Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-11-15

A story which lstely came 10 the know
edge of reporter disciSses chapter IN
the life ot wealthy Clevels1der. which
cannot be placed To his credit. Many
such episodes there are Of human lIie, Ts
wropgs and suffcrIngs, that never come t.
the pIbiic ear. and which are as dim rll-
NOR outside # very limited circle IL Is
probably beiier so, for the world Is none
100 bright nj It's best.
one of the sons, vino will he styled
William, was from childhood what the
rest of the fsmily termed ''odd" in his
ways, which might be termed cracked
in mild form by outsiders. His malady,
however Was OF an entirely harmless ma
ture and developed in the share of intense
religious devotion. Instead Of besIogIng
upon him those affectionate little atteD-
tlons that the kind heart invariably deems
the right of the SIMPLE. William was
treated rather as sn obstruction TO the
social ambition Of the rest. Ii happened
that William, who has some good ideas OF
business. was deslrous Of doing something
for bImself, and engaged In venture
which promised good retnrns, but not
being able to furnish capital on his OWE
account he raised the necessary sGIn
through transaction involving s1me OF
his father property, which he considered
iustifiable, claiming to have some lien
upon ii.
One sunny afternoon, some lime after,
q young gentleman friend of the family
drove up to the house and cordially invited
william TO accompany him for a ride.
The invitation was accepted by the unsus
pec;ilg William, who enjoyed the prospect
greatly. After visiting 4 number Of
places of interest IN the eastern part Of the
CITY, the young man proposed visit to the
insane asylum, beng IN tie immediate
neighborbood, and ID this, tDo, William
assented. On arriving at the building,
the horse was tied snd they entered Gnd
rambled about under the direction o. some
o: the attendants In short time William
found himself standing at an open window
in one Of the upper stories, locking out ON
the road which they had come. Standing
there he was attracted by the noise OF a
horse and buggy on the grounc below. and
looking down to MS astOnshment and
dismsy saw his friend riding off wIthou;
HIM. lie called to hun loudly, but got no
response He was quite alone. lie
rushed 20 the door 10 hasten down on his
own account, but the door WAS locked.
What his sensations were cannot be de-
deserted. In his own words he related
afterwards: ''No tongue will ever be able
to tel what came TO he in those hours
contumey. disgrace, loss Of liberty-the
blackness Of the Plutonisn region was be-
fore me. What did 1 do? you ask.
Just lay in the room | was IN aud thought
and thought, till to think was torture un-
besrable, and 1t seemed that | must reach
the last extent OF insanity. For what /
suffered | ask forgiveness tor the pe rsecu-
tor, from the Almighty. As time wenE Cd
and | WAS watched and visited IN every
conceivable manner, The authorities evil
IDENTIFY came to the c5nclusion that | was
wrongfuliY incarccrated, and while w6s
given the nOlInal freedom of the place,
the great doors hat separated me from
the word we're left open, aud hnally l
wandered out and no one mOlested me, no
Ole attempted 10 follow.