Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-11-20

luSeu, ADu Wuen the WO1ndn rose irOui
her knees and bent over the body, say
ing, MY sonl' l was impelled to say,
Motherr
"'Since then l have lived double
life; part of the time l am my original
self. l live, act, think as l would do.
Then there comes a., sudden feeling, my
identity is removed. ] occupy another
body-the body of the young man
whose mother prayed God to give him
back to her. do know where my
own body is. or what it is doing at such
times, but I have horror of being dead,
or rather supposed to be; perhaps to be
buried, only coming back to my own
body to find it under ground. 1t is
horriblei'
"'Horribler l said. Does no one
else know itp
".No.'
" Pardon me, not Miss Adal'
"sHeavtn forbidF
why 10 you not tell herr
"sTell her! To have tner think me
lunatic; to have her recoil from me in
horror. Is it natural storyT
".No.'
"'And you are not sure but what l
am crazy. Are your
II hesitated before answering, and
then evaded the question by saying: i
would like to see the other young man.
q am not sure that you can"
.'Whyp
81 don't know just who he is.'
"'You puzzle me more than ever.'
"'While l occupy his body am al
ways in the same rooms; see through
his eyes only these two women, his
mother and his aunt / am called Ed
ward. l have no memory Of that body's
former life. | only occupy it, for the
purpose it seems, Of keeping it alive, and
the mother is satisfied that it lives. 1t
is not hard to answer when the question
is sasked: ''How do you feel ?" about
the same, - or Would you like me to
read to youl" "Yes, if you like to, =
and beyond that there is little range of
idea. | am there only at times, less than
half the time, for | hear them say, s'he
sleeps great deaLn l loathe the change
SO that make no effort to find out any
thing more than have told you.
1t is very hard case
''He sat moodily biting his mus
tache.
Yes, he said, presently, L will tell
you all, since have begun. l have no
parents, one sister living far away Ny
living l do not have to labor for, because
l have money. | have falleni in love with
a woman who daily thinks | am indiffer-
ent to her because / cannot tell her am
not. l must leave her side sometimes
when would give worlds to stay. /
must refuse to go with her as other men
would to drive, to picnics, anywhere. ]
dare not go for more than hour at time,
SO rarely can 60 at all. dare not tell
her love her, for could not marry
her.
"Tf she loved you she would be salts
fed with yourself when you could be
yourself. and she would believe your
story.
But is she likely to believe it7''
81 don't know. l think your best
plan is to leave her. Try and write to
her, tell her you love her, and leave the
rest
"It would be dishonorable, since
do not know how long | may be in this
bondage
II do not thing SO, and with this ad-
vice l left him.
After this I tried to discover the
state of Miss Ada's feelings, but VIII
can pretend to read womani She
not know herself, think.
~ have found out where Edward
lives, said Reed, one day to me, in a
low voice.
"sYou have.' said I. Can see him,
do you thinka'
't'Being doctor. Yes, l think SO.
The name is Burnadot, and the place is
about fifty miles from here
"'How did you find out2
The last time lwas there asked the
distance to this place -Snudly-and
they told me fifty miles. Then asked
who Edwards father was named for !:
| was ashamed and afraid to ask Ed
wards name Was told the father was
named for an uncle Edward, and that
was named the same, Edward Strythe
Bcrnadot, and there came in servant
who called the mother Mrs. Bernadot.
ss'I shall go TO see him. You know
the name Of the placer
"'Yesl Markton.'
"You may be sure the next day took
the opportunity to go there. asked
for Mrs Bernadot. She came down-a
sweet sad-looking woman, with gray
hair.