Sharp County record., 1890-02-06

and swan to the boat, shouting: I'll
kill voum I'll kill you" When he
came near said: I'll tell yor what
III do. Let's 90 on shore and tncn Ill
swim you a race
"All right. I'll swim you race, and
then climbed into the boat insisting that
| row. but persuaded him to d" so on
the pretext that it would warm him
up: and there l sat with his insane
ewes fixed upon me all the while
he was sending the boat with powerful
strokes homeward,
"When we got within one hundred
wards of shore there was splash. II
was the dog. Disguised with the Ill
treatment he had received he had
iumped out of the boat and was SWIM
ming for life. The madman drew in
his oars and with a curse leaped after
the dog. The water was shallow and
he founded through the mud and rushes
until he caught the dog, bringing it
back with him. This seemed to be
some satisfaction. for the dog fairly
covered under the shower Of curses be-
slowed upon him.
AT last we reached the shore, fast
ened the boag, and then | told him to
run up to the house and get some dry
clothes on and take a rest, as was con-
fident would beat him in the swimming
match.
lie went one way, the dog another,
and | went mine, without the remotest
idea of swimming a match with him,
and never saw him again except in his
coffin, but to my dying day shall never
forget, waking or dreaming, my awful
experience of being human mouse at the
mercy Of human cat, and a rabid one
at that"
"When did the young man die?"
after several insane acts he died OF
heart failure one week and day from
the day | fought him in the boat
"What were your sensations after es-
Gaping from him?"
MY system was wrought to the high
est pitch of nervousness. | could not
sleep or eat. In fact thought at times
that unless | got relief that |, too would
go insane"
"NYhen did you recOver?"
81 don't think | am fully recovered
vet. | staid away from the office for
three days after the occurrence. l felt
low-spirited, but did not realize the ex-
tent of the shock to my nerves until [
entered into the routine of the work
here, and then found that my memory
was completely gone. l felt almost in
capacitated for work and was compelled
to keep daily diary, thing which l
never did before. l have many times
turned from my desk to the safe, and
when l got there had absolutely forgot
ten what | went after. In writing |
would put down letter q where |
should have written the letter "a, and
so on"
"When did your hair turn white?"
'Mv wife noticed a few white hairs
which suddenly appeared Uhe heAI udy'
but thought nothing about it. About
week ago felt a numbness about my
temples, and the next morning patch
of hair as big as your hand above and
behind my ears was as white as you see
it now. The creeping sensation some
thing akin to the feeling in your limb
after it has been asleep or after the
pricking sensation has left it-came on
periodically and always left white
path, and now you can plainly see that
it is an impossibility to distinguish the
original color Of my hair, which was
brown and of remarkable tineness,
while, if you will run your hands
through it now, you will see that it is
coarse and wiry. carry to my grave
the indelible reminder of horror that
haunts me, and | fully believe will
haunt me to the end"