The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-25
THE MOON WATCHES HER.
UNHAPPY Mss TAYLOR, WHO Is
ETPSOTIZEO-

Prom re AeC York Torid-
Did you ever VISIT TIE Eonsr's iussos
pavilion e. Bellevue Hosp-tsli DID you
ever pas through the heavy swinging doos
into the iong unczrps5sd hall-bsrz, pict1re-
lesz. hfelsss u the stirring sense Of t-s word,
full Of echoss and tes ghosrs q minis
disszssdi Dbl you ever noe The p0or, pale
woun=n sitting idly about with foldsd
hands, some q t.en staring Vita vacz1t
eyss a. tie EtiteEssosi walls for ho-rs
and o-he-s twisting t1slr TIN fingers u11=r
tie stress of thar vague ill1S1oost hey
are lot g. al viO.slt Inslr insanity L -
tns mid and peaceful Il d Ihro1Zl TIE
halls tire waise-sp-o1ed nurses liz softly
about
TIE lives q tie patients are passed IA an
atuosf here of eosr al afternoon. and
nothing drifts through the tail windows Bat
the pale, s-A1tl1g sunlight. snd al occa-
SIGNAL d1Il sound from tn fsr-zTay world
that brings vague visions Of bslf-torgo1sen
pas. Approach OLE Of these women and
sns vii elthsr look at you with an appeal
ing dilassd stare or turn hsr head II e tired
fashion. after the manner Of Tsnnyso1's
Lotus Eaters
Il; Us sIo0e. Tine dr5vsth onward fast.
And In = Lite Wide our iips are dumb.
1t is zlone. Wha- Is . tazt VII lasrt
Al tdi1gs are tsks1 from Is and become
Question the handsome young physician
in charge and be viii tell you that some
are there through hereditary affiicJion,
some cecause marriage has been fail
| IRE, some By reason Of q horrible hsnd-tO-
hand struggle with poverty, and others
| through grief and broken hear.
No mater what may have brought them
| there, however, their fate is the same. To
| rise in the morning. 10 sit and dream
49, H. = -, -,
| tbslr visionary existence with a ntful
slsep, AMI at last 70 die and Be forgotten,
| Just as sane people are forgotten
By far the mos. Interesting case in the
pavilion a. present is that Of Miss Caroline
| Taylor, who was admitted few days ago
after a bearing Of her complaint in the
courts Miss Taylor is young, well ein-
GATED. very pretty, and claims % be suffer
1 ing under somebody's hypnotic influence.
In Wild effort to break the spell she ran
away from her home in Seattle some days
ago and arrived 10 New York on last Mon
day.
Clad in dark plaid Of fashionable make,
she formed a pretty picture, sitting pa iently
among the other women, waiting for the
| day Of nsr removal 70 the hospital" by
which deluAive naTue the doctor desiznates
Wards Island.
81 am glad you have come" she said sim
| ply; Il am a stranger in this city and am
| not yet used % It's way. | am here, as you
| doubles know, TO seek relief from a psrse-
| cHtion which has almost driven me crazy,
and Thich"-with a weary motion of her
hand across her fOrehesd-'I cannot bear
much longer. / am almost exhausted, and
the doctor suggests that 20 TO the hospital
| for a few days. He is very kind and
think shall do So | came here because
know that New York is the American
! center Of telescopes and all the occult
| sciences | understand, too, that it is the
| home Of everything wicked as well as
everything good. / am aware"-with a
naive little laugh-"that 10 New Workers l
| viii seem very old-fashioned, for | believe
In God. Nevertheless, desire TO i terest
| them in my case, because there are those
among them who can readily understand
the possibility Of what gay"
| The girl closed her eyes, leaned her head
| against the wall aud shuddered. She re-
manned in this position, motionless, for a
| full minute, and when she again opened
her eyes they were scintillating with strange
| fires and the pupils were dilated until the
iris was almost black Then, putting up
| both hands, as though repslling somethin z,
she turned suddenly, grasped the reporters
hand and exclaimed: Now, look directly
at ne and tell me sometbing-can you not
see straight into my eyes for thousand
milesT'
The strange question came with startling
su1denness and almost dramatic force. Ii
was the first symptom of dsmentia the girl
had exhibited, though, in truth, looking
into her eyes. the question did not appear
80 odd. They seemed, if such an expression
may be permitted full of a vast, shade wy
| emptiness midnight thoro 1ghfares
along which lurked the dark ghosts Of q
| diseased mind.
"He was here just now" she resumed,
somewhat Historically; land that is the
way he came. He Is going back over the
same path. Can't you see himl Ughl the
brute!"
She covered her face with hsr hands and
shuddered.
1T is rather strange, is it notP she cried.
after a short pause II cannot understand
why he should prosecute me SO. From Uhe
moment they became angry with me
they began their abuse. l will tell you
all about it if you care to listen. The
trouble first began in Seattle year and
half ago. My uncle. David Taylor, was af-
fiicted with hereditary throat trouble
which finally became SO bad that he was
confined to his bed. Under the direction Of
a woman, four strange men came to the
house, made an examination, and by manip
ulatons threw him completely under theIl
influence. They came and went, anc
went and came, in the same wa
.
, my uncle grew poorer and thinner ant
winter, hour by hour, and day by day, unit
, knew he could not recover ., | knew hoy
things were going. l was only girl, blu
they could not fool me. The strange womal
came back. and one day went into a Ger
tain room and caught her making mourn
ing / accused her OF being in league witt
the manipulators, and made such fuss tina
she consented to discharge the physical
and hire another. She did so, but the ney
one soon joined the conspirators and thing
were worse than before.
"Well, it ended as all such things end M
uncle died Never in my life had seen an
/, one SO terribly wasted. He was SO thin tha
! no was nothing but parchment-covere
7 skeleton. 1t was triumph of mind owe
matter, and the victory was complete.
: loved my uncle, and on the morning afte
he died knelt weeping in the parlor wher
l he lay Suddenly the door opened and i
/, walked the manipulation. l sprang to m
feet, wild with Indignation, pointed to tn
door and ordered him out. He refused to e
! Then accused him of being the author {
my uncle's death.
1t is not true he said, in a cringin
: way; lit is only christian science
| a. Christian science, indeedn / ex
: claimed. 1T is the science of hell, and 20
= are murderer
!. Take carep he said, cycling M
> strangely.
i "'Oh, am not afraid of you criec
, DO your worstl'
" Take carep he repeated