Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-10
AQUEER ADVENTURE.

NO, faan.ss, obi chap [ really cant
Sep ths night. IshoaId bike e. awfulfy,
bar. y0a see. II sissils't ta-n up the wife
w.ld Do IN a filnk and never 80 10 bed
a. al. thinking sosnething had goIss
wrong. Bsnaiss. I've gor ID let Jones'
have three columns II copy b. ) O'eiock
tosa0xroe and haven't started vet"
-Wsn, 1a-E a. you like, only l visa
yoa'f have sAid earlier y0a didn't mean
stopping, - 40 eonid have teIe<sraphssi
~ ssy y0u W1ulant be back IT'S after
baIf past 7 now. and or nearest ofitee =
I've miles AVA. 50 it's too late"
Il esiaa 20 usss Jlm Carson woulsia't
stop. 40 lad u order the trap ~ drive
him - the station - eaten the $40 back
10 town
After seeing him OF / wsmt 30 the
station masters oi1ire 10 inqu IRE II some
things I was expecting had arrived, and
while there | noticed an evening paper
hing on tho table IL just happened
that aa intimate friend Of mine had a
lawsuit on about some copyright bust
nsss, and the irst hearing Of the case
WAS "a have taken place that day.
Thinking the affair, AZ far a. IL had pro-
ceeded. might BE reported. asked the
station master II he wouhi mind my
having a look al the paper Dor a minute.
Certainly, sir, ne said ''You may
a. wei take it back with yoxi, a. have
finished with IT, There's a piece in IL
about some fellow As Il said To have es-
capped from Bradley asylum last night.
and about killed one Of the war,ier
chaps. I expect its Just one OF them
yarns az gets into evening papers now
and again. Well. good night. sir. I'll
ssnd up your things as soon as they ar
rive"
l was a long time going the three
miles which lay between the station
and my lately acquired dornieile.
Lighting a cigarette and leaving Tom
nv 20 shanble on a. best lie liked,
started In 70 think.
SIX months ago what was II Wen.
what Is generally called u literary hack.
getting about thirty-five shillings a
week-s0mstiInes more, generally less
Just because crusty old uncle on whom
was dependent had seen fit 10 chuck
me out neck and crop for the simple
reason that didn't go IN for what he
wanted me t0--i- e.. the bar.
Twas Of literary turn OF mind, and
thought | should never be a shining
hight in the profession. | could at least
earn my bread and cheese. So in fit
of anger told the old gentleman
wouldn't be- lawyer. whereupon l was
called an nngrateful. impudent puppy.
and told to do what liked.
~No,"I thought to myself; Robert
Grant, il you've got to prevaricate. doit
Indirectly"
so I went in for journalisIni And
now poor old uncle has gone the way Of
all flesh. letting mo ia for all his estate.
real and personal. including Ashworth
lodge. Old uncies who quarrel with
their willful nephews and disinherit
them generally DO come around at the
last. Mine did at any rate.
jim Carson. the fellow whom / had
seen off. was An old chum of mine in
the srribbling days, and had just run
down 10 see nv new abode and wish a
rich uncle hal kicked him out some
years ago
Tommy aroused me from my musings
by stumbling over something in the
Et4ti ttlii hf-tftF htt Vhb- w 4
gathered mp the reins. and he went the
rest Of the journey at a smart pace.
Benson" said 10 the man whom I
had engaged as kind Of valet groom
until I was properly settled. "when
you've put the horse up. Just tell Mrs.
Hewetson she can go home rs soon as
she likes. as | shan't want anything
moro tonight"
Mrs. Hewetson was the wife of the
gardener. who lived about half a mile
away. and was hooking after the house
and coolsing for me.
II was ton fine nigh. and too
early to turn in. so I settled myself
IN my old uncle's favorite armchair
before the dining room window and
commenced TO look over the paper had
got from the station master. / looked
first for the lawsuit report, but evident
" the case had not come on until late.
IA there was nothing in the paper
about il.
Hello. this must be what the sta
ton master was talking about
Late last evening = lunatic named Jame1
Stanley male god his escape from Bradley
asylum. under pecuIiaf circumstances. which
VIII probably refiIf. ~ tie death OF one OF the
attendants II seems that iast night the usual
annual ball tcok place al the asylum. and sew
erai n the inmates suffering frons the Fniiier
forms u insanity were allowed 90 be present
rs ordinary guests. "a had been install all
pa~f occasions. Stanley one - these and
Suddenly he wa foand q be missing from the
RON. aud on a search heuR ssie he couis rot
BE- found. On proce~-iing a1t-ide tn hunt for
him the body - one Of the attendants was
discovered lying on the xreund. The unfortr-
Dase man having received a severe blow AZ the
back q the head Which knocked him sensetes~.
n transeires that the missing made his
way % the roona where the coafs and bats we're
kept IN charge % man who bad only been
sf-sut the place few days and pa~-ed himself
eli A. Que n the guests fratn outside. lie man
seed ~ secure hat and coat. IN which ha
must have been ds,ectesl escaping BY the poor
feliew whom, he knocked over.
stanley. n thc lime Of his light. was efired,
IN addition IN the ihfnss he secured. IA an or
dinsry black Morning suit. and ws= weasins,
patent leather dsnciax shoes He Is a strung.
tail fellow. standing ever six feet tso. dark
hair And slight nast=cAe. TIP 20 the present
there i 20 news - hand Of has rvcapture. not
with-tsa,linu vigorous search. which - being
pursued Ia al directloas-
A queer story. ! thought, when | had
finished reading the paragraph. AMI
more 40 30 me becaase Bradley ASYLUM
was only about three miles distant from
my place. ard bad received an invita-