The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-18

ness best, but il struck me it was IN
iudicious to speak so freely OF his pa
tents i~diosvncrnsias while the poor
fellow was within earshot.
Cant he hear us?" | asked doubt
fully.
eyes; but he does not understand a
word we say. One form of his mania
| is that he fancies himself some one else.
He would never imagine that we were
discussing his case. / dare say at this
moment he is Sir Isaac Newton, Mr..
Spurgeon or Henry Irving"
Thus assured, l ventured to glance
at the mailman, and for a moment our
eyes met fairly. In spite of DIR. VOLTS
assertion, the expression in the unfor-
tunate beings eyes told me he compre-
hended every word that was spoken.
| The strange look he flashed upon me
was full of a maniac's cunning. Iagain
began to feel nervous, and wished that
| the doctor would look o little closer to
his patient.
However, l resolved to make the
best of it. turned my back on the I'M
happy man, and tried to think no more
about him, but to enjoy to the full the
advantage of %conversing with the
pleasant-spoken and celebrated Doctor
Wolfe.
"You have a great many patients I'M
der your care" I asked.
"a great many" replied the doctor,
with q graceful wave of his cigar.
"The responsibility is enormous-enor-
NOUS"
at must be-" I said. "Your patients
are of all ranks in life, l suppose?"
From the very highest. l have now
four Dukes under my care.
-Four Dukes! All, foreign ones 1
suppose"
"Three are foreign. The fourth is
the Duke Of" (here he whispered
a great name to mel. He is common
ly supposed to be dead, but the truth
is, he has been with me for ten years"
DR. Wolfe, might be skillful, but he
certainly was not discreet. However,
it might be he was joking, and that his
Duke was but a se~lf.styled one.
What painful histories and irrespon-
sible criminals you must have met with
in your experience, " I observed.
"Terrible! terrible! The finest ca
reers, the happiest lives wrecked, sir
wrecked by the demon of insanity.
Our poor friend in the corner, he added,
in a voice of deep sympathy, "has an
awful past. He went to bed one night
as sane, apparently, as you or |. In
the morning they found him raving and
deluged with blood. He had cut the
throat of a wife whom he adored and
strangled his twin babies, who were
sleeping in the same room"
I shuddered at the horrible tale, and,
with morbid interest glanced once more
at the poor wretch near us. Again /
caught that eye full of diabolical cum
ming. Mad he might be, but he was
clever enough to deceive even the
learned doctor as to his obliyiousness to
what was passing around MIN. Heay-
ensl / would not have spent five min
utes alone with that homicide for a for
tune.
/ could not help feeling curious as to
the state of mind of a creature who had
done such a fearful deed. docs he
feel no remorse?" / asked.
"None-they neve do. He's happy
as the day is long. Strange, isn't it"
Every strange, and very merciful. Is
his case hopeless ?nS
"Oh, dear, no. Lean cure any mad
man with my treatment. Indeed, /
am now perfecting a e system, which
/ mean to try on a large scale. The re-
suit will, / am sure, be so successful
that one day / shall open the doors of
my asylum, and restore 300 men and
women to the bitter world
i wished him all success, but thought
that if self confidence and appreciation
of ones own skill necessary in order to
rise in the profession, DIR. Wolfe must
be somewhere about the top of the tree.
"Isuppose all the cruel old Treatments
are now done away with" / asked.
Utterly exploded. Rational treat
ment, kindness, indulgence eyen-that's
the only way to succeed, i myself find
music n Of the most useful agents
I have musical boxes all over the place
each Of my keepers is taught to play the
flute or some other instrument. The
effect on my patients is simply marvel
GUS"
Saul or David or some one wa
soothed by music I said. wondering
W so I suppose = must be good for
troubled mind"
Simply marvellous; especially whel
we hit upon the melody suitable to TIN
case. One lady, d victim TO religion
mania, can only be soothed by Yankee
Doodle the most violent Of all my pa
tients weeps like q child when his keep
er tootles Come into the Garden, Maud
Strange psychological tact, isn't it2p
Every, 2 4 said, doubt:ully, and won
dering If DR.. Wolfe, casting aside pro
fessional gravity, were practicing Of
nv credulitv. He took no notice Of m
unbelieving accent, but continued puff