Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-01
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The Pee liar DelGslon Following: . Man
Who Listen, To Sad Music.

The Pee liar Delusion Following. . Man
Who Listen, To Sad Music.
IPittshurE Dispatehl
young man. said n prosperOuS-lo king
citiE.n. did You ever observe the habits (
uu zeal people. Becau-e il you have, you
have seen a great deal Of character that you
would not have seen If You hadn't
Witi this strange declaration he subsidsl
into a deep rev,rie \ cloud of pam occl-
sioBally plsssi over his face. and there was
:. lwitchiny Of the muscles O; the mouth, rs
if ne were undergoing sons msntai torture.
Presently IL gave starr. and, rubbing his
hands across his Forehead FOR the purpose of
collecting lis thoughts, broks the impeli-
Ing silence with his voice.
.sl, me,' he said 81 was living over
again some nights of agony have spent |
am IA growing Old am haunted by a
terrible daiusion. At times feel that my
Lair is as win te as snow. my hands shake as
il with the palsy, and seem to totter on
my knees. When the idea pgrsues me can
not get rid Of it, and | am driven almost 10
dospei alton
Il am sorry for you, my friend" aid the
reporter. But, really, you do not look
anything like the being you describe And
he was, indeed, anything but like it. Large.
was an impersonatiol of a prosperous En--
liSh country squire.
mine i, peculiar ca 9. | guess he
unused "Ani. strange rs IT may seem. it is
true ;kat the delusion that haupts my
dreams AMI make M everyday life n mis-
erab,e existence i cau-ed altogether by the
playing Of a villinst IN yonier,' and lie
turned hi hea AMI pointed his finger to-
warl dark, gloomy. dilapidatei house
that loomcd up ia the shadows fallisg
arouni
-He is n young man who has long been in
low health aud spirits Two years ago his
father di,d-sirickel d1wn very suddenly.
six months afterwari his mother, one Of the
kinde { mothers that mortal ever loved, fol-
Lowell her husband The brother AMI two
sister, left behind continued 70 live in the
old home They were never seen TO smile.
The ylun, man i great lover o. the
vi lin | believe hs was taught by hi,
father. The instrument. lie uses Is Won
derful one that was obtained in Italy over
City years agG The violinist never plays
except at night Then he shuts himself
alone in his DARK room, AMI pours his soul
out through the .trinyS Aai, oh, think
there can be nothing in this wor.i or
the next sadlsr than the walls in that
MUSIC IL ], TIE N -4tlF OF n SOUL iuHN us
been DEAF for years. The players hear; j.
broken. an he plays hssrt-brokea music
have listened at nv window some night,
ami eagerly drunk in every note 1t makes
me feel old and helrt-broken- Ii Is n terri
be delusion. put l can not shake It off when
il comes upon me. For days at a time II
makes nle misershle, Til / grow desperate.
Thoss who are intimate with the gentle
,nsn coa:irm his story. His case i, indeed
peculiar Yet 1t is not the only one OF IL.
KIM. fer several similar 20 1t have bean
known % occur. 1t is powerful iiiustrs-
ton Of the peculiar mental organization OF
q musical disposition, AID o. the mysterious
influence that music has upon one who loves
it and surrsn iers bimselt altogether u it
influence
So many q tie boys sent 70 West Pom,
prove -Ira be - VaSs the examination t1r
slni ssga that about fi'ts congressional.
alssrfct az ua-epres-lts L