The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-13
ilj5e Cczsgle VII
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The patient whose eyesight was
concentrating al my ElroteEsiolal skim
T. restore had made his weekly can
and passed ont Ny attendant threw
aside sliding door and admitted the
next patient for consultation. He was
q handsome. healthy looking young
fellow. with eyes as clear as crystal.
/ advanced, looking at him inqulrtngly.
Doctor. he said. Il wish you to
take ont nay Fight eye
what's the matter with itf'I asked,
astonished-
Nothing. but 1 wish you to take Il
cut"
II WIN per7erate no such uupro6e5-
siOual nonsense"
The young man stepped aside to q
table on which some instruments were
lying, took mp sharp pointed knife
and, holding it before his eye said:
III you VIII not take. It out pro
fessionally, wiz take It out unpro-
fessionally."
-HoldF' said, seeing that he would
surely carry out his Intention. Tel
me why you wish to lose your eye and
I win Oblige you"
II am desperately In love with
lady who has lost one Of her eyes-Gt
least the sight OF It-and she Is obliged
to wear green patch over Il The
disbursement has made her tnordinate-
~ sensitive. she positively declines to
fnlict herself on any man for NE
Instead Of inhicting HERSELF on me Tor
life she h running my lffe- II have
the same defect she cannot refuse me-
5tsI sse,'g I said. Nov, my friend.
let me give you piece OF advice In
stead of cutting out your eye, cut out.
the woman you love from your heart.
There are plenty Of women who would
be delighted to marry you"
doctor, fulfill your promise. nave
done my part in giving you my reason.
Now do your part"
I summoned an assistant, placed the
man on an operating chair, gave him
an anaesthetic, and when he came to
himself and held glass before him
he saw a green patch Instead of an
eye and felt considerable pain.
Now I said, "If you don't want
the loss OF one eye to affect the other
and leave you totally blind, don't re-
move the covering on any account.
''For how long? / must change the
patch occasionally. One won't last
forever"
sswhen 1t is too much soiled to be
worn longer. come to me. and Will
change it for you"
Every well. Your fee, doctorF
Gee? Do you suppose I would take
a Zee for manning man? IperforIn-
ed the operation to prevent your max
ing It worse"
Il am very much obliged to You.
doctor"
And the man who wished his sight
Impaired followed the man who wish
ed his sight restored.
:eSextr' I called to the attendant.
muttering to myself, what a queer
worldw
A month later when next was call
ed he proved to be the man who had
wished his eye removed He was ac-
compnnied by young lady wearing
patch similar to his. But for the patch
and the saddest face ever saw she
would have been extraordinarily
pretty.
.sDoctor.'' said the man. II have
called to ask you to change the patch,
and have brought with me the lady
on whose account I had my eye re-
moved We are soon to be married.
..Oh. doctor" she said. in a wall,
why did you do it?'
without noticing her remark / turn
ed to the man and toId him that
would cha rge his patch but in order
that no rEy of light should enter the
place where the eye had been must
darken the room. then closed the
blinds and changed his patch. When
had finished I asked She Toung lady
II il might not lie possible fo- me to
help her With her own. eye. She hest
tated and looked meauinEIy 1T her
lover. took the hint and asked him
to wait without until made an ex
animation. AS soon as he had zone the
SirI turned to me and said In despair
ing tones;
doctor. have ruined his life. When
met him I was temporarily wearing
a patch for some slight weakness In
my eye In nit OF eoquetry / told
lim what he told you. I never dream
I'd TINT he would-that he loved me so
desperately. I shall never remove my
patch, though I do not need 1t"
Il dislike" said. ito lecture WON
an, but confess that women who give
way to such feminine temptations de-
serve the puuist.n they receive anu
often do not receive"
at deserve ali and more" she moan
ed. ~ even wish l were dead"
''When are you to be marriedF
"In two weeks. VIII Sou come tn
the wedding"
Eyes. Your intended Will need q
new patch for such an important cere-
mony. / win be there in time to put
It on"
The next day 1 received the cards
and on the morning OF the wedding
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