Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-04-10

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peal was never made for, in few short
weeks, he fell victim to the fever of the
climate. The tutor by kind of right, re.
mnined with the orphans; and willingly
did | strive to sustain the courage of the be-
reaved young heart of my betro,hed with
the promises of unchangng love.
''Judge P had been supposed to be
very wealthy; but, like many other men,
when the day of settlement came, he had
bequca,hed TO his orphans more debts than
means 10 liquidate them, so that my betroth-
ed was pennyess. No one had been made
aware that we were plighted, that we loved;
Int God Ind heard orr promise, get IMen
forgot thaf. Forced again TO depend upon
myself for support, and badled in hopes Of
securing fortune by marriage with the
daughter OF Judge P, had no idea of
burdrning myself with new charge which
would tetter me to the ills of that poverty
with which ! had already struggled so
stubbornly which had made me selfish and
crushed, with its iron heel, all the noble
impulses of my soul, permitting liberty on
ly the sordid and base aspirations for gold.
"As no one knew of my engagement
with Mary P, had no popular opinion
TO combat there was nothing TO bind me
but simple pledge, which could be easily
broken. Yet that pledge had been given
it was registered in heaven, and now stands
there against me Without even a fare
well, l lett --- for farther south, in
hopes Of obtaining another situation. For
two tedious, weary years, | Travelled and
taught by turns: but there was no longer
any rest for me. From the hour | left
until this hour, God only knows the
misery have endured. Awake, tine image
of the deceived and deserted one was ever
before my eyes, and would start from my
sleep with the sound of that familiar voice
ringing in my ears IN mercy, sparen
cat last | could endure this torture no
longer; l must 90 mad il / did it. l deter
mined TO return again, redeem my promise,
and give peace 20 my heart; for had now
been convinced that there is no peace for
that heart in which dwellS the consciousness
of deep injury wlfully inflicted. did re-
turn; but where was my betrothed then,
think you The inmate of lunatic asy-
lum, and pronounced, too, incurable =
When | stood before her, with her hand
claspeG in mine, and called up all the men,
ories that were deeply craven in my own
heart when l pressed my lips upon her
pale forehead, or wet her cheek with my
tears, the wild laugh of the maniac was
my only. answer; and an imbecHe shouted
in my ears the name Of 'Crazy Mary
The time, from that hour to this, has been
spent by me in my efforts to master the in
trICacieS Of that science which alone holds
out for me- a hope that I may be able TO re-
store the reason which my basencss has de-
throned. For that purpose am | here and
now, by the memory Of our old friendship,
| beg of you to aid me-"
] promised him that would do so and,
from that day, the subject of insanity be-
came our study. Not book which treat
ed the subject was unperuSed; and even
the old authors, whose theories had been
long since exploded, We're searched by him
in hopes that some hint might be discover
ed which would lead to the detection of
the seat of altered function. He imagined
that, if it were found, the cure would be
easy.
With this view, the brains OF the depart
ed must necessarily be examined, and night
after night did ! sit with him in the dis
secting-room, in the fourth story OF the
University building, amid the mass of fresh
and hai-dissected carcasses, ourselves alone
there, with our solitary night-lamp she'd
ding lis feeble light, only Sufficiently dis
tinct TO mark the outlines, or, perhaps, the
features of the outstretched corpses. Often
did ] sit with him there until the State
House Clock had tolled the midnight hour,
and until, up from Chestnut or Market
Street, ascended TO Us the sound of the
wa'chman's cry, ''Past twelve O'Clock"
The lecture session terminated, and again
we parted; be with his gathered know
ledge on his mission of love, and l for my
new home in the far West.
(ConclHded ne1t lgeek,)