Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-10-14
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nervous and eXcitable, unable TO keep
still through the day or to sleep at
night. This was what my jailors were
waiting for to finish their hellish pur-
pose. | was forced to take medicine
every day, and sleeping draughts at
night, until my poor brain began to
wander, and for a few weeks | w; 8
raving mad. Then they relaxed their
tortures; they had gained their end.
AS recovered my reason, my facul-
ties seemed to be sharpened, and L be-
gan to plan means for escaping. pre-
tended to be subdued and timid, and
by this means got greater liberty
But could not devise any plan for
! getting outside the hated walls and,
had it not been for trifiing accident,
[ might have been still prisoner. |
was SO quiet, and my keeper believed
me so tractable and harmless, that
when l was taken for my daily walk it
was not thought nect ssary to confine
my arms in a straight walscoat, and |
was sometimes taken for rambleS OUT
side the asylum grounds.
One day, my keeper, who was very
fond of trOut-fishing, wished to have all
/ hour or two's fishing i'll a stream few
miles distant. OF course his piscator-
ial pursuits had to be carried on with
great caution, and without the knOwl-
edge of hls master; and | was always
bound over to secresy. | was always
well pleased when fishing-day was
proposed, as these we're the only pleas
ant days had and hoped that some
day or other / might by their means
get an Oportunity of escaping.
On the morning III question we got
to the stream, after calling at friends
house for my keepers rod and tackle
and my keeper began his amusement,
making me keep close to him all the
time. As we walked along the banks
of the small river we came to a deep
pool, a favorite spot for trout, and my
keeper set to work eagerly. As he
walked gently along, keeping his eyes
intently fixed on the water in eXpecta-
tion Of a rise, his foot caught in the
root of a tree, AMI he stumbled forward
and fell head=first into the deep water:
Now was my chance; and without
waiting to see whether he could swim
ol..not | turned and fled, without
| knowing or caring in what direction |
went Towards evening found | was
within few miles of my own place,
and impeled by an inward
impulse walked towards it, intend
ing to take one last look at it before
leaving England, had often thought
over what would do when got free,
and had decided to first make good my
escaI e TO another land; and then take
means to recover my rights and punish
my brother for his unnatural con-
duct.
When I got to my house it was
dark but the new moon shed soft,
silveIy light over the familiar scenes,
and, overcome hy the sight of the
many spots endeared TO memory by
the Remembrance Of my former love
and happiness, sat down on garden
seat, and burying my face in my
hands. burst into food Of tears-the
first | had shed for years.
AS sat there | heard voices, and
had barely time to hide myself Lehtid
some bushes, when she and my brother
came down the gravel walk, arm in
arm, and sat down on the seat | had
Just left. They were talking slowly,
but | WIS so close To them that dis
tinctlv heard every word | WIS the
subject of their conversation. She Was
pleading for me.
Nd
William ," She said "Surely, nuw
there is no danger They say he is
quiet and gentle Could we not bring
him here and give him part of our
/ house, and try to lessen lis dreadful
misfortIne."
"It is like your gentle nature, dear
est wife" Was she then really this
monsters wife? But [ cannot suffer
, ! 20 I1C
| madman," =" he said in answer. at Is
true that now he is quiet; brought
, back among old scenes, with all theil
sad memories, his brain might again
fall. All, you cannot imagine how
| dangerous and determined he is when
2 excited Never will | forget his
fierce look when he stood, poker in
hand, the night we took him to the
= asylum. Had l not gone into the
next room, and, opening the door be
hind him, suddenly thrown table
1 cloth over his head, he would have
/ done mischief
Oh brother, brother!
! II often think of that dreadful time
) dearest, u she replied, shudde-ing. anc
. drawing closer to him. How youl
/ kind, tender heart must have bled fol
g him! And yet he was ever gentle II
: me and, before 1 knew you, l thought
= 1 loved him dearly.n
< 1 could not stay and listen longer
[ Another moment and | must have
} rushed forward and told her all. L fed
g Although they must have heard my
G retreating footsteps they were unable
t to see me and | made haste to leave
g the home of my fathers, never to re
: turn. Why should l disturb her hap
! piness by denouhcing the man sh,
loved and was welded 10? No,
would go, and leave her in happy ig
: | torrance.
But before doing so | would write t.
: him and warn him not to betray her
= as he had done me. / went to Liver
I pool. and finding a ship about to sal
| for Melbourne, engaged steerage pas
sage in her; paving for it by the pro
ceeds of valuable ring had on my
= finger, and of which, for wouder,
[ had not been robbed in the asylum
1 it is many years now since l left Eng
: land--how many do not know no
t do | wish to remember. My brain hai
t never recovered the treatment | re
+ ceived so long ago, and at times lost
e my reason, and have several times at
' tempted TO destroy myself hav,
: never any wish to injure others-and
2 have been four times in the Yarr;
, Bind but with kind, judicious treat
ment-very different from what | re-
ceived in the private asylum-I hav'
/ always soon recovered and been dis
charged.
} A kind friend-the only person VIII
knows who | am and where 1 am-of
? ten writes to me, and through him
hear that my brother is kind HUSBAND
5 to her whom l shall love better that
/ anything on earth, He has given VI
| all his evil ways, and is one of tn
l most respected men of his country,
justice of the peace, and great promo
ter of charitable institutions.
The Platform of the COnserva
+ tive Party.
e We, the representatives of the Conser
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