Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-11

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through Winchester.
Sheridan dashed upon the scene, and
his presence, like spell, checked the re-
treat, and infused new courage into the
disordered mass. Our battery reached
knoll to the left of the pike, and unlim
bered in front of the timbered slope, on
the brow Of which the Confederates had
posted a heavy battery. The infantry line
On our front was advancing splendidly,
and ] saw the cleaning crest Of
bayonets fall when the order
came for charge on the double quick.
Bright sunshine was streaming through
the open curtain, and seemed to
have awakened me from my
prolonged slumber. Slowly my scattered
senses gathered from dim unconscious
ness, and as thought assumed definite
form the scene of the battlefield again
flashed before me.
What of the charge:' I inquired
anxiously, making /; desperate effort to
rise.
The sharp unnatural tone of my own
voice startled me, and my strength was
unequal to rustic even the covering Of my
couch.
"'Do not try to walk now, Charley; you
will be strong very soon.' 1t was the
voice Of my wife. In moment realized
that 1 was home on the shore Of the
northern lake. I glanced through the
window, and the waving branches associ-
ated with my thoughts of the battle scene
were not there, but the snow lay heavily
on the ground glistening in the sunshine.
Many months had passed away-a blank
period in my existence.
AS. recovered my strength and COM
prehension learned the critical ordeal l
had passed in surviving severe wound
that caused fracture Of the skull, and
necessitated the operation of trepanning
Still many more months elapsed before
was again abroad. The war was ended
and the people were rejoicing in the
restoration Of peace. I was rendered and
accepted the old position l had resigned
in response to the call of arms-teacher OF
mathematics in the academy of my native
town.
The routine of the position was famil-
lar enough, but close attention to its duties
shortly developed the fact that my nervous
system had not recovered from the sever,
shock it had sustained and my menta
powers were impaired
AS nearly as could define the etfec
produced, the injury seemed to have inter
rupted the harmonious action of the brain
and the right and left lobes apparel t.
operate Independently, and take separat.
and distinct cognizance of emotions anc
sensations conveyed by the medium of thu
senses. Every thought seemed to ,hav'
its duplicate, necessary to complete i'm
preston. When l studied a sing gle prob
lem, and the solution occurred immedi
ately would follow the solution again, a
if emanating from second mind actin,
in conjunction, and always little slowe
in its perceptions. This derang ement
vexatious and confusing at first, continue,
to increase as l devoted myself to menta
labor, until finally l was compelled t.
abandon my position in the academy
The necessity was indeed a. hardship
as it left me without the means of sus
tenance. My brave and devoted wife Dor
up nobly under the affliction, and insiste,
that / should indulge in the repose tina
my critical position demanded Mean
time she turned the fine musical facultie
acquired in better days to good account
and we continued to live comfortably fo
time on the proceeds of her labor
Comfortably, did 1 say? No, it grieve
me constantly to see her toll SC arduous
ly, with the double responsibility c
household cares. And knew that he
assumed cheerfulness was the cover
painful solicitudc she experienced on m
behalf
This anxiety did not favorably effet
my arrangement. 1t grew more marke
and depressing. Vague fears haunte
me by day, and narrowed the long, slice,
less hours of night. The strange percel
ton of double intellect became so +;
defined that the senses were sympathetic
The sounds that reached my ear were r,
peated as if by echo; taste and touc
were tanciful and crratc, and at nigl
wierd, fantastic forms fitted before m
eyes, and real objects assumed the shar
Of what they were not, and drove me
the verge Of dehrium, while the effo
constantly exerted to retain my reaso
only the more FRUSTRATED the ment
powers.
Ultimately my malady reached a stag
at which seemed to realize both phys
cal and mental and double existence. 4
times could distinctly see the form an
features of my second self, directly CO..
fronting and gazing upon my more imme,
late self. And then my own voice a,
dressed me and we conversed together
myself. and second self-now condoing
common misery, and then in tantalizin
and horrible i'm precautions.
The terrible delusion became unbea
able, and felt that reason could n
much longer retain command of the di
ordered facilities. 1t was night whe
my mental agitation had reached hie
degree. My wife had fallen aslee
overcome with constant care and waite
ing. was pacing the sitting room
our chamber, about the hour of midnigh
as was my habit Occasionally | recline
on sofa, in the hope of catching slig]
respite from the distress of my terrib
hallucination; but it was for a mome
only.
lay down again on the sofa. NJ
brain seemed whirling in blaze of iii
and I sprang up stricken with madnes
The horrible spectre stood before me wi
iendish grin of derisien. I grasped
heavy piece of furniture and dashed at
with the fury of a maniac. The spect
seemed palpable to the blow, and yielde
I saw it vanish in darkness that Spires
before me, and my tormepting second Sc