The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-10-08
GL|MPSES OF
UNCLE REMUS. /"
Fun Joel Chandler Harris Had
With a False Eye.
INSTANCES OF HIS KINDNESS.
How He Bought Out a Soap vender
and Helped Printer-Amusing
Stories of His BashfuIness--Source
Of His Famous Negro Tales.

Stories of His BashfuIness--Sourc
Of His Famous Negro Tales.
Joel Chandler Harris, the author
who recently died at his home In Yves
End, suburb Of Atlanta, was known
! throughout the English reading world
I for his creation of the character OF
uncle Remus." Mr.. Harris was the
| subject of many interesting stories and
| incidents. Some OF them are herewith
related by his friend and neighbor,
Forrest Adair:
lone day Mr.. Harris little daughter
broke her doll, and her father picked
up one OF the pieces. The fragment
Harris found that a slight compress
sion OF the muscles of the face would
enable him TO easily hold the eye over
his own optic. The mirror showed
him that the thing had an uncanny
and CHASTITY look. 1t had the staring.
CLASSY appearance OF dead persons
t1ts idiiy pidNiitb h'o tANdHhiN 81
his vest pocket, he went TO town and
tried its effect upon the office boy with
so much success that he was encour-
aged TO repeat the experiment else
where. On the car going out to West
End three schoolgirls occupied seats
not far from him. They were stran-
gers, and incidentally their glances
were turned to his direction. At a IA
concealed his face, he fixed the dolls
eye In position and then lowered the
sheet, which he pretended to read with
the other eye. Suddenly there was a |
pause In the lively conservation OF the |
girls and Harris could see that they |
were gazing in horror at the wonderful
eye. They had never seen anything
like 1T. Just what 1t was they could
not tell, but II was more than they
could stand. They put their heads to-
yether and whispered and then stared
1t the horrible object 1t was too
much to be endured. The girls
that immovable, expressions
ess orb for few moments, and, with
'ery pale faces and In evident nery-
BUSINESS, signaled the conductor to stop
he ear. They were at some distance
rom their destination, but that did
lot matter. Anything to escape from
he glare OF that corpsellke eye.
IAN old lady on the car started to
SIX Harris a question. Before she had
4 ara1 thFaa no that
ideous eye. Her voice faltered and
he remainder OF the sentence was
)st. Taking her spectacles from her
ag she wiped them vigorously and
ut them ON. In the meantime the re- ,
ulsiye eye had been slyly removed.
nd MIR. Harris was smiling blandly
pom her, with his honest blue eyes
rankly meeting hers. This seemed to
uzzle the old lady more than ever Q
he rubbed her eyes, examined her ,
pectacles, and went of Into brown
Judy. No doubt she thought of con- Q
llting an oculist about the strange
lex her vision had played her. S
1.-THE dolls eye caused his possessor 4
ldleSs fun while he had It, Ere /
lently children and simple Africans a
ct on the back streets OF Atlanta an u
herwise jolly looking ruddy faced Y
an with one twlnkling eye and one a
,ad looking black orb, and their In
'herent stories of the man with the Y
II eye disturbed their home circles e.
II n little. The dolls eye was finally q
st and Harris regretted 1t greatly. Il Ii
'ver had so much fun In my life out Al
a little thing he said. tc
The members OF the Harris family II
ent most of their time Mt home, but b,
caslonally they took long summer nj
ting. leaving Uncle Remus' to hold
e fort during their absence. AT such
mes he worked hard and turned out fiji
es OF copy for his publishers. One ce
,rning when he was alone In the W
use. working on a free silver, six hi
N TO one editorial, a ring at the door oe
'turbed him. He answered the bell, so
d rather genteel looking, middle gu
ed man saluted him, offering toilet st,
up for sale at 10 cents cake or
zee cakes for quarter Annoyed 70
the interruption, Harris said rather els
iesquely that he did not need any KIN
Up. fu
But am on the verge Of starva- tn,
n said the man. wi
The ideav laughed Mr. Harris. orr
by, man, you are wearing better me
t than have IA,
You would not talk So he replied lea
a tremulous voice. II you had seen tie
v hard my poor wife rubbed and the
lshed my coat this morning so that act
uld present respectable appear
,e'
Harris then saw that the coat was
, almost threadbare, but exceeding cal
.Iaop ond naot No olano n oatn or mo