, 1874-10-31

AGES.
aon. I1e ooult, only lind tho latter. very hard,
gold woman who said That tlio hhoeK ,s1,, OF hs ,ls
hts ,rcaaon, and ho wns now nndor tront-
mont. " In an aByIum which Blo trusted was bnt-
tor guarded than onra," sho kindly remarked;
anu ne Tor nlaa Anala. :" it was mattor ol pro.
found indifference to her wlaat hal boco1no OF
neyor did.
As got bettor md stronger had ono purpose
iiAoa and certain, which waH this: would fol-
out what Ind boooIno Of her; would ascertain
tho {. on'i OF TINT myAtorY. Something told mo
1nas tlils Waa no oaso Of worthcssncas or ordina-
r. atHeeps'oni ,,o,, It waa my1toroun CIR
etato OF thinga whfcl: needed clearing up,
md out of which AnnB would como With living
colorH.
But ms began to got wall became tie VIC
tim Of q distressing mental lallucinasion, be-
gan To Bec Anais,- ITO imngino 1saw her; to think
Bomo waving shawl, aomo quickly fitting gar-
mont was hors;. II my .crnvat wcro tied too
tight, she would arlao hcforo mo bodily In
lor habit as s,o lived" md this, fur from boinr
no much 1oyod was fu,ll Of anguish and WOO.
and M started to help hor she would yaniBl,
into thin mir, and was loft alons with my u,al-
ady.
I Ind sanity enough loft to comprehend and
meaa,tro this do]ualon, but not santy or strength
enough to conquer 1t. Ind many long talk,
With Efingham about 1t, and with Mira.
Orowdor., Ihoy bud but ono form Of advice to
givo. and that WAS. "Leayc the asylum and
travel" Mrs. Orowdor was emphatic on this
point, and sho enforced It bY putting into III
tinghnn1's band check for goodiy sim Of
money, and announced to him thnt he waB to 20
with mo.
"You aro both young, and will bo ablc to pny
mo tlis little advance" said tho kind woman.
BESIDES, If you do not, am not poor I Lnve
no ono depending On mo. Ny only aon, who
wSud ,ssan ~ havo boqn Of yonr y age. &C., Dr. sam. aioa
ho wonld have looted like yon"; aud saw
something like toara in Mrs. Crovior's
gray cyos as so referred for the hrst ti1uo in
acquaintance to her past.
Ho has told mo since tint was troublesome
companion. Ia crowd ut church doors. aB the
congregation WINS coming cut, was always auro
that saw Anaia, and would dash after hor, to
moro thar. romeo had Q acone with tho police, as
struggled to leave Eiangham to follow my hal
Inclination. On nfl Other subjoota ! was perfect
~ sane, and aa got stronger waa moro ablo to
oopc with mud govern thiH distressing montal
malndy.
Wo travelled South. from discrimination which
had strongly fixed upon MO, thai would 60 to
Now Orloaun, and find out, ii possible, somo
Of tho fsionda Of Mr. Alsou,-son1e Of tho rola-
lions Of AnaR; but our quest was in vain. He
bad long left TINT city, VIA but tndiforently ro-
membored, md no ono know of his daughters,
or cared for them.
Coming up the river We stopped at st. Louis.
and went to tho theatro there. l had got BY this
tnlo to be 50 much maBtor Ut myBolf, TINT E1tlng-
ham allowed mo to 60 out none occasionally, and
OIL this particular evening llo proposed calling on
rotatfvo. who lived III tho city. Agreeing to
moot at II o'clock in my room, wo aepaEasea. -.
and aa awcot Anne Page stepped on tho stage
Baw-Andis. Yes, there she waB-voico. gesture,
aud face. Mechanically 1ooiod round for Eff
tlngham; for tho tiulo remembered TINT waB
was without my keeper. The subtle instinct
which Induces tho digeaaod brain TO eacapo and
oludo authority came and went away unchecked
Here Was no authority to eludo; was my own
master, md determined to DO my own koepor;
and from that moments experience learned m
enormous lesson in tho trentment of the insane.
/ I1carned that II is q powerful MD Of euro to
trust them.
watched myself as would 1,avo done an
other; and through oil tho uccnes whore Anno
Pngo wttily, gracefully, and with naitlon mod
osty won't through her exquisite part. saw, or
thought eaw, Anais. Hld Ehlngham beon with
mo. should Lave jumped upon tho stage. but .
hand held mo back. It was my own self-respect.
I determined to be strong; to show to E1inghnm
that was able to tnlo cure Of myself.
And yot how powerful it was. 1ler voice,-yes,
another sonso than that Of sight was bewiiderotl.
It was tho yoiee Of Auala, that sweet, resonant
organ, with its soft Southern accent, that WIS at
this moment penetrating my ears.
Ouce could hnve sworn it was sho. nB tho eyes
of tho young actress fell directly that part OF
tho theatre whoroI sat, and our eyes met. It
socmcd to mo TINT her expression changed, and
TINT sho looked startled. Yet with professional
composuro slo Immediately mastoredit, and went
on with her part.
Then reasoned with myself TINT my palo facs
and staring eyes, undoubtedly disturbed In their
expression, bud nomcntartly caught the wan
doring cyo Of tho actress, and had arrested
her attention 20 held myself at bay After
the play was over, went to the boX-ofico and
mado soyuo inquiries about tho Young actross.
''Oh-Nclly Carmichael.'' Haid the official.
born oui It, as We say; daughter Of our heavy
father here, old Carmichael, who playod Fal-
staff good girl, too, aud excellent actress Like
to know hor, sir? If ynu will give mo your
ton" ~
apo1ogizcd md declined. This description,
md tho oaso with which Miss Carmichael could
10 reached, deprived mo Of tho lingering hope,
which in spite Of myself I had cllorlsfod that
coyoa. aud that it toas Anais. When I wont
home told E.linghnm OF my experience md my
triumph. Hc was very grave. aud blamed llul-
solf very much for having allowed me to 60
alone. After this my malaly Increased very
much I Baw Auaia in every woman met
Found He]en's beauty in brow Of Eyypt,
and saw her tloating in tho air. We turned our
btops Nort1warl, sad and discouraged.
Wo reached Chicago just in time to bo nearly
burned up aliyo. Strong, active young nlon that
ne wore, wc Lad fingered OH our Journey. and
had nude some terrible blunders, spoxking to
several indies I did not know, aud being apollo
gizod for BY Efliaeharn. Wo got iuto tho doom
Cd city tho night after the first fire, boforo tho
second aud most disastrous conAagration took
| everything. Like thousands OF others, NO bc-
lievod tho grcat hotel whero We humbly bestowed
ourselves to bo aR aafo Us If no fire rnged within
thousand miles. We were barely reused in time
to Bavo ourselves, onr truu'B, and clothing from
| burning. Wo tried in our headong flight to help
| several women and Children. Looking up the
yast staircase, crowded with distracted Penp!o,
saw womnr looking over railing. It was
| Anaia.
"gave mo-sayo NO. DR.. sam." abe cried.
| dropped the little girl had taken up, and
rushed back. Clouds Of smoke came between
nc aud tho faco and voice. ran into line
Bmol,e, CROPPED, stumbled, aud fell. know
| nothing moro until found myscf in tho street,
and Eiingllam standing over mo in his shirt
sleeyos, his hair siugod and his face purple with
cxertiou. The brave fellow Ind seen me dart
back and had returned mud saved me.