The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-18

THE OTHER SIDE.
ny NJ A fokNN
President OF the Coorers' international mon
CHAPTER NV -coNrINrEr


Richard Arhyght resolved u live Ii,
substituted castle building for grave zig
glng, and was happier. II was nov nearly
three weeks since the catastrophe. and al
ready he was able To be around Hi,
young healthy blood and strong viguruu,
constitution, coupled with the idcaIlzed Sc
renity of mind, produced by his love fol
NIda, were powerful, remedial, recuperl
tive agents, and m four weeks he va.
again at work, III new shop, that McFIlnI
and Trustgood had III the meantime. Sc.
cured and ntted mp.
When the fever reached the second stage
Oscar began to mutter lncoherently, rave
wildly, and On several occasions terrified
the good sister that attended him, by the
horrible pictures ms reiIrIum painted.
These wanderlngs usually Increased With
chs exec rbaJious Of the fever For tye
weeks he renamed suspended between lIfe
and death, standing, as 1t were, ~ the land
% ittc, hut touching the gloomy shores Of
the dead. The crisis was finally safely
passed. and the patient began tu recover
DudIly strength, but stIll he failed to rec
o4nlze even ArUysht TIC doctor, for the
nrst lev weeks, examined ms eye every
lay, and always turned away with look
that spoke volumes, were II rightly inter
preted. One day Arbyght called and found
oscar sleeping quietly. lie sal down be-
side the COt, ana watched hun eagerly.
Presently lie aWDke and louked at Arbygnt
with nXed, stony stare "Oh sad
Richard, ia a Joyous tone. r dear oscar, 1
am :" glad yru are getting better.
NM hu arr you
Who am Why, oscar, don't you
KNOW mv
You are shark without fms, and
tAO CLASSY, e1pressIUnIeSs eye turned full
upon hIm, a sharp pang darted through
ArDyghts heart ne covered ms face with
nIs hands, and groaned aloud
oscar Wood was a maniac.
An. Avian Relvason, your hideous
worA VAS we'll done htarLless, con
scIeucelyss, Avian Relvason.
FL Ar5y sht, you here ~ lie looked
uJ and sa~ the doctor
ould tO GOd / had never been here,
Jr anywhere.
The doctor nodded graveiy, and pro
ccedcd to examine his patient.
Well, my good man, how do you feel
to-day & he asked kindly.
- The s1n Of Atlas would be III heaven
Dut Tor the sharks, lie replied, with the
stDe stony stare.
II there any hope, Doctor whispered
Ideuard, husky gurgle III his throat. The
DJctOr snUOk ms head, pundered a mo
ncnt or TWO, and rephed
" Doubtful but he is young, and nature
may ia time overcome IL. OF his insanity
may assume a phase from which the mind
mn lit be aroused by some powerful physl-
Cal shock The confusion On the skull was
Tie primary cause " 1t, although 1t was
| aggravated ~ the terrible arrangement Oi
the Derl Ous ~ stem, anu the fever that fol
lowell. 1t is truly sad case.
i tie las some singular vagarles, con
| tinueu tAo DOCTOR he believes that ht
ID thc son ui Atlas, and he has an instinct
/ I'VE drl,sd uI sharks.
But .hese illusions, OF vagarIes, as tbs
| Doctor termed them, might De hypoth Il
really accounted for. Inc past was ID
completely Obhtei ated, and memory sJIl
existed, but the compass III which 1t nov
rcvOived waS. compared with its torIne
/ sphere, what the glass aquarium Is 70 th'
/ nsh taken frJIn the boundless ocean. 4
may be asked, what these things mad To Il,
| with the positive Illusions oT the maniac
| Much-slIply this Atlas has ever beei
symbOIICaI ui labor, and FAINT ginnmer
my Of tins fact undoubtedly retained
nJld Ih hls mlnd, when the past WAS s.
nearly OlOtted out, but owing to the mar
ruw clrcle Iu which memory operated, th
glnmnlerIng idea Was imVertectiy formed
| and m the salus, manner sharks p.alnsg rftu
ardly, voracI1us, treacherOus, may hav
been associated in the same mind as ty ,,Ica
OF the majority Of capitalists and beIn,
hrmly liked, 1t probably survived the gen
eral chaotic state of mind that fDliowe,
the crash 1t should not be forgotten tina
all speculatlOns On lunacy, these included
are more or less cOnjectural As soon a
Oscar strength Wound warrant, he was re
moved to JRe state Insane Asylum, a
jacksonville, a beautiful town IN a broa
expanse Of prairie, about thIrty-tEO mile
west Of Springfield There now devolve
upon Arbyght ths saddest task of hi
whole hfe-writhg an account Of tn
dreadful occurrence to Oscars mother an
sister what effect the Intelligence had
will be in due time revealed
| Lie AcbtCE u CncCk IOE Jnre
hundred dollars, the loiAt contributions {
all the union men.
The best, most potent cure for trouble
mind is work. Many grlsfs and sorrow
are chased away by he action of bus
hands. Thwarted 1--we Ia unquestionably
troubled grief, keen, 'harp-edged mlser
that severely tries the endurance of til
most stOIcal soul. Ii is cautery pointe
misery that eats the heart with teeth {
torture, not as molten STEEL. Still, thwar
ed or disappointed love will fail to kill th
man who plunges boldly, 'madly into
busy turmoil Of mental or physical labo
but with tender, fragile grl, who mop,
and pines, even amid orien al splendor,
is different. 1t in death.
Richard Arbyght worked hard durir
4 the day in the shop, and haader still du
ing the evening over book aad man
scripts. His hungry soul fed on hope, b,
there were times when black melanchoi
dependency fell upon him, eaveloped nj
d i'll night Of despair from which love an
hope had many hard struggle to ext1
cate him. He believed that Vida wou
: wait for hiin-Paul had hintei n muc
and he determined TO prove worthy of Il
sacrifice he felt she was mAkina-dsteru