The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-16


'Uow you talk, talk, TALK She SAID
Indignantly.
'But-'
"Areyou madl' she screamed IN
tone of such Intensified shrillnc5s and
with such al awful, hungry look in her
eye that tho truth flashed upon me ike
al inspiration.
She was mad!
Medical man as am, feeling Of hor-
TOR ovorcame me when Ircfcctcd that I
was shut up alone in the carriage Of q
train, travelling at express speed, with a
lunatic. True, l was strong man, sho
only girl. But it IS lnconceivabLe
what extreme stren5 tn IS possessed by
many OF the insane. have known q
woman thus afflicted to require two, and
even thrco powerful men to RESTRAIN her
during one Of her paroXysms.
However, I cndcav0rcd to keep as
cool as possible, as l looked the young
girl steadily in the 'cc. She looked at
mo for mOmont or so without quail
ing; then she sank back IN her corner,
resumed her aPathetIc POSTURE and sat
gazing out OF the window, with tho lar
away look in her eyes, as II 20 such per-
son as myself was in existence,
poor girl!' l thought; and L began
to wonder who or what she could be,
and how she came to be travelling alone
Could she have escaped from an asy-
Ium. II so, how came she to be pos
SO sgcd Of sufficient funds to procure a
railway ticket2
had some experience in ''mad cases, "
and l knew that the most outrageous
ones are those where tho patient main
tains an even sullcnness Of demeanOr.
The girls case did not seem to me to
be ono of them. On the contrary, her
sudden change Of mood when 1 angered
her seemed to indicate it to be q case of
temporary alteration Of mind, and con-
sequently a durable one.
Hooked at my watch. In a quarter
of an hour we should be at Basingstoke.
I was in the very act of returning my
watch to my pocket, when my COM
panioo, with a mocl1ing laugh-tho pc
culiarly metallic ring of which 1t is
quite impossible to dcscribe-itcraIly
hurled herself upon me with ovorwholm-
ing force, broke the watch from its
chain, and sent it spinning through tho
window. In another second she was
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"Ihank Heaven Baslngstohe at
last
"hat 1olIo"ed IS easy 10 relate. VI
course assistance was at manu. anu 'ne
unfortunate 0u1s ia"y WAS ieLi0'7 80 -
place. oi SAFETY oNl i'''e1' 4ii'-,
we 1oun0 on neI' anu soln0 "''l010S %
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"e"ict. man. "ou10 noV IoSo S19 IL
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The patient proved to be a member
Of German family, naturaliz9d IN Eng
land, who was subject to perlodlcal at
! tacks OF mental alteration, but had
never actually been IN the asylum.
During the attacks, winch lnVar1aOly
came on without any warning so that