Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-04


I must confess, in spite of my affection for
Carriston, ! felt inclined to rebel against the
curse which matters were taking. | was a
prosaic matter~of.fact medical man; doing my
work to the best OF my ability, and anxious
when that work was done that my hours Of
leisure should be as free from worry and care
as possible. With Carriston's advent several
disturbing elements entered into my quiet
life.
Let Ralph Carriston be guilty or innocent
of the extraordinary crime which his cousin
laid at his door, l felt that he was anxious TO
obtain possession OF the supposed lunatic's
person. IL would suit his purposes for his
cousin to be proved mad. did not believe
that even II the capture was legally effected
Carriston's liberation would be a matter of
great difficulty SO long as he remained In his
present state Of mind, so long as j, adOctor
OF some standing, could go into the witness
box and swear to his sanity. But my old
any further shock would overturn the bal
ance OF his sensitive mind.
So II was that every hOur that CarrlstOn
was out OF my sight was franght with anxiety.
III Ralph Carrlston was really as tinscrupu-
+. lous as my friend supposed; II he had really,
as seemed almost probable, sub0rned oar
agent; he might by some crafty trick obtain
tue needful certificate. and some day should
come home and find CarristOn hal been re-
moved. In such a ease foresaw great troub-
le and distress.
Besides, after all that had occurred. it was
ton WAS not mad. Any doctor who knew
what | knew would have given the verdict
against him.
After dismissing his visions and hallucina-
tons with the contempt which they deserved,
the fact OF a man who was madiy, passion.
ately In love with u woman, and who believ-
ed that she had been e~ntrapped and was still
kept In restraint, sitting down quietly, and
letting day after day pass without making an
effort toward finding her, was In Itself pftmd
fdcie evidence Of insanity. A sane man
would at once have set all the engines Of de-
lection al work.
l felt that II once Ralph Carriston obtain
ed possession Of him he could make out 4
strong case In his " favor. First OF al, the
proposed marriage out Of the defendants
own sphere OF life; the passing under a false
name; the ridiculous, or apparently ridicu-
lOuS accusation made gains his kiIlsmaD J;
the murdcrous threats; the chastisement OF
his own paid agent who brought him q re-
port which might not seem Mt all untrue a.
any one who knew not Madeline Rowan.
Leaving out the question what might DO
wrung nom me In cross-examinatlon, Ralph
Carriston had q strong ease, and Knew That
ono IN hls Rower, my iIiend might k pSss l',I
under restraint So / WAS anxious,--very
And i felt an anxiety, scarcely second to
that which prevailed on CarristOn's account
as 10 the fate OF Madeline. Granting for
sake Of argument that Cairist0n's absurd
conviction that no bodily harm had as yet
bern done her. was true. ] felt suIe that she
with her scarcrly less sensitive iialsire must
feel the separation from her lover a. much ~
he himself felt the separation tIsan her, Onre
or twice I tried to comfort myself with eynt
ciSn-tglcd 10 persuade lnyselk thyt Q Young
wouAR spph po3 " ouf deye n epubed