Butte record., 1856-03-15
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Madness with a Metnod in it.

madness EEtn a 1Ee1Hod III H.
A few days since, neatly dressed
very progressing, and prettily spoken
I woman, sonWherc between sweet six
teen and twenty-five years of age,
drove up to the door of the Insane
/ Hospital, over which DR.. -, pre-
sides and inquired for that gentleman.
/ She was shown into the reception room
/ where she awaited the coming Of the
/ Doctor with an air Of aonchalqacewhich
rather fascinated the servant, who
looked upon her with eyes Of admira-
ton and unfeigned pleasure. When
left alone She amused herself-a wo-
man always will-iu gratifying her
curiosity by inspecting the various ar
ticles in the room critically and tho
roughly. The Doctor being announc-
cd, She received him with one Of those
bcwildering smiles which some women
know so well how to bcstow, and whose
influence no man Of feeling can resist.
The Doctor welcomed her with more
than his usual warmth, and soon learn
ell the object Of this visit.
She had come, she said, with q
glance full Of melancholy, and a tone
Of m0e than womanly tenderness, to
ascertain Of the Doctor, in person,
whether she could secure private quar-
tcrs for her husband, who was subject
to intense fits Of alteration Of mind,
but whose conduct towards her bitter
and cold as it was, could not alienato
ner love for him, which was the all
pervading passion Of her soul. He
had grown so violent Of late, that she
wished to have MIN secured from VIC
lcncc to himself as well as to her, land
here the charming creature wept for
some moments,) and if she made an
arrangement with the Doctor, she
urged that it should be lef,o as private
as his most secret thoughts, and her
husband beEond the scrutiny Of visit
ors, And then she said her heart
would break, she knew it would, and
wcpt bitterly and long.
The Doctor, as all who know his
kind and tender-heartedness viii rea-
div imagine, was not insensible to the
touching recital Of his visitor, and
with that frankness which always cha
ractcrises him, he promised to comply
with her wishes, to give her husband a
private apartment and bis special care;
and also shield him from the gaze Of
the curiosity seekers vino run down
public institutions.
The lady was not long in arrang-
ing terms; she was not long in express
sing her thanks, intermingled with
tears; she was not long In settling the
details Of her husbands confinement;
she was not long, in short, in taking
her leave. And as she stepped into
/ her carriage, aided by the kind hand
of the Doctor, she turned her beauti-
full face towards him, and cast upon
him a glance that was full of tender
ness and solicitude, and inspired
him anew with admiration and pity,
he carnage drove away, the DOC
tors eyes following, amid the clouds Of
dust which followed III its wake, until
it was entirely lost to view. Down to
the bridge, along the crowded thorough
fare, over the pebbled way Of Chest
nut street, to fashionable, if not the
fashionable jewelry establishment of
our city, the carriage passed, It's sweet
and solitary inmate glanclng out and
smiling within, and growing radi-
ant with q thought that requires an
other paragrap to learn.
she alighted, and glided into the
bazaar of gold and silver and precious
stones, with al the statehness Of a