The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-18
The HOUSE WITH TIE EYES.

The doctor had turned his largest room
into library It had one great window
/ opening onto the park. It was az night.
after he lighted his library lamp, that the
/ curious sensation that he was being
stared at came over the physician. When
4 he went into the next room the feeling
passed off. He was a nervy fellow, the
doctor but after a week Of the thing he
began to get creepy
He examined the walls OF the library.
and thumped them hard. They were
sclic. There was no transcm over the
door leading into the hall. and there was
1 key in the lock that fitted perfectly.
He went 70 the window. 1t was thirty
! feet from the ground. The nearest house
! in the line OF sight was at Fifty seventh
! street, a mile and a half away. No
I Feeping Tom could be IN tree, for the
trees had been cut down TO make room
for the fair buildings. and those planted
/ since the exposition's structures had been
1 RACED were little more than ssplngs.
Window began taking nerve tones
! Then he pulled himself together and quit
! One night he looked from his library
/ window far off into the biackness that
/ hung over the north end of the park. He
saw a faint light appear. He put il
down mentally for a light In one OF the
/ houses in far-off Fifty-seventh street
/ For some reason he instantly connected
/ the feeling that ne was being watched
with that light. DR., Window left his
/ apartments and struck across the park
/ Ia Fifty-seventh street. On the north
side OF the street facing the pleasure
/ ground was a block Of brick residences
/ L was nearly midnight. The houses
were as black as Calcutta's Hole.
/ Window paced up and down for an hour
No light appeared He started home
ward, made a hundred yards, stopped
I and looked back. Recent experiences had
unstrung him. He saw something now
/ that staggered him. From one of the
/ houses light was streaming through two
circular windows set in the same horizon
tai plane just under the roof. The ap
! pearance was that of two great eyes
staring redly out into the blackness Of
the night. A heavy curtain began 70 de-
seend over one window. It had the seem
ing Of a big eyelid slowly closing. To
the physicians highly wrought magma
ton il seemed as though some monster
os the night was giving him a Ieering
wink The light died from both windows.
Window mastered his nerves and went
home and TO bed
In the morning he stood in front Of the
house once more. The windows were
there and Window noticed their unusual
size and that each was composed of little
round psnes set in metal sashes as are
cathedral windows. After that he went
from the nearby tradesmen was that an
old man and his daughter lived in the
house and kept no servants.
One-half hour after midnight, Nov. 5,
1895. DR.. John Window was returning
from a visit 70 the bedside of a patient
on Everett avenue. An irresistible i'm
pulse made him walk toward the house
with the eyes" 1.-The eyes are shut" he
muttered, as he stopped directly In front
~ Ha fr,r4
door opened and a girl rushed out. She
almost ran into Window. The Pickering
street lamp showed him a face. It was
d beautiful face, but pale and tear-wet.
It's owner might have seen nineteen years.
At the sight of Window the girl sprang
back, frightened. Then. as she saw his
face. she cried: "Oh, it's YOU" and,
seizing his hand, she said: Come"
She led him swiftly up the stairs into
the hallway and thence up three flights
Of stairs into great room. Ii was feebly
lighted. Window was dimly conscious
that some huge object occupied a large
part of the great apartment. Then ev-
erythiug else was sunk in the physician
for on lounge lay an old man gasping
for breath, but with convulsive joy on
his face.
I think my father is dying" whis-
pered the girl. He had a stroke only
few minutes ago. 1 carried him TO the
couch
a look told Window that it was a case
OF paralysis. He took flask of brandy
and was about to apply it TO the old mans
lips. The stricken man looked at him
with glittering eyes. NO brandy" he
said; '-one sight was stimulant enough.
This night 1 have seen the men on Mars.
Show him, Mary, lest he scoff-show
him."
An enthusiasm like that which lighted
the countenance Of the sufferer came into
the girls face. She turned a great chair
about. sprang into it lightly and bending
forward looked intently into a small tube.
Window turned from his patient. The
huge object by which the girl sat took
form. IT was a telescope with an OBJ
jective thrice greater than the largest he
had ever seen.
Show him, Mary"
The girl sprang from the chair with
great wonder in her face. Quick" she
said
Half believing the whole thing dream,
Window took the chair and bent over the
eye-piece Of the telescope. His senses
were staggered by what he saw. He
was looking upon a world He saw seas
and mountains even buildings. and then
men; yes living men, minute as the life
that is picked out Of the water drop by
the microscope. but still men. Window
felt benumbed. He turned to the suf-
fereT. You have solved the problems
of the universe" ne said.
Ave, so I have. /, Caleb Strong. crank,
a. the scientists call me. They made
forty-inch lenses that cost a million. and
can't see beyond the ends Of their noses
with them-the fools. l built that" and
his ewes looked at the telescope. II made
the multiple lens that science has sconed
al for ages. Each lens does IT'S work sep
aratelv. but the results come into one.
There is no limit. I can pick up a pin
or the nethcrmost star"
There was a triumph in the mans tone
and face as he continued. These small
lenses had 10 be 50 Joined that the lght
would not interrehect. Impossible, said
the wisescres. I did Il. Two years ago
Louis Gathmann just missed the secret +
II is mine and there IS the perfected
work.
Il know YOU. doctor. owe Won an ex-
PLANTATION. / came here with nay daughter
Mary and built nv telescope. The fools
hereabouts thought the objective was a
window. I dared not look al a star at
hrst fer fear of disappointment For "A
mile and a half 10 the south the ground
vas open. focused on the light in vour
library. Small though tho fame was ir
answered my purpose and Ly it proved
uy theory Of how 20 prevent lnfer-retlec- (
ton Did / see you2 Why. practically {
you were ia this room win me- At times +
7 made Mary look. though she shrauz +
from il. Tor the steady gaze hert Ia Cd
eyes. As she counted the reflections Z
adjusted the lenses. bat IT times her AZ
teltion wandered from tae EEht sac
has lived alone with ne and shared mr
tcu and rrirat-on. and sae made a friend /
o- yaI BE- yonr far-awaF lirary- when .
Z knew Z was rieht ] changed the niHgev F.
lens 10 the rooc- This alEht z have seen f
the men ol Mars. ard tomorrow. rag. ]