Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-12-12

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boyr with such sobs and tears
that could have wept, too. Then
some one else came and leaned
over the bed, another woman. is
there no hope 2 she said.
None, the doctor said.
q was conscious lhatit was not
lying there, but my thoughts
were confused, and when the wo'
man rose from her knees and ben
over the body, saying, MY sou? |
was lmpelled to say, 'Mother'
'Sinco then have lived double
life; part Of the time | am original
self. live, act, think as | would
do. Then there comes a sudden
feeling, my identity is removed. |
occupy another bOdy-the body of
the young man whose mother pray
ed God to give him back to her. |
90 know where my own body is, or
what it is doing at such times, but
| have a borrow of being found
dead, or rather supposed to be;
perhaps to be buried, only coming
back to my own body to find it
under ground. 1t is horrible.
Horriblen | said. Does no one
else know it,
40 .
Pardon me, not Miss Ada
Heaven forbid g
why do you not tell her ?
Tell her. To have her think me
q lunatic; to have her recoil from
me in horror. Is it natural
story 2
sNo.'
'And You are not sure but what
/ | am crazy. Are you!
q hesitated before answering,
aud then eyaded the question by
saying: q would like to see the
other young man.
q am not sure that You can
Why
y don't know just who he is
you puzzle me more than ever.
while I occupy his body | am
always in the same rooms; | see
through his eyes only these two
women, his mother and his aunt
l am called Edward. | have nc
memory Of that bOdy'S former life
| only occupy it, for the purpose il
seems, Of keeping it alive, and the
mother is satisfied that it lives. 1t
/ is not haId to answero when the
question is asked: 'HOw do you
feell' about the same or would
you like me to read to you? 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, 'hC
sleeps a great deal | loathe the
change so that | make no effort tC
find out anything more than have
told YOU
1T isa very hard case.'
Gle sat moOdily biting his
mustache.
'Yes, he said, presently, Il will
tell you all, since | have begun.
have no parents, one sister living
far away. My living l do not have
to labor for, because 1 have money
Ihave fallen in love with a woman
who daily thinks | am Indifferent
to her because cannot tell her /
am not. / must leave her side
sometimes when ! would give
worlds to stay. | must refuse to
20 with her as other men would tC
drive, to picnics, anywhere. l
dare not 60 for more than an hour
at a time, so rarely can 60 at all.
| dare not tell her / love her, for
could not marry her
IF she loved you she would be
satisfied with yourself when you
could be yourself, and she would
believe your story
'But is she likely to believe it,
q don't know. think your best
plan is to leave her. Try and
write to her tell her you love her,
and leave the rest
1T would be dishonorable. since
l do not know how longI may be
in this bondage
q do not think so, and with tbil
advice l left him
Ek'After this l tried to discover the
state of Miss Ada's feelings, bur
who can pretend to read woman
She did not know herself, | think.