Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-11-28
From the Philadelphia rimtsl 77
Another Sell-Madnsss, and Ksthod In Il.

On Wednesday last, a neatly dressed, very pre-
possessing, and prettily spoken woman, some
where between sweet sixteen and twenty five
years of age, drove up to the door of the Insane
Hospital, over which DR.. - prcsides, and en-
quired for that gentleman. She was ushered in
to the reception room, where she awaited the
coming of the Doctor with on air of soneAdlance
which rather fascinated the servant, who looked
upon her with eyes Of admiration and unfcigned
pleasure. When left alone she amused herself
woman always within gratifying her curiosity
by inspecting the various articles in the room
critically and thoroughly. The Doctor being an
wildering smiles which some women know so
well how to bestow, and whose influence no man
of feeling can resist. The Doctor welcomed her
with more than his usual warmth and soon learn
ed the object Of his visit.
She had come, she said, with glance full of
melancholy, and a tone of more than womanly
tenderness, 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 ALLEVIATE
her love for him, which was the all pcrvading
passion of her soul. lie had grown so violent of
late, that she wished to have him secured from
violence to himself as well as to her, land here
and if she could make an arrangement with the
Doctor, she urged that it should be kept as pri-
vate as his most secret thoughts, and her hus
band 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 ten
der heartedness will readily imagine, was not in
sensible to the touching recital of his visitor, and
with that frankness which always characteriZcs
him, he promised to comply with her wishes, to
give her husband n private apartment and his
special care; and also to shield him from the gaze
Of curiosity seekers who run down public Insti-
tutiOns. . -
The lady was not long in arranging terms;
she was not longin expressing her thanks, in
termingled with tear; she not long in settling
the details of her husbands confinement; she
was not long, in short, of taking her leave
And as she stepped into the carriage, aided by
the kind hand of the doctor, she turned her
beautiful face towards him. and cast upon him a
glance that full of tenderness and solicitude,
and inspired him anew with admiration and pity.
The carriage drove away the doctors eyes
following, amid the clouds of dust which fol-
lowed in its wake, until it was entirely lost to
view. Down to the bridge, along the crowded
thoroughfare, over the pebbled way of Chestnut
street, to a fashionable, if not the fashionable
passed, its sweet solitary inmate CHANGING out
and smiling within, and growing radiant with a
thought that requires another paragraph to
learn.
r. She alighted and glided into the bazaar of
gold and silver and precious stones, with all the
statcliness of a queen. One or two Of the gen
tlemanly attendants ran to learn her WISH She
wanted to select set of silver ware, not too
elaborate in design of workmanship. nor yet
too plain, something neat, tasteful and beautiful
The various patterns were shown, and set val
ucd at $500 was selected by the lady of the
stately tread. She desired the articles put up.
a hill made out, and she would settle it, Her
wishes were compiled with, and the lady took
out her elegant port nonnaie, but alas! there
were but about $40 in it. She had picked up
her wrong port mOnnaie, she was veSed at her
stupidity. She, however, could arrange it. She
was the wife of DR.. -, the principal physi-
clan 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 a request from beautiful woman-a
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 greet
ed by the doctor, who was at the entrance.
doctor, this is my husband" said she, with
an air at once sweet and sorrowful. -.
The poor attendant started. He was struck
aghast. He could not fathom her meaning
"What did you say, madam" he stanmcred,
as be best could, what did you say"
doctor, this is my husband, please take him
in charge" ~ z -~,.sf .ssE2 IS =
''The devil madam I'm not your husband,
what do you mcan?" ..,..-g... ...
Bursting into tears she sobbed aloud He
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Doctor, ifyou have pity in your soul, secure him
and save yourself and me from violence
In vain the poor little fellow attempted to ex-
plain. He was hurried along the corridor and
into room, and confined securely-the woman
all the while following close behind weeping az
though her heart would break. The Doctor and
the lady returned to the reception room, and the
latter, after giving the other an outline of the
peculiarties of her alleged husbands attacks, to-
gether with some directions in reference to the
care she desired to have bestowed upon him, she
left, promising to come again in few days.
And away whirled the carriage, the silver ware,
and the lady; neither of which has been heard
Of since. 20
49, The poor attendant was confined three DAYS
before any one about the establishment could be
induced to convey letter to his employers,
who. all the time suspecting his honesty,
and preparing to advertise him in the ncwspa-
pers. Upon the receipt of the letter it did not
take them long TO discover that they had been
sold most brilliantly; and upon their appearance
at the hospital, it did not take the Doctor long
to discover he he had been sold decidedly; the
poor attendant was satisfied, upon his arrival at
the hospital that he had been sold most sorrow-
fully indeed. And here. we think we will end
the story, which has been talked over in fashion
able circles for the past three or four days with
many hearty laugh. Way 81
The following banks were thrown out in Bos-
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