,rupthlr nor NAV try to paint those
o. ,yhiCb he same pencil has skc,chcd IN few
lines hut certainly to The list OF ne mos terrific
stcnlthy obs Which. without any ~ n" tyr hIc
Of caesar Burria's. had iuihlrss. ShI,' jis,rcat
,,lcau essentially their own. Many have gFOn Us
some notion OF the effect ot lIat littlr i1PpishW
dressed Pathological man OF blood ana "Ep',"n-
simply becsusc the honor Of eNp"ctaut rar whi'h his
srathy glance produced In those t"Warl whom wa,
dir,rtrd va, ~ general ana widely Known that
thc very fnrt made pa tlcua" auspn unnecessary
OF ali Eastern pobntatcs, whether ancient n modern
r,rc,rnt Judge, have united I'm declaring that none
"r made 6i, look feared than did Runicnt Sing,
Tho lion OF Lahore, whom doubtless many old Indians
-, ,amnmbor Eyc-witnesseS, European well
"s declared that among his wild horles Of fol
~ .ome Of tlom among the herco5t troopers IN
,bc world RunICet Inspired Intense personal icar ~
Nm who came by his LOOK his eyes being uspcak-
al, Ircadnd Yet lie scanned with smallpox, ono
yn yas drstroycd by It, hts face was wLen. and his
voice shrlIl aud squchkng ono WIN all these ul1
aJaotatg,s the Lion Of LahOc's glance 50 trrlOr2d
f" suhicrIs that for result akin Ia y We must go
- NaLuoud Of GhuAni, whose " dreadful brow Is
tSgi,rIc Tho other instance In which Personal dL'-
~ i,aa COS nave been In inverse ratio 10 the un.
ioncd authority exercised Is mat OF parsonage
much lcls known, ana 20 "hD'c soVr qIei,'s IuS,,o
has not yet been perhaps done We mean Waller
n,m"uIy called the FtllbuStcr' Ilc was little,
sparr. weakly man In aspect meT, NOBODY phSsi'
caiIy I'm the midst Of his Big wiz western rangers
U o an eve witness has said, Waller had the eyes
of Hon. In this lay the sccTnt OF me cA'rorHhary
onthoritv which no exercised over 80 many mon OF
IT, ridcst and most daring Characcc, accustomed 10
brook no master. The ndOmltahG epii!t CHLhI0ned
in that pgmy body was htiy Tlinrn 10y mos h'n %
an y.r that he peculiar force Of his out was iound
In such a case all the Intense and VIVA energy 81
tbc mans heart blazcd In his eyes ana mn acura
Wv, 90 au ,ccnuui they became terrible Before their
anger the biggest Texan rangers cowed HE frightened
children Now perhaps, this Is, 0eai cases one OF
because tho man possessing them had no phSscai Az.
y.ntages, no settled authority and prescription, D?
army Of slaves OF his back. IN me "uler hanI,
,bnsc over whom he exercised uudlspntch sway were
class OF men, n over there wcrc such in tho wnlll,
who had the most rugged and turbulent i,uelohuou.c
% word sc,ior nnd nature nut the nh truth was
again realized, and they paid Involuntary homage 70
a born leader OF men