The daily gazette., 1882-04-17

| Ohuo n6r entrance, one made no strug-
gle, but in plalntive, touching notes be-
gan to hum q song ln q sweet but un-
governed voice, that fell upon my ear
like the soul-harrowing sound If the
clod Of the valley upon the cofIin-lid OF
those we love. She then threw back
her ebon curls, and turning her gentle
form, gazed In my face, while the tears
fell fast from her wild and glaring eyes,
betokenipg signs of sanity, giving me
new courage as l s.ood confronting this
female maniac In an uninhabitec place
at the dead hour of night, with the
moon In her zenith, full orbed and
cloudless, and the stars 10 silent beauty
those twinkling heralds Of nights gal
axy-shedding their soft, mellow light
over earth and u'.
Ihcugh no rear OF personal Injury
came lnty my thoughts, yet did not
contend with . variety Of emotions,
which came well-nlgh overpowering my
perhaps imprudent heart. Yet | was
too young, adventurous aud humane a
being, TO let this lovely creature see my
weakness, or think of leaving her
there and seeking for help to remove her
TO her now desolate and distracted home
Daylight had nowhere burst forth. The
star still pinned the curtain OF night;
dissmbodIed visions distracted aud be-
| wildered my Wild and weary imagina-
tion. Fancy was at work, and the un-
disturbed tranquility OF the lonely place
where atood holding tenderly the hand
OF the unfortunate woman, brought q
change over the features of this sad, true
tale OF the maniac. felt the utter Inn
possibility Of reaching home through the
pathless woods, aud as sleep had ever
once for the night sat upon my ey ellds,
1 IInpor u aed the msuiac to be seated.
Partly by fJrce and persuasion, l In
ducsd her to be seated, and lonRed for
the reviving light that hoped soon
would illuma the East.
The queen OF night was fast walking
on her Fastening way, the falling stare,
one by one, had sank to rest, when, ali
Of sudden, q yell more terrific than
any that had ever burst upon my ears.
in close proximity to the place where
we sat, reused me up. Seizing my
trusty rifle, whose friendship had
never failed me, with one hand, and
holding 10 the trem bling hand of the
wretched being who kept nights vigil
with me, / sought the cause of such
pitcous, death-like screams that broke
upon the 'tstilly night" 1t was the
work Of moment--the frightfnl
howls and piteous means of the lobe1
and her young had brought conscious,
i meas enough TO the woman to see and
feel her danger; aud she crouched al
my feet and looked imploringly in my
face. raised my rifle to my face
drew bead at the glaring eye ball o
the beast, that in minute more mus
lick my blood, and fired; the veil O
the lober, the report of my gun anC
the screams Of the disconnected whelps
rang upon the air and burst upon m,
ear like the wailings of the doomed
and brought to her feet and conscious
ness. the maniac woman whose errati
course had we'll nigh cost me my life
l drew my pistol, and one by one O
the blood-thirsty whelps fell vel erin,
in their gore, until the dam and six O
her brood lay dead upon the rocks bc
low. ! reloaded my gun and pistol, a
hastily as ] could by the light of th
moon, and thanked God and tool
courage. At length The day-god cam
and with his light awoke the world
By kind words and partly by force,
sought the home of the desolate hus
baud with my prise ner, whose min
had again lspsed into its former cor
dition, and delivered up the object {
my nights adventure, and told m
tale and the hair breadth socne
through which ] had passed the nigh
Thirty years had come and gone, TIL
remaining part of my story Gan be toll
In few words; Near the city of
-, In secluded spot, stands
i white granite. building, shaded by
group Of majestic live oaks, erected an
endowed by the State as the home 0
The insane, Not long before the wa
between the States, accompanied by
friend, paid visit to the asylum; an,
on entering the inclosure the iiiss persol
that met my gaze was the untoItunat
being whom | have already introduced
to the reader. The lunatic asylum an.
its wretchsd inmates had fad my mine
the slender form OF her had rescued
from the hole In the rocks, aud The
groaus of the lober, where long tie an
grY flood of the Antholine will dash Ii
violence against the rocks oil her rudl
and desolste den, had fastened upon m,
memory, and nothing short of the storl
of her sLffsrings, the cause of aberra
tion, seemed to satisfy me, She was tht
daughter of wealthy Tenne e,seean, ii
the City Of n, and had married
man she did, not love; aud If death hai
not come to her relief, she is sill In
carcerated within gloomy celljn tbt
Asylum Cf A.,
To Tmorove oyster Farm,ne