The National tribune., 1898-06-02

| and the enormous size it had attaine,
| rendered the result of an operation doubt
full. The left eye contained many fbers
but there was hope of saving it. frankl.
| acquainted Don Juan with my fears an,
| hopes, and insisted upon the entire re
| mOval of the right eye. The Captain, a
| first astonshed, decided courageousl,
upon submitting to the operation, which
| / accomplished on the following day with
! complete success. Shortly afterwards the
+, infiammatory symptoms disappeared, anl
could assure my host of safe recovery
! then bestowed all my attention upon the
left eye. / desired the more ardently t.
! restore to Don Juan his vision, from the
good effect / was convinced his case would
produce at Manila. For me it would be
fortune and reputation. Besides, l had
already acquired, in the few days, some
slight patronage, and was in position to
pay for my board and lodging at the end oil
the month. After six weeks careful
treatment Don Juan was perfectly cured
and could use his eye as well as he did
previous to his accident. Nevertheless, to
my great regret, the Captain still con-
tinued to immune himself: his reappear-
ance in society, which he had forsaken
for more than year, would have pro-
duced an immense sensation, and
should have been considered the first
doctor in the Philippines One day /
touched upon this delicate topic.
"Senor Captain" said /, what are you
thinking about, to remain thus shut up
between four walls, and why do you not
resume your old habits? You must GO
and visit your friends, your acquaint-
ances."
Doctor" interrupted Don Juan. "how
can show myself in public with an eye
the less? When / pass along the street
all the women would say: There goes
Don Juan the One-eyed!' No, no, before
/ leave the houSe you must get me an
artificial eye from Paris"
you don't mean that, 1t would be
months before the eye arrived"
Then here goes for months seclusion, f."
said Don Juan
| persisted for upwards of an hour, but
the Captain would not listen to reason.
He carried his coquetry SO far that, al
though had covered the empty orbit with
black silk, he had his shutters closed
whenever visitors came; SO that, as they
always found him in the dark, none would
credit his cure. / was very anxious to
thwart Don Juan's obstinacy, as may
well be imagined; / had not the time to
waste, during Is months, in dancing at
tendance at fortunes door; therefore,
determined to make this eye myself, with
out which the coQuetish Captain would
not be seen. took some pieces of glass,
tube, and set to work. After many
ruthless attempts, / at last succeeded in
obtaining the perfect form of an eye; but
this was not ALT must be colored to
resemble nature. l sent for a poor car
rage painter, who managed to initiate
tolerably well the left eye of Don Juan.
1t was necessary to preserve this painting
from contact with the tears, which would
soon have destroyed it. To accomplish
this l had made by jeweler a silver
globe, smaller than the glass eye, inside
which l united it by means of sealing
wax. carefully polished the edges upon
a stone, and after eight days labor l
obtained a satisfactory result. The eye
which had succeeded in producing was
really not SO bad after all. l was anxious
to place it within the vacant orbit. 1t
somewhat Inconvenience the Senior Don
Juan but persuaded him that he would
soon become accustomed to it. Placing