Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-14
, MAN WITHOUT A HE'D.

n Feels TO be DecapitaterA We
90" ~ - Ofsefal Ak DescjbeE ais
sensations.
From the Washington ST..
ia was walking through " halls OF
Trossurv in a dazed sort o way. Hes
.sod down towards the ppointment
lS besitated a moment, then leaned
~ tbe iron railing that gurds the win
W. al the end OF the long corridor ana
oo .,o5 sadly through to ne tops of the
O'Ar' +rses towards the White House.
no wandered back down the cor
u i.-and looked as if he we're ost. he
NV nm stairs. then down, Until, as If
Noniied against his will, he stood IN
a certain door. He to'k hold OF
Ivnubondle in quite "A natural WY as II ne
.I ~ m inc habit Of going IN tlere, ana
We'd 10 open the door. Then as II he
"a sn Ideniv thought of somGhlng, his
A1u u5 5ronped at his side, a lOOl OF utter
l' alton came over his face BID he hur-
ps sH Gs leads been chopped or the Star
naard some one say. Sd was here
I ma over twenty years and cart get used
70 l NJ does a man feel fifth his head
Avn thought the scribe, thinking, Of
oacrse, of the official head, ind he follow
e. IN IN feels. when the ak fist falls" sal d
~. yictim. las If some onehad hit you in
~ baad with base ball bt and knocked
,og aver into a tank of icewater. Then
;or while YOU don't lnow anything.
Tbsn it looks as if your dek was dancing
fom YOU across the room The ceiling
lo0gs asifiU were a long ways of; the
winlows look long and larrow; the Ice
ntcber looks big, and every body else in
H. room looks pale, and when you start
,oyoout Of the door yG run into 1t.
When You get into the corridor it looks as
" Tou had never been there before. You
5o6,tkpow what has happened, but you
asl AS if there were something swelling
a6ont YOU. and the whole world looks
Strange When you get into the street,
more seems to be an unusual noise, and
syerv body looks frightened, as II some
tbjpe were about to hippen, and the
streets look so long AMI wide, and the
horses ana people look small. All the
while YOU feel that sonething about you
ia swglling. You move mechanically to-
wards YOUR home. Everything looks
strange You feel as ifyou were lifted up
oF the ground and the whole town were
spinning around ikea top under you.
Meanwhile the SWELLING feeling gets
worse. You think it's your head, but you
amt quite certain. You think your head
has turned into a balloon, for which your
bOdy's too much ballast, and it is picking
you up and dropping you down again.
sort Of bouncing yJu along. AS you get
near home you begin to feel afraid. You
20 half way around the square and
make for the back alley gate to avoid the
children you thuk are playing in front.
The swelling goes on until you get inside
Of the house. Then there is sort of eX-
plosion; something cOllapses in you, and
you find it is your heart. Then you know
all Of a sudden what has happened. You
are out Of employment and have family
to support. FIRST YOU want to do some
thing; then you don't know what to do,
Everything looks awfully black and des-
perate. You start out again to collect
your thoughts and look about you. I'm
consciously you wander down the street
boxing tor something to turn up, and be-
fore you know it you are walking through
The corridors Of the building you have
just been kicked out of. You feel as il
you ought 10 be very polite to the colOred
Messengers you meet in the halls. As
objects begin to get familiar again, you
are seized with de-iTe to know how il
happened. Then you get mad, as if you
had been outraged. Then you want to
get back. But you can't! You know
that, but you try all the same. 1t is hard
to break of habit Of 20 years."