Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-07-07
l was about to whisper something ten
| der In her ear when she shuddered.

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We arose and walked away.
Crickenback continued to hang about
Jeanette, and l saw that with her 1t
was case of interest versus love-
wished that l might find some method
of turning the scale in my favor. l
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, 1 mean-being
able to think dispassionately about
anything concerning the winning or
the losing of the girl he loves
| met WackfOrd in London. He had
Just come over. Wackford and have
been bosom friends since we were lit
tic kids. A man in love needs some
one to talk to, and talked to Wack-
ford. / told him the whole story. He
listened to me attentively, sympathet-
ically.
What you want" he said when |
had finished, 'is some device by which
you can save the young lady from her
self--and for yourself, understand"
That's 1t exactly"
every we'll. You show me this
Crookedback, or whatever his name is,
and I'll see what I can do for you"
The very next afternoon drove with
Wackford in Rotten row, and we saw
Crickenback. You can meet anybody
that belongs to the upper classes in
Rotten row.
"Why. the fellow wears a glass eyew
said Wackford
How do you know?"
Cant l 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 it?"
Don't know. l never heard her
speak Of it,
The next time l was with Jeanette
l asked her, Did Lord Crickenback
ever speak of any misfortune, any mu-
tiIation?" '1.
mo. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, 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
lordship's glass eye.
'I don't believe It," she said.
you'd better ask him." replied
t ASK him? Do you suppose would
do that's ~~-.
Every time l saw Crickenback after
that my gaze was fastened willy nilly
ON his glass eye. wondered IL 1t had
kt.o
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 eyer"
Iadmitted that had. and Wackford
turned the subject
Whatever was the cause Lord Crick-
enback from this time seemed to be
losing ground with Jeanette. AS he
lost l gained. Then I nerked up and
played Indifferent. This was followed
by a coldness between Jeanette and
me In which shc seemed saddened, and
eventually came q reconciliation. 1
determined TO strike while the iron
was hot and made 1t a 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
was not now the season for visiting
the far south we contented ourselves
with Lake Como. While out In a boat
one evening, pulled by an Italian oars
man who could not understand Eng
lish, asked my wife to make q clean
breast OF her BART Of the coming Of
Lord Crickenback between us.
II was not in love with him." she
said. "but n title to n woman is very
tempting. thought how nice 1t would
be 70 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 n title and no love"
"You insist in knowing?"
Eyes, do"
"Well, 1t was the glass eye"
"You don't mean it,
Eyes. For my life whenever I saw
him after you told me he had glass
eye | couldn't keep from looking at 1t
whenever he was with me. At last 1t
grew so repulsive that I had to send
him away"
When he returned to London Wack-
ford called on us.
by the bye, Wack," 1 said, "by CIV
ing me the fact of Crickenback's wear
ing a glass eye you fixed ne up with
Jeanette"
"He has two now"
"What do you mean by that? Is he
stone blind?"
"No; he has left off his monocle and
mas taken on pair
| looked at Jeanette, and Jeanette
looked at me; then we smiled.
"You wanted me to suggest some
thing" said Wackford. "to break the
Crickenback spell, and gave you the
glass eye, which is synonymous with
eyegass. You owe me one"
The Prettiest Feet.
A Swiss professor named Redorta