The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

Ts might even be possible that sbs wa III ~ against her will in some place of cont...g aeg. menL Tn such case it behooyed rs I'd ..I. proper steps to trace her Her welfare sbS.,1S not oepend upon the hallucinafions and a,' eentflc Ideas of man half out of his se,ss.. Mitn iofe and griet- l all but r>soIyed ev.n at the TlSk of fOrfeiting Carrixtnr's fr;.r5 ship, to put the whole matter in tbe hsnss ., ule ponce, unless in the course of a dsy or tNo we heard from the girl herself or Csyris- Ion suggested some better plan.
 CmlouSiy enough. although refpsins fl, h.. guided hy me. be made no suggestion on bis own own account He was raeked by fear and spspen se, yet bis only idea of solving his dif faculties seemed Co hts that of wajf7nS ua dld nothing. He simply waited. as ii he .r- pectel that chance would bring what he Snould have been searching for high and low. anu
 Some days passed before coBld ga, |. tardy consent that aid should b. so1sht Even then he would not go to the nr1sa- quarter; but he allowed me to snr,r5o,' i1DP.a ,a ouI councils man who advertised himS.If ds ONlns private detective This man or one 0i ms men came st our call. and heard what was wanted of him. Carriston rrimr.- isntly gave him one of Msdelioe's nhoto- graphs. He also tod him that only by watrS. Ing aud spying on Ralph CarristoD's ever, acton could be hope tO obtain the elew dld not much like the course adopted m, aid like the lOO6 of the man to whom fb., inquiry was lntrusted: but al any rate some thing was being done.
 week passed without new, frn-, orr agent, Carrist0n, in truth. did not seem to expect any. l believe he only employed the man m deierence to my wishes. He moved soout the house tn disconsolate fashion. 1 cousin, but had cautioned him of the rare oc- edslons upon which he went out of doors to sNold speaking to strangers. and mv Seryaut< hAd stIiet Instructions to prevent any one coming in and taking my guest by surprise.
 Tor had during those days opened con- nuehiiaI inquiry on my own account 1 wanted iO learn something about this Mir Ralph CarTist0n. So l asked man who Knew everybody 10 md out all about him
 He.feported that Ralph Garrison was a man well-known about London He was married and had house in Dorsetshire: but the greater part Of his time was spent in town Once he was supposed to be well-off: out now II was the general opinion that every acre he owned was mortgaged, and that he Was much pressed for money. But" my informant said. there is but one life between nun and the reTersion to large estates. and that life Is poor one. l believe even now there Is talk about tEe man who stands in his way being mad. Ii So, Ralph CarTiston will get the management of everything"
 Alter this news l felt it more than ever needtul tO keep watchful eye on my friend. 50 Tar as knew there had been no rccur- renee of the trance, and began to hope that proper treatment would effect complete cure. when to my great alarm and annoy ance. CaFriSton, while sitting with me, sud denly and without warning fell into the same strange state Of body and mind as previously described. This time he WAS sitting in an- other part of the room After watching him for minute or two, and just as was making Up my mind tO arouse him and scold him thoroughly for his folly, he sprung to his feet, and shouting, Lei her go. Loose her, sayr' rushed violently across the roon-so violently, that had barely time to interpose and prevent him from coming into contact with the opposite wall.
 Upon returning to his senses he told me. with great excitement, that he had again seen Madeline: moreover this time he had seen man with her-a man who had placed his hand uron her wrist and kept il there: and so. according To CaITiston's wild reasoning, beraIne. on account of the contact visible to him.
 He told me he had watched them for some moneEis. until the man, tightening his grip on the girls arm. endeayored, he thought t0 lead her or induce her to follow him some where. At this iuneture, unaware that he was glzing al a vision. he had rushed to her assistance in the frantic way have deserib- ed-then he awoke.
 He also tod me he mad studied the mans features and general appearance most care fully with view tO future recognition All these ridiculous statements were made as lie made the former ones. with the ar of one re- iating simple undeniable factS-one speak ing plain unvaruished truth. and expecting fuil credence to be given to his words.
 II was too absurd too sad. IL was evident to me that the barrier between his haliucllla- tiOns. dreams, visions. or what he chose 10 call them, and pure insanity, was now very slight and fragile one But before gave his case up as hopeless determined to make an other strong appeal to his common sense. told him of his cousins visit to me-of his in tentions and proposition. begged hlm to consider what consequences his extraordinary beliefs and extrayagent actions must eventu- ally entail. He listened sttentively and calmly.
 You see now,n he said. how right was in attributing all this to Ralph Carriston- how right was to come to you, doctor of standing who can vouch for my sanity
 .-V0uch for your sanityl How can 1 when you sit here and talk sueh arrant nonsense, and expect me to believe It? When you jump from your chair and rush madly at some visionary foe2 Sane as you may be in all else. any evidence l could give in your favor must break down in cToss-examlnation if an inkling Of these things got about. Come, Caniston, be reasonable, and prove your sanity by setting about this search for Mss Rowan in proper way.
 He made no reply. but walked up and down the room apparently in deep thought My words seemed t0 have had no effect upon him. Presently he seated himself; and as If to avoid returning to the argument, drew a book at hazard from my shelves and began to read. He opened the volume at random, but alter reading few lines seemed struck by something that met his eyes, and in few minutes was deeply immersed Tn the contents of the book. l glanced at II to see what had so awakened his interest. By curious fa- taIity he had chosen book the very worst for him in his present frame of mind-Gh- ehrist's recently published life Of William Blake that Inasferiy memoir Of a man who was on certain points as mad as Carriston himself. 1 was about to reInonstrate, when he laid down the volume and turned to me
 '.Varley. the painter" " he said, was frm believer in Blake's visions
 ..yarley was bigger fool than Blake" rei0rted. Fancy his sitting down and watching his clever but mad friend draw spectral heads, and believing them to be genuine portraits of dead kings whose forms cond.Scended !O appear to Blake!'
 A sudde, thought seemed to strike Carris- ton. "Ni1 you give me some paper and chaIk9'' he asked. Upon being furnished rita these materials he seated himself at the table and began to draw. At least dozen times he sketched. with his usual rapldlty, some object or another. and dozen tnles, after 8 moments consideration, threw eacu sketch aside with an air of disappointheni and began a fresh one At last one of hls at- tempts seemed 10 come up to his require, ments. T have it now. exactly! he cred with joy-eyen triumph-in his voice. lie spent some time in putting finishing touehes to the successful sketch, then he handed me the gaper. - v,5,h Madeline" he said. When l find hin shall find her." lie spoke with all sincerity and conviction. looked at the paper wi'if 1 am bound to say, d great amount oi OUTPOST ty:. ra,.