Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-12-12
A MANAGES STORY.
Terrible Penalty OF Ungoverned
jealousy.

Oot1CuSys
DR.. lIhyford was my chum at Har.
ward and my most intimate friend as
well. OF course he was not an NJ D. !
thc.n, but such he soon after became,
Ind having more spare time than cash,
as more experienced and better cstab-
lished physicians got gil the paying
patients he was obliged to look around
considerably in order to find a favor
able location.
After several changes he finally
drifted off ont west and then lost all
knowledge of him. We had written oc-
casionally for some time, but every
body knows now difficult it is to answer
letters amid the cares of an active life,
so it is not strange that our eo1rc-
spondencc died Il natural death at last
A few years nfterward I, too, went
west to pay visit to Il favorite uncle,
and in less th2n Il week from the time
l arrived ut his house came across
Will H"yiord. The surprise and pleas
ure of the meeting was mutual.
VIII told me that he had made a
special study of insanity and had been
SO successful in it's treatment that he
| had opened q small private madhousc
just out of town in order to accommo-
date his wealthy patients. At that
| time there were several being treated
there. After short conversation the
| doctor was obliged to leave me, but
ere he went he made me promise to call
ct the asylum before l returned cast.
II do not usually admit any visitors
except the immediate friends of my
| Paticrts," said he. but in your case l
am only too glad to do SO. Come any
day and you will be almost certain to
! find r>c in. as I devote my whole time
to the afflicted inmates Of my house
! So it happened tha3 spent the after
| noon at the asylum 4 few days later.
| viii vas very glad to sec me, and we
had long, pleacant talk about old
! times and acqua:ntanccs. He had q
Treas many questions to ask about
people and things at the east, and the
! time passed by rapidly. at length,
however, Ire invited me to inspect the
institution, 4 thing I was exceedingly
anxious to do.
l saw several interesting patients,
and my. friend, the doctor, gave me
brief accounts of their lives and the
various Eallucinations under which
they We're laboring; but to me the last
one to which we came was the most in
! teresting of all. Pausing before a door
in an isolated portion of the building,
the doctor said:
Here is 4 patient have never a.
lowed anyone to see except the brother i
who brought him here: lie is a young
man OF good education; and excellent
family, but he is hopclessly insane.
At times he is violent and single un-
guarded word might serve to make
him wild; hence my prccaution in re-
gard to visitors. l have confidence III
you, though, and You can talk witt!
him as much as You please as he has
been quite rational for some days.
Conversation of the right kind may &c
him good"
SO saying DR.. Hayford unlocked the
door, and then l saw that there was
another one beyond it made of grateG
iron, through the bars of which looked
ont 4 pale, cTnaciated young man who
had evidently been strillingly handsome
when in health. Even then there was
| n certain dcvilish beauty lingering
about his thin but regular features and
glittering eyes, in whose restless
depths glowed the lurid fire of ,mad
ness.
"1Iavc you heard from Emma?" he
called out to me in voice of passion
ate appealing, as soon as he 5 aw m.
standing outside. ''IIas she forgiven
. me YETI
Talk with him if you like; only lru
NOR him." said the doctor. Il must e;
and give No. his medicine now" anG
SO saying he departed, leaving me still
standing before the door of No. Is
Turning toward the unfortunate young
man l soothinSlv answered:
''Ies; Emma is we'll and happy, anc
l think she will forgive you soon. Blu
you have never told me what she ha:
to forgive"
Don't you know? Then l will tel
you the whole terrible story" said TIL,
pale young man with the burning eyes
and he began at once as follows:
II always had a longing for th'
stage, and when became of age | a
once started for the city in order t,
cultivate my natural ability as al
. actor. After repeated efforts l sue
cecdcd in getting chance as a supc
in one of tns leading theaters, ant
soon began 70 have more imPortan
parts assigned me.
But | did not find theatrical life a
- congcnial as l expected, and beside
that my love for l2nitna Garrison va
y drawing me. back to MY native villaEr
with an alntos: Irresistible power. Oh
how beautiful she was! No wonder
y, worshiPed the very 'aents that -
y wore, and even y, -, r,,,.o ,,,,,,-
elm, wh!:e tiage,nd Lni!ars ANNUALLY
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