The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-10-03

| must confess, in spite of my affection for
Carrlston, l felt inclined to rebel egaInst the
course which matters were takiiig, was d
prosaic mattsr.of-fact medical man doing my
work to the best of my. ability, and anxious
When that work was don't that my hours of
leisure should be as free from worry and care
as possible. With Carriston's advent several
life. 500
Let Ralph carriston be guilty or innocent
81, the, extraordinary crime which his cousin
laid ut his door, l felt that he was anxious to
OBTAIN possession of the supposed l~unatic's
person. It would suit his purposes for his
cousin to he proved Mad. / did not believe
nat syem i Tie capture was legally effected
great difficulty so long as he remained in his
present state OF mind; so long as j. a doctor
OF some standing, could go into. the witness
box and swear to hi. salty. But my old
dreaI was always with me-the dread tina.
ancc of his sensitive mind.
SO It was that every hour that rarriston
was ont, OF mt. sight Was fiatght with anxiety.
If Ralph Carfiston was really MS llnscrupil-
lous as my friend supposed; if he had really.
as seemed almost probable subprncd or
agent; he might by some crafty trick obtain
the needful certificate, and some day / should
ccliie Home and find Ca,riston had been re-
moved. In such a case l foresaw great troub-
le and distress.
~AANS ~ "a tituN NV otGuIltN, IL WIS
as much as co'tld do to believe that Carris-
ton was not mad. Any doctor who kpcY
what l knew would have given the verdict
against him.
After dismissing his visions and halIucina-
tons with the contempt which they deserved,
the TACT or a man who was madly, passion.
ately in love with q woman, and who believ-
ed that she had been entrapped and was still
keht IN restraint, sitting down quietly, and
ieItnlg day alter day pass without making an
effort toward finding her, was in itself pIJ1na
tdcH evidence of insanity. A sane man
would at once have set all the engines of de-
lection at work.
felt that ii once Ralph Carriston obtain
cd possession OF him he could make out II
strong case In his own favor. First Of Mi. thu
proposed marriage out of the defendants
own sphere OF life; tie passing under n false
name; the ridiculous, OF apparently ridicu-
!9us, accusation made against his kinsman;
his cwn paid agent who brought him a re-
port which might not seem at all untrue to
any one who knew not Madeline Rowan.
Leaving out the question what might be
Wrung from me In cross-examination, Ralph
Caffiston had a strong case, and l knew that,
1llce III MS power, my friend might possibly
De doomed to pass years, III n0th his Whole life,
under restraint. So l was anxi0us,-yery
anxious.
and 1 felt an anxiety, scarcely. second to
that which prevailed on CarristOn's account,
as to the fate Of Madeline. Granting for
q OF argument that CaITiston's absurd
conviction that no bodily harm had as yet
Dsen done her, was true, ! felt sure that She
Win ner scarcely less sensitive nature must
Icel the separation from her lover as much as
ne himself fels the separation from her. Once
OF tWleD tried to comfort myself with cyni-
cisln-tried TO persuade myself that Il voting
WoNiAl could not In our days be- spirited