The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-18

accompanied the Board on visit to the
inscne asylum at -. While there, |
heard and saw it. AS then heard and
saw, now tell it,
"Mademoiselle was preparing to ap.
pear in her great part, sMessalina,'"
said the strangely old-looking young
man, apparently one OF the DOCTORS as
sistants, resuming the story my en-
trance had Interrupted, and to which
lseveral Of the visitors, VINO, like myself,
had fingered in tnat ward, were listen
ing.
"Mademois selle's lightest wish was law
to me. SO travelled nearly two hum
dred miles TO fetcn her, and we came to
this very mad-nouse. Tue doctor will
remember. for no one who saw Made
mUlselie could forget her. But-the doc
tor, see, Is interested in new patient,
and does not listen."
"Pardon me-" said the doctor, with
his grave, lmpenetrable smile. II lis
ten. You were saying-On, yes, about
Mademoiselle, that"
| The doctor was interrupted by a |
lstroke of the bell, signaling him to
another ward, and abruptly lett us.
ave came to this very mad-house,"
repeated the strangely old looking young
man. "lt was Mademolselle's desire 10
make study Of the most violent frenzy
| uG uOCIUl uGSlbdb0u w uCH sue bdlu lG
But after eyeing her sharply Tor an ill.,
stant he no longer hesltated. He saw
she was incapable OF fear; and he
b ought US TO LhiS ward.
''lJ was as you see it now. Here
where all is a-cr"ze, there comes no
change. ltis always the same. 70 the
end IL will be the same. Tue madness
OF enormous vanity, which inside and
outs de mau-houses is the commonesL
hNyn h..
ma mess OF supreme SELLS shnGss, which
HarruWs life into such small compass
that they grow dazed in making circuit
Of il. Here were then, loo, tne mad
folk who are not maU-senL mere because
they caught sllMpseS OF what Is unseen,
uuknOwaUle 10 loUls and the blind. And
the madness OF murDlQ scnsibiliLy, OF
sorrow uniath"m ,blc, OF unearthly
puanIasy and Of uespulr-all was much
as you now see-ds will be seen III ali
: mau-Aou,es for all time.
; "BuL it was Lhe mad women
Muuemolsclle wished to see. The study
sue would make as Of the madness
Z mat comes OF lost lUvG--NoJ ol the
Opuelas and GretChens, but Of the
} tumen who can not be won, WHO seize
| and take TO themselves their beloved as
, the tIgress does her prey, and guard
4 nim, even in death, with as terocIous
} Jealousy, such, You know, was Mes
| oaIlna.
: zine doctor smiled and arched his
teyeDrOws wuen MauGmOiseile indicated
wnat study it was sue WIsued to make.
, IL was plain that among the thou anus
of patients who had been under his care
> there had been no III ID Mes1alina. But
:; he showed Us TO The wOmen'5 wards.
Il "L,tlle note did take OF them then;
y" had el es only for Mademoiseile. You
= have not seen them? Then you can not
, know how queenly she was; not before
l. he loot.ignLs only, but always was she
Z Queen-maj eStic, VITA the ma iGSty OF
=, rue royalty, that even In ags could not
= nave descended to The common, but must
Z have lifted tue commoneSt III ner pres.
= ence to nobility. Sne was stately, tall
u and graceful, with the matchless grace
, LuaL comes of symmetry ana strength
> which in truth is The grace of the god
a desses. Sne had, too, the wondrous
y eyes that belong only to true royalty
" The roy atty which parliaments. peoples
aud popes Can neither make nor un.
. make. Deep and clear, they concealed
- noLning. Fearless, proud as truth alone
~ may be, and in ali nobl what mas rea
- royalty to conceal? In them fllsneU
~ fierce pa. sion, consuming. They
a. drank in, greedily, AL beauty. They
commanded, and II was impossible tt
elude Them; yet never were woman.
r. eyes more tender.
,r "The world did not know her then
and she was poor and obscure; but l mac
,s looked Into ner eyes, and knew hel
a lQueen, aud proud was l right Loyalty tt
serve her. Because / knew she was o
rlgnt among women queen, was IL that
10 burned WlLh herce ambition to win
n crown. Her equal then, L nigh CLAIM
her for my own. l was only reporte
Ia for the Chronicle. Butt loved. Ant
l. 10 love nothing is impossible. For her
ar | knew l could win it-With my pen. FoI
ner what man could not have won tht
at universe? Yet l dared not love her
she was my goddess, whom | worshipet
% from atar. And with eager, silent pride
70 waited until l should win the right t,
,t .oVe her: then TO clam her because mine
~ was the rgnt.
81 looked upon her that day, ant
N would have gwen my soul, and c,,Nntet
v myself the gamer, to be loved by nel
is but for one uUur AS she could love. Fo
at all the tOrments OF he'll could not have
robbed me OF the memory OF that hour
Ana possessing that, paradise Werl
mine. That was The thought tuat file,
me, when one OF the patients, weirt
~ old woman with shrlyeied form
Il aud haggard face, and deep-set eyes
y | tnat cleaned like serpenVs sprang II
< 'front.' us, and, raising ner hand as II II
ar solemn impfecation, croaked out il
is tones that troZe my blood:
ID "My lady swear it-Lhat you VIII ney
u er marry nlm."
With The calmness OF fateS-it was fat
lg ,-MademoIselle bowed her mead, and, a
iu ii under spell, slowly Responded:
TO ~ VIII never marry himP
"All the loul Iends and malignant un
le clean spirits that possessed those mani
ID acs toOkAp her words and echoed an,
W rt.echOed with iuternai mocking luusu
re ter, i will never marry hIm.' The
Id crawled out of tlelr loatnsOme slime AM
N, seized me in their snaky folds and cole,
about my neck, and hIssed it into M
ld ears until l could hear no more. The
sc Iswooped down upon me through til
chick alr-hOrrld nameless forms, rhei
ID, devlllsn leering glare pierced ME lik
eu rcd-not steel. Thicker and laster the
lis came
It's "Do you not hear them, see them, fec
lie them now" he cried out with an Ill
ee earthly shrek, and dealhly pallo
came over his face, and he covered a
1Nt "A in, frl,,