THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURd, PA THE MAN WITH THE GLASS EYE By Charles Playfalr. Chapter I a primitive, on t-of-t he-world IN 1 Norwegian Bkyds station, about ono hundrod miles north of the snow- 'ppcd Jottinhelms, my companion jrlng three wet days was Hans ' arsen, a young professor of Chrls ' anla I'nlverslty. We were driving ! y carriole In opposite directions he out.h to tho capltnl, and I north to Throndhjem. We were the only travellers, Hnd, shut up In the lonely posthouse for three days, It was but natural that we Should exchange views upon life In general, and discover that our Ideas were Identical on many points. On the fourth day, when the sun shone nualn, we grasped each other's hand In farewell; not, however, he fore I had promised to call on hlin when I returned to the capital on my way to England. It was six weeks before the wheels of my carriole rattled over tho un even cobbles of Chrlstlanla, and on the evening following my arrival ! took train for Hygdo, a pleasant sub urb overlooking the picturesque Fjord, to find my friend. It was al ready dark when I alighted, but the chief of the .rural Rtatlon directed ine to Larsen's house, which, ho said, was a small white cottago near the water. Built, like most Norwegian houses, of plno logs, It stood secluded and isolated, facing the Fjord. There was no light In the window, and the wooden porch was so dark that hi feeling for the knocker I placed my hand upon the flap of what was evi dently the letter box, producing n loud rattling and causing me to start. I was passing my hand over tho woodwork In search of the knocker, when the door was suddenly thrown violently open, a hand grapsed my shoulder and I was dragged Into a dark passage. The door was closed Quickly; then a woman's soft baro arms were thrown around my neck, hot, fervid kisses were rained upon my head and face, while a voice murmured In my ear the words In English: "Returned at last! My love! So many months I have been waiting! Oscar! My own " The remainder of the sentence .a lost In a terrible shriek. The '" : e arms loosened their hold upon neck and a body fell to the floor .'.'a a thud! I stood motionless In horror. The awful Intensity of the darkness un nerved me. Had the woman who had caressed me so affectionately been struck down? Dendlng down to the body that lay at my feet, I listened eagerly. My strained ears caught only the sound of heavy breathing and an occasional gasp. Again I bent down. My fingers came Into contact with something wet and warm. No light was required to tell me It was blood! I shouted for help, but my voice echoed weirdly through the house, ftnd no one stirred. ' Just at that mo ment, however, there was the click of a key In the door, and some one entered. "A light!" I cried. "Quick! This lady has fainted!" The newcomer, uttering a cry of surprise, pushed past me, presently returning with a lamp. Upon the floor In a pool of blood lay a hand some girl with a wisp of dark brown hair straying across her blanched Cheek. "What have you done to my daughter?" gasped the woman In alarm. "Help me to raise her. I will tell you all afterward," I said. We carried the unconscious girl Into a sitting room, and I remained while her mother went for medical assistance. The doctor, upon examination, found a curious triangular wound In her back, evidently Inflicted with a strangely-shaped but exceedingly keen knife. In the darkness she had been struck down by an unknown hand. I remained an hour, until the doc tor, assurng us that the wound would not prove fatal, departed. Then the elder woman followed me to the door, and I told her all I knew. "I have not the pleasure of know ing your name," she said. "Mine Is Tremayne. Will you will you prom lee to keep our secret? Remember no one must know of this extraordi nary affair no one. Do not mention the matter even to your dearest friend, for scandal would result, und my daughter Eve would be the suf ferer." - I promised secrecy, and left. To pek Larsen at that hour was, I con sidered, not desirable, for the weather had ohanged and a dense fog overhung everything. Therefore I groped my way toward Bygdo sta tion. I had not gone far before I became conscious that some one was walking about a hundred yards be hind. I quickened my pace, when, to my surprise, the heavy shuffling steps also hurried. Suddenly I stopped, grasped the swordoane I oarrlnd and waited. Nearer the footsteps came, until I confronted my pursuer. Time has not dimmed the memory of that moment. In the darkness I could Just distinguish a countenance hideously distorted, the face of a de mon more than of a man. One eye flashed and rolled, the other was fixed in a calm, stony stare. It was of glass! The man, who grasped me by the shoulder roughly, ground his teeth, and gave vent to a fierce growl. Then he cast me from him as If in con temptuous disgust, and disappeared in the darkness. Chapter II On the afternoon of the next day I returned to Rygdo. Mrs. Tremayne welcomed me warmly, and so did the Invalid. As she lay with her hair falling over the pillow, her dark eyes peored up Into mine, and In a weak voice she thanked me sincerely for saving her life. I assured her that I had done nothing, as the blow had been struck so suddenly and mys teriously that I had no opportunity of protecting her. But she repeated her words of thanks, and her white hands grasped mlno and held them for a moment. She was undeniably beautiful. My friend Larsen was away moun taineering in Ttelemarken. Never theless, I did not return to England. How frequently I called at Mrs. Tro mayne's suburban retreat, or of tho happy, halcyon days I spent there, during Eva's convalescence, I need say nothing. Before long we were engaged to be married. Whenever I askd her for explanation of tho events that terrible night, she would shudder and simply reply. "I was stabbed!" Of the cause I could learn nothing. One day, accompanied by Mrs. Tre ranynn, we had driven to Sundvolden, a little village overlooking the Tyrl FJord. We had made the ascent of the rocky Krogkleven by mules, and Rpent the evening watching the sun disappearing behind the snow-crowned dausta. It had turned chilly, and the mists were rising before we com menced to descend. Our way lay down a steep, winding sueter-track that ran through a dark forest of pines, and then we entered a narrow gorge where the birch trees met over head and the mountain torrent splashed down noisily. With careful steps, our mules Jogged along; but It was so dark wo could scarcely distinguish anything. I was riding a little behind, when I suddenly felt conscious of some un known danger. A second later I saw the figure of a mnn laboriously toll ing upward. He paused, peering In quisitively into my face. I started involuntarily and held my breath. His features were distorted by an expression of intense hatred, his his teeth showed even mid white in a cruel, hard mouth, the line between his eyebrows was deep, the cheeks sunken and sallow. Every line of the forbidding-looking countenance was already graven indelibly upon my memory. It was the Man with the Glass Eye! He passed, and in a moment was lost in the darkness. "Did you see that man?" I aBked my companions when I came up to them. "What man?" asked Eva. "Why, the man who Just passed by. He had a horribly ugly face." "I saw no man," she replied, laughing. "You must have been mis taken." "But I saw him plainly. He halted and stared as we passed," I said, feeling convinced that she, too, had noticed him. "I saw no one," Mrs. Tremayne exclaimed, and I felt half inclined to believe that I had only seen the sinister-faced man in imagination, that the sudden feeling of Insecurity I had experienced had conjured up a reminiscence of that terrible night Eva uttered some words In Nor wegian to her mother, and thea, turning to me, asked: "What sort of man was he?" "He was Ill-dressed, pale, thin, and looked like a tramp. He had a glass eye." "A a glass eye!" she gasped, in a harsh, strained voice, as Mrs. Tre mayne also uttered an exclamation of amazement. "Are you absolutely certain?" "I am positive It was of glass." "Perhaps he was a thief," she said. "Possibly we have had a fortunate escape. We were foolish to remain on the summit so long." Chapter III Eighteen months had passed, and I had at last Induced Eva and her mother to come to London. One winter's evening I entered the train for Ealing, where they wero staying with friends, flung myself into a corner of a second-class car riage Just as the guard blew his whistle. A moment luter, while the train was In motion, the handle rat tled, and the door flew oen to ad mit another passenger. Without glancing at him, I pulled tin evening paper from my pocket and rend. It was the third week In I)iocm ber, and the weuther was detestable. Driven against the windows by vio lent gusts of wind, the rain showered like hailstones upon the panes. Suddenly my attention was at tracted toward my fellow passenger, who roBe and crossed quickly toward no, uttering strange, unintelligible sounds. I looked up, and saw, to my hor ror, the man with the glass eye! A fierce fire of murderous hatred leaped from his one living eye as he raised his bony hands toward my throat. I felt the touch of his sinewy fingers upon my nock. Then I struggled. It was for life. Evading bis grasp at last, I sprang to Jny feet, and, drawing the sword from the cane I parried, stood ready for a second attack, "You shall die!" he arowled. dart. Ing to the opposite side of the car riage and opening the door, then re- turning to me. I saw his Intention to throw me out upon the rails. I anew well that my strength would De nothing against his. Grinning hideously, the man pounced on me and wrenched the blade from my grnsp. His fingers met around my throat; then, with the physical agony, my superstitious aread or tho man vanished, and I grappled with him, rending his shab by clothes to shreds and tearing hta nesn in the paroxysms of pain. The open door flapped backward with the oscillations of the train, and we swayed to and fro, gradually nearlng it. He had his back toward it, yet my efforts seemed to have no effect, until, taking htm off his guard, I suddenly exerted my whole strength, wrenched his hands from my throat, and flung him from me. He staggered backward with an oath upon his llpn, and a second later I was alone In the compartment. Hardly realizing what I had done, I closed the door, Just an an express rushed on Its way to London, and a few minutes later the train drew up at Ealing, where I alighted. Need I say how anxiously I scanned tho pa pers the following day? They con tained a few lines headed, "Shocking Discovery," nnd I learned that the body had been found but so mutila ted by a train as to bo unrecogniza ble. A description of his dress was circulated, and stress was laid on the fuct that one of his eyes was arti ficial. Eagerly I watched the reports of the Inquest, but no one camo for ward to Identify him, and the Jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Eva and I were married, nnd had taken up our abode In a pretty villa at Sandgate. Six months afterward, as we were sitting together by the open window In the summer twilight, she took my hand In hers suddenly, saying, "Jack, do you remember that It Is Just two nnd a half years ago since we first met?" "Yes, I had not forgotten," I said, for, strangely enough, the curious circumstances of that first meeting had recurred to me only a few houra before. "It was remarkable that we should meet at a moment when I almost lost my life," she continued. "Yet the secret Is even more strange." "The secret! What do you mean?" I asked. It was, Indeed, an extraordinary story of love and suffering that she related. It appeared that, five years before, Eva was engaged to marry Oscar Larsen, brother of my friend Hans, and a rising young member of the Storthing. They were extremely fond of each other, but as the mar riage day approached Oscar's friends were alarmed to notice that his man ner and actions were eccentric and mysterious. Doctors were consult ed, and they all agreed that It was lunacy. Quickly homicidal symptoms developed, and Instead of marriage and a bright future his friends were compelled to have him confined In an asylum in tho vicinity. Eva was broken hearted, but a year afterward he was discharged as perfectly harmless, and on his re turn to his brother's house a keeper was engaged for him. He still retained his love for Eva, but It was the maudlin affection of Idiocy, and sometimes when he could evade the vigilance of the man responsible for his well being he would visit her, but only under cover of darkness, because he entertained a dread of being recognised. To humor him, Eva arranged that he should rattle the letter box when he called, and she would, if at homo, open the door to receive him. Thus all was explained. On the eventful night I had unwittingly given the signal, and Bhe had wel comed me affectionately, believing me to be her demented lover. The maniac must have previously gained access to the house from the rear, and, enraged at seeing her throw herself into my arms, he struck the murderous blow. He met me later in the fog with the inten tion, no doubt, of taking my life. Afterward, believing that I had stol en Eva's affections, he would have killed me had I not acted unhesitat ingly In self-defense. I listened to Eva's story without uttering a word. "He lost his eye while shooting," she said in conclusion, "and the doctors substituted a glass one. It is most remarkable, too, that he dis appeared mysteriously about a fort night before our marriage, and has not since been heard of." I agreed It was strange, for I saw no necessity to increase her pain by telling her of the tragic end of "The Man with the Glass Eye." Trapping ait Embezzler, After embezzling a large sum be longing to a New South Wales firm, a tuan suddenly disappeared. De tective Hlckey of Sydney was sent after him and, after touching at dif ferent ports in Europe, India, Amer ica, France, Holland, Canary Inlands and the West Indies, effocted the ar rest at Santiago, Cuba. Detective and prisoner then travelled to Eu rope. When they arrived at Sydney the officer had travelled 82,000 miles and occupied nine months in his mission. Of all European cities Rome has most frequently been In the hands of Enemies. It has been entered and narked more than forty times sine BOO B. C. THE V1RTIR OP LKANXES9. A Parisian Writer Regards Hliorl People With Suspicion. "Let me have men about me that are fat," Shakespeare makes Ceasar say to Mare Anthony, when confiding to him his mistrust of the "lean and hungry" Cnsslns. But, according to a Parisian writer, It Is the fat peoplH who should be regarded with most suspicion. He has just written a hook to prove that an abundance of adipose tissue In man or woman, far from Indicating a frank, honest, gen erous disposition, often serves as a mask for rascality and cunning. Ho rites numerous examples from con temporaneous French criminal an nals to support his contention that tho most successful swindlers are generally fat people, and that thel victims among the lean are legion. Mine. Ouerin Cesbron, tho herlone of the fraudulent matrimonial nsrency which furnished Parisian sensation, Is as rotund as a beer bar tel. Mme. Thereso Humbert, whose phantom millions long enabled her to rovel In the most costly luxuries, Is another of his examples of embon point, combined with dishonesty. Houlalne, the banker, who was gifted with such rare talents for transferring mono from other people's pockets Into his own, wns a mnn of aldermanlc proportions. According to the French nuttier, not only are fat folk moro likoly la bo dishonest than thin ones, but their obesity renders It easier for them to perpetrate frauds. This he says, la because of tho mistaken nodon that rotundity of figure Is nil Indication that Its possessor has it clear conscience; whereas In moj cases, It is the result of dealing dip honestly with one's stomach. On the other hand, the loan person, h contends, Is naturally less disposed to be dishonest, nnd because of tlx! suspicion which his slim flgunl arouseB, finds It hnrder to enrry out financial swindles on a large scale. Garment Nuppiirtcr. Inventors seem especially anxlou I to produce trouser hangers, coa( hangers, clothes presser, etc., fit' tho benefit of the fastidious menibel of the male sex, but they havd utterly forgotten to attempt anything in this line for the fulrer sex. W'o-i men are more careful with their clothes than men, and are equally anxious to procure devices which will keep their garments In shapn when not in use. A resident of Leipzig, Germany has observed this Skirt Supporter, absence of garment supporters for women and has designed the one shown in the illustration. It con stats of an arm pivoted in a bracket on the wall or door. Suspended by a hook on the free end of the arm Is a foldable ring, from which skirt and petticoats can be supported and prevented from creasing, as they in variably do when placed In chests or bureau drawers. Vulgarity and Sex. Vulgarity, again. Is certainly torn rooner among men than women; and. Indeed when a woman Is vulgar, she Is apt to display the quality In high perfection. The reason why it Is rare among women Is that the emo tional nature Is stronger among wo men than among men; and thus, where men are ambitious, fond of displaying power, of recognition, wo men are sympathetic, tender, affec tionate subtle; they value relations with others more than perform ances they encourage and console, because they are Interested in the Tcrson who desires sympathy more than In the alms which he nourishes. If one's main Interest In life Is in the personalities that surround one. ono Is not likely to be tempted by vulgarity; because the essence, again, of vulgarity is that it tends to affix on altogether fictitious value to material things. A man who pur sues wealth, comfort, power, posi tion, is always in danger of vul garity. Atlantic Monthly. Home Remedies. 3evore sore throut Is often relieved by sipping sweetened water in which there is a pinch of cayenne pepper. 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