Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26

that on this spot Lady Jane Grey.
Catharine Howard and others were
! executed"
We arose and walked away.
Crtckenback continued to hang about
Jeennette. and I saw that with her II
was case of interest versus love. I
wished that might find some method
Of turning the scale In my favor.
have usually been considered to have
about me something of that resource
for which we Americans are distin-
! guished. but who ever heard of a man
In love--really in love, mean-being
able to think dispassionately about
anything concerning the winning or
the losing Of the girl he loves.
b met Wackford in London. He had
just come over. wackford and / have
! been bosom friends since we were lit
| tie kids. A man In love needs some
one to talk to. and I talked to wack-
ford. told him the whole story. He
listened to me attentively. sympathet.
| ically.
what you want" he said when. I
had finished. SIS some device by which
you can save the young lady from her
| seIf--and for yourself, understand
That's it exactly"
VERY well. You show me this
| Crookedback, or whatever his name Is.
and I'll see what can do for you"
| The very next afternoon I drove with
Wackford in Rotten row, and we saw
Cr1ckenback. You can meet anybody
that belongs to the upper classes In
Rotten row.
why. the fellow wears glass eyer
| said Wackford
How do you know"
Cant tell the difference between
glass and real eye? OF course can.
There-see the sun shining on it. Do
| you suppose he has told her about itT'
Don't know. never heard her
| speak of it."
The next time I was with Jeanette
| I asked her, did Lord Crickenback
ever speak Of any misfortune, any mu-
tilation?"
mo. Why do you ask?"
ooh. nothing; at least nothing that
| it's my business to tell you"
81 insist upon knowing"
demurred for awhile, then told her
what Wackford had said about his
Iordship's glass eye.
"I don't believe IT," she said.
You'd better ask him." replied.
"Ask him? Do you suppose would
do that?'
Every time saw Crickenback after
that my gaze was fastened willy nilly
on his glass eye. wondered If 1t had
the same effect on Jeanette. asked
Wackford when he was going to give
me the device he had referred to, and
he replied:
Don't know Did you tell her about
his glass eye"
I admitted that had. and wackford
turned the subject.
Whatever was the cause. Lord Crick-
enback from thfs time seemed to be
losing ground with Jeanette. AS he
lost I gained Then perked up and
played Indifferent. This was followed
by a coldness between Jeanette and
me In which she seemed saddened, and
eventually came a reconciliation.
determined to strike while the iron
was hot and made It condition Of my
forgiveness for her detection from me
to Crickenback that we should be mar
ried at once.
We were married in London, Wack-
ford being my best man. / insisted
on a wedding trip to Italy, but since IL
was not now the season for visiting
the far. south we contented ourselves
with Lake Como. While out in boat
one evening, pulled by an italian oars
man who could not understand Eng
lish, I asked my wife to make clean
breast of her part Of the coming OF
Lord Crickenback between US.
81 was not in love with him." she
said, ''but title TO woman is very
tempting thought how nice it would
be to be called Lady Crickenback and
to be introduced to the real English
nobility"
and why didn't you do it," asked.
Because I loved you. Of course"
How did you happen to come to
decision that you would rather have
be and love than a title and no lover
"You insist in knowing?
YES. do
well, it was the glass eye"
"You don't mean it,
Yes. For my life whenever saw
him after you told me he had glas$
eye couldn't keep from looking at II
whenever he was with me. At last &
grew so repulsive that had TO senS
him away"
When he returned to London Wack
ford called on us.
by the bye, Wack," said, by Civ
ing me the fact of Crickenback's wear
ing glass eye you fixed me up with
Jeanette"
''He has two now"
"what do you mean by that2 Is he
stone blind?''
"No; he has left OF his monocle and
has taken on a pair"
/ looked at Jeanette. and Jeanette
looked at me; then we smiled.
you wanted me to suggest some
thing" said wackford, ito break the
Crickenback spell, and gave you the
glass eye, which is synonymous with
eyeglass. You owe me one"