Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
He is not laboring under suioids

He is not laboring under suioida
mania. -
His impulse is real, and will hav'
fatal results.
Confinement in an asylum woult
have no curative effect.
Then I took down my books bearin,
upon anatomy of the humea head.
The next morning I addressed hin
thus:
"Before answer you az. TO whethe
you would be justified before God
under the impulse you have told me of
in taking your own life to save that O
another, you must answer me severa'
questions.
$50 on" he said. sa..s.s-:> ..:s
When you consulted thona doctor
did you tell them all that you haet
told me2
mo. I did not dare. said that ]
had horrible thoughts and cravings,
but without entering into detail as tc
what they were. Once went so far az
to say that I feared I was becoming
dangerous, aud the fool smiled
Good. Did they ever speak o1
searching for that ball2 ~
Eyes, they said it might be the
cause of my sufferings, supposing il
had lodged near the brain, but that no
one would take the responsibility o1
searching for it-so to speak-in the
DARK
They were right-the operation
might kill you and the ball not be
found after all.
he looked up, and the dull defect.
ed look that had become habitual
passed from his face.
And even if it were found, went on,
it's extraction might cause you death
all the same.
He laid his hand on my arm, and
tried to speak but could not.
Still it would give you a chance
just chance of more than life. His
grasp frightened. I could feel his
heart beating. And submitting to
such IN operation, almost hopeless
though it be, would not be quite sui
eide.
He fell Oh his knees and sobbed like
child.
"Youll do it " he cried, "God AL.
mighty bless you ! You'll do it,"
"well," said my friend, lighting a
fresh cigar, s" to make my story short,
I did it, with the assistance of young
surgeon whose nerve I could trust. We
found that miserable piece of lead near
where had suspected it to be. It was
just case of touch and go. Had my
knife wavered twice the breadth of its
own edge-had the assistant been un-
steady with the forceps it would have
been fatal. I don't want to appear vain
of my success, SO I'll say no more than
this--hc recovered"
And hasn't killed anybody?
No and doesn't want to.
By Jove! wouldn't be too sure of
that. Aud so the girl he wanted to
murder married the major2
She did.
Then if L were her husband I'd take
precious good care that your Interest,"
ing patient didn't come into the same
state with her.
My dear fellow, if you were her hus.
band you'd do exactly as her husband
does.
"Does he know?"
"None better"
"And doesn't care2
"Not q bit"
"Then he's a brute!"
You'd better tell him so-here he
comes"
"Does she know9" .
"She does"
"And she's not afraid?"
"No."
zone other question. Does your
country q"
"He does"
"In what state Z"
"This state"
"Near here9"
Every near"
"Then, with all possible Difference
to our friend the Major, I think he is
very foolish. We're I in his place I
should soy, Ny good sir, admit that
the ball from which you suffered SO
long cannot get back into the brains,
but 1 am by no means sure that the
ideas it engendered may not return.
At any rate your presence near myyife
is l1kely to- mako her nervous, and I
appeal to you as gentleman TO-. locate
yourself in some other part of the
country. If you do. SO / shall have
the highest respect for you; if you do
not, and ever have the misfortune to
pass within mile of my house, the in
terror OF your skull will become more
intimately acquainted than ever with
lead in the usual form.'"
every neatly put" said the doctor,
"but our friend does not think of COM
mitting suicide now"
Mercy, Doctor!" I cried, "you
don't mean to say that the man who
wanted to murder our Majors wife is
is"
'The Major: himself. Yes, sir. -
Temple Bar.