Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-13
-or hallucination. or monomania, or

Crimson sat down and famed himself.
The doctor put his cue over his shoulder
and waited. We'll" said the patient,
'that's what thought. But were both
dead wrong. I'm blazing, blooming
sss. I'm mental wreck. I'm a howl
ing maniac. want
"Medicinei- asked the doctor. I,
no" said Crimson, "manacles. strait
Jacket. keepers, solitary confinement"
in love-" remarked the doctor. "Swal-
lowed up" rejoined Crimson.
Normal thing" said the doctor you
IA do it. What is it: Beautiful, know
but obtainable. guess not"
Crimson rested his head ON his hand II
moment, then he went ON: Il SAW Il
figure. II haunted me. | let my mimi
down il. II got possession of me. 1t
had brown hair. blue eyes and black
iashes: such lashes. doctor. l can't think
of any else. II breaks mp my sleep. Ii
interferes with my business. I've Ia
come a mass Of Jelly"
~Yes. quite normal" said the doctor;
-whv don't YOU abduct her. buy her or
marry her. want to finish my game,
Because" said Crimson. shes lay
figure
Most Of EN- are. remarked the doctor,
Is he moved away.
WANT q moment; she's painted" "Ot
course she is. I" said the doctor.
"IIang it. man. she's lifeless." Then
CHEFS lust in the fashion" said the doctor.
But. doctor. | cant marry lay
figure" why can't you: Its done
every day"
"She's on exhibition.
Il dare say: most of I'm are let me
finish this game"
but don't own her"
Certainly not: that's what's the matter
with YOU. Why don't YOU: Look here,
my boy. this is not case of purgatives.
its case Of pluck. There's only one
cure for your case; its POSSESSION.
Crimson got to reading Byron am
Swinburne. He grew melancholy anC
took To making rhymes. lie found out
that Alice would rhyme with malice and
chalice. Ii was fearful struggle at
times between his reason and his inagin-
alton. He knew he was fool. But the
other half of him seemed Ia gloat over
il. lie tore his hair and swore and made
resolutions. and then he went down Ia
Sackson a Pludgett'S and hung round
the window. Alice threw her appealing
blue eyes upon him. "IIpre am yet
Il. -, LII
tenderness at me. but you leave mo here
in window. Your heart is false. l
wasn't made for this" And he felt the
pang 90 through him. Then he fell into
a reckless and dreamy habit lie sat in
a corner of the club sud broodel. His
friends began to notice it and Clawson
got hold of him.
'f.ook here. old fell said he. cant
we help you out any way"
NO, said Crimson. I'm beyond
human reach. think the best thing ]
can do is to blow my brains out"
Clawson was practical. "Quite right.
old fel." he said But let's go to work
and develop some first, SO that YOU will
not waste your powder ard shot ON
vacuum. don't You know: Who's the
girl"
MY hoy" said Clawson. quite solemnly,
1--WE fallen in love with lay figure in a
shop window"
by George said Clawson. I'm aw-
fully glad. Do You know was afraid il
was ballet girl or something"
Now don't talk that way" pleaded
Crimson. Il don't like your flippant
style. This is question of life and
death with me. know it's awfully i'm
human. but ] cant help il. There's no
use in telling me that it's madness. l
know il. I've got to have her. that's all
there is about it. Why. Id rather get
one glance from her blue eyes set in black
than have my pick Of all the women on
earth. Oh. Alice. Alice. see you now,
the cynosure of vulgar eyes. Your
pensive. appealing chances are burned
into my memory. My darling. my dar-
ling. come To YOU. come. | comel"
And then he rushed out and went
down Ia Fourteenth street.
This is how that absurd story about
Crimson having softening Of ii.. brain
got around. Clawson rushed up To the
club and told it. But there never was a
more infamous falsehood told Ii isauite
true that Crimson got worse and worse.
But. as DIR. Pillsbury said. il was on,
normal lines. He was doing exactly
what every man does with his imagina-
ton. The rest was a mere matter of Sc
lection.
Now comes the most remarkle part Of
his story. You will remember he was
married in October. Ii was in the
papers.
Well. he married that lay figure. DIR.
Pillsbury insisted on il to save his life.
He bought the figure and Crimson went
TO housekeeping up there in Forty-first
street. quite swell. There was good
deal Of "A fight ON the part Of his friends,
but Crimson always came of victorious
in all the arguments. There was his
uncle. who came at him with a club. so
to speak. Look here. you id fool. are
you going 10 let your sensibilities rur
away with you:"
YES" said Crimson. that's what you
did
And marry a woman who is voice
less"
-l,s. said Crimson. I've heard YOU
say hundred times that you wished you