The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26

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 He took up the light, waved il until the blaze s,reamed like a spout of liquid fire. Then he laughed, leered, put down the light and dlnced in fantastic shutile. This was key to the lock of idiosyn- oracy. He was madly insane. When the shuttle was finished, he lifted his coat tasls and swung into a wide-measured waltz.
 "Wha, has become of my wife - l asked.
 That's not the question. What has become of me :" and whirliag around he hopped across the floor. Then he got down on all fours" and jumping with spasmodic leaps, like a frog, he ap- preached me and sald:
 Your wife has contributed herself 10 the vegetable kingdom. A cabbage will grow from her breast, ha, ha, and he kicked up his heels like coach horse. !" loa once thought that her soul was the soil lof flowers yes, mayhap, bu, each flower w4s t, u d iiuie crown of ne;'les, ha. h., And he stood on his head and te.1ted h.s les U tae air. 1ou were A s,adeat, she sauted man oi acuon s.es ;D4t nan. You were poor she wanted some one of wealth. 1 w4s tha, man. did not run away with her to spite you. never gave you thought Ha, ha," and he secured the floor with himself Why did 1 seek you: les. why did |: Well, tell you. Yes, now a lucid moment comes, I'll tell you, and his face lost much of its insane expres- sion. We were never happy together She soon learned to hate me, and grew nervous in her society. At last she put poison Tn my wine. 1 discovered il in tune to kill her and run for medical man. He saved my life but left me in- sane. Alter this my only thoughts were of you. learned from place to place where you had gone until tra~ ked you here. have come 10 kill you with the knife that stabbed your wretehed con- sori. and again he hopped around like a ifes. Then he mhinea like i dog and tired ;o scratch his side mlth hls foot, Unshcatiilns lons kuiie, he approached ne .sa4 sl.pped my 5ass sah | ana sNascd away into the waywafd motion oi .4 alit will ,anlallse yoa to-rlsht, " he sald = but when l see the suns first ray tomorrow morning. l will cut oil your head. This, German professors tell me, will restore my reason, and believe them. mus; wait though until sunrise, for they advised me particularly on this point. One of them said he once cut ofi a man head before sunrise and ii in- Jured hls reason 10 such an extent tha, he had to cut of his own head and turn l Il around three times ere he was again usht Tn hs mind
 The professor was right" assented. hope spnnsing up Tn my breast :" ! studied with the German professors for many years, and devoted much time to insanity. particularly that peculiar type broush, about by poison. Once. We had a remarkable case oi man who belonged to the nobility. He had been poisoned l by woman and we advised hlm to cut oil her husbands head. but not 10 execute the design until sunrise. lust at sunrise he cut ott the mans head. and II restored h.s reason but wiihered hls legs Then he had to cut oit his own 1 head and turn II around three tunes. s,ll after this he suffered inconvenience. lf. however. he had GU, off his own head i htsi and then cut of the mans head. he would have found himself in excellent condition. He reflected for moment, scratched himself with his foot, and asked
 Were these the professors of Heidel- burg?'
 "Yes."
 They are learned men, and you studied with them ~
 "Yes."
 Would you advise me to follow their advice?"
 would. am perfectly willing for you to cut off my head. for being a pro- lessor can pick it up again, but would warn you against experiment. Adopt the safes, plan and cut off your own head"
 At sunrise ?"
 No, now, for the longer you delay the operation the more tentative and uncer- tain II will become"
 saw determination in his eyes, and holding up the knife, he ran his thumb nail along its edge. saw 1t, with a ghastiy gleam. approach his throat, and | shuddcred and looked away, A surgling sound followed. and looking back, the insane man lay on the floor irvine ,o