Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-12-05
From the Phiiadelphia Times.l
ANOTHER sELL-IADHESS, AND A
METHOD IN IT.

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up to the door Of the Insane Hospital,
over which Dr. presides, and en-
quired for that gentleman. She was
ushered into the reception room. where
she awaited the coming of the Doctor
with an air Of nonchalanc5 which rather
lacinated the servant, who looked upon
her with eyes OF admiration and unfeign-
ed pleasure. When lef. alone she amused
herseli--a woman always will in graf
flying her curiosity by inspecting the
various articles in the loom critically and
thoroughly. The Doctor being announ-
ced, she received him with one Of those
bewildcring smiles which some women
know so well how to bestow, and whose
influence no man of feeling can resist
The Doctor welcomed herwith more than
his usual warmth, and soon learned the
object of her visit
She had come, she said, with a glance
full Of melancholy, and tone of more
than womany lenderre ess, to ascertain
OF the Doctor, in person, whether she
could secure private quarters for her
husband, who was subject to intense fits
of alteration of mind. but whose conduct
towards her, bitter and cruel as it was,
could not alienate her love for him which
was tie all pervading passion of her
scul. He had grown so violent Of late,
that she wished to have him secured
from violence to himself as well as to
hsr, (and here the charming creature
Wept for some moments. and if she
could make an arrangement with the
Doctor, she urged that it should be kept
as private as his most secret ii oughts,
and her husband beyond the scrutiny of
visitors. And then she said her heart
would break, she knew it would, and
wePt bitterly and long.
The Doctor, as all who know his kind
and tender heartedness, will readily i'm
agine, was not insensible to the touching
recital of his visitor. and with that frank
ness which always characterizes him,
he promised to comply with her wishes,
to give her husband private apartment
and his special care ; and also to shield
him from the gaze of curiosity seekers
who run down public Inst tutions.
The lady was not long in arranging
terms she was not long in expressing
her thanks, inle-mingled with tears !;
she was long in settling the details Of
her husbands confinement she vas not
long, in short. oftaSing her leave. And
as she stepped into her carriage, aided
by the kind h md of the doctor, she
turned her beautiful face towards him,
and cast upon him glance that was
full of tenderness and solicitude, and in
spired him anew with admiration and
pity.
The carriage drove away, the doctors
eyes following. amid the clouds of dust
which followed in its wake, until it was
entirely lost to view. Down to the
bridge, along the clowdtd d thoroughfare,
over the pebbled way of Chestnut street,
to fashionable, if not the fashionable
jewelry establishment of our city, The
carriage passed, its sweet and solitary
inmate glancing out and smiling within,
and growing radiant with thought that
requires another paragraph to learn.
She alighted, and glided irto the ba-
zaar of gold and silver and precious
stones, with all the stateliness of a queen.
One or two of the gentlemanly attend
ants ran to learn her wish. She wanted
to select a set of silver ware, not too
elaborate in design of workmanship. nor
nor vet too plain, something neat. taste
full and beautiful. The various pat
terms were shown, and a set valued at
$500 was selected by The lady Of the
stately tread. She desired the articles
put up, biz made out, and she would
settle it. Her wishes were complied
with, and the lady took out her elegant
porte monnaie, but alas there were but
about $40 ia it. She had picked up her
wrong porte monnaie, she said, with be-
wi,ching sweetness, and she was vexedi
at her stupidity. She. however, could
arrange it. She was the wife of Dr.,
the principal physician of the Insane
Hospital, and she desired her attendant
to accompany her TO that place, when
she would pay him at once. Who could
resist such request from beautiful
request spoken as much with
the eyes as the voice? Not the clerk,
certainly.
The two got into the carriage together,
and back it whirled TO the Hospital
The lady jumped from the carriage, and /
was warmly greeted by the doctor, who
was at the entrance.
Doctor, this is my husband" said
she, with an ar at once sweet and sor
rowfuI.
The poor attendant started. He was
struck aghast He could not fathom her
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