San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-05

QulLc III tCCOIuduCe WIN Lne ancient
Scottish rules of hospitality. So turned
to Mike and said:
"Well, don't you think it's about time
we found my roomf ia like to get
wash and go down to dinner"
"That's all right" he said. Eyer
rooms on this floor; yen be there in
minute, and maybe I'll help We wash"
There was little abruptness in his
manner of speech that did not quite
like, and "this floor" was right at the
top of the house in the lunatic quarter,
right away from the doctors part of the
building. However, did not know but
that there might be some means OF
reaching the doctors apartments by go.
ing along the corridor.
"Here you are" said Mike, "No 15."
"But this is patients ROOM" l said.
"Surely DIR. Disney doesn't intend to
put me in here"
"He does, though, and yen find yer
self entirely comfortable. Yell find all
We want ana the attention will be per
feet"
"But don't care to stay in this part
of the house. If Disney has no better
accommodation than this for a friend he
hasn't met in three years, I'll get out and
go back to Aberdeen"
Sand l think you'll conclude to stay
where We are" said Mike with funny
little chuckle.
"Come, now, you'd better begin to
undress quietly, for that bath is waitin
for ye."
1t began to dawn upon me that Mike
really thought he had got new patient,
and laughed out loud at the joke.
"Why, Mike" said, "do you mean
to tell me you don't recognize your old
friend? You surely are not under the
impression that 1 am patient"
"Oh, that's all right. recognize my
old friend very well, and haven't said
We was patient. Only I'm telling you
to hurry out Of them clothes and take
ye're bath"
ut is about time to stop this fooling,"
said. "Now let me pass; want to go
down to your master"
YEN find there's no foolin about it
now, and want We to understand that
the master on this fure is called Mike
Brady-Mr. Mike Brady, Esq. Now
take off them clothes"
'Now let me pass; I've had enough OF
this" I said quietly, but was getting
very hot, and felt myself turning white
in the face with suppressed passion.
The affair was getting beyond the limit
of a joke. l stepped forward as though
to push by him.
| had been so absorbed in this little
controversy that l had quite forgotten
the proximity of those two keepers who
had been following us so closely fol
some time. AS | stepped forward, Mike
stepped back and uttered little sharp
whistle. In one instant felt myself
grabbed from behind and was in the
powerful grasp of the two men.
l struggled and fought like Gagged
tiger, but l was as helpless as baby,
and there stood that dunderheaded
fend, Mike Brady, smiling at me in
calm victory and making me more and
more angry and mad.
Mad
Mad? Vest That was it! He thought
was mad, and he knew to perfection
how to arouse all the evil passions with.
in me- And he meant to do it. The
two keepers knew no better; they wert
under his orders.
Now there flashed across my mind the
hundreds of stories had heard and read
of perfectly sane persons being sent t.
lunatic asylums "to get them out of the
way" and how, after a short spell OF
careful treatment" they had become
literally raving lunatics. Would Mike
Brady drive me out of my mindI
By big effort restrained my anger
for a moment, and attempted to speak
quietly.
Now, Mike" | said, "this joke is
about over. Please send one of these
men for DR.. Disney, and he will tell yor
what a mistake you are making. am
his old friend and have come to stay
with him as his guest. He viii be wait
ing dinner for me-"
Now don't let's have any more OF
that talk. | know all about you-Ol
course, you're the doctors guest. You're
all his guests. 1t is little way he has.
And yell be going to stay quite a long
while acceptin his hospitality. You're
going to begin at once. Are We going tc
take that bathg'
81 am not"
"Then we'll have to give it to you"
In a moment was thrown onto the
bed On my back, and while the two
keepers held me Mike commenced to
disrobe me. Then l began to struggle
desperately and shout at the top of my
voice. ....
"We1l have to gag We if ye shout, my
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