The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-06-03

I1tIe you are Sdlu MIKE, mo. To-
''But this is patients room" | said.
"Surely DR.. Disney doesn't intend to
put me in here"
"He does, though, and yell find yer
self entirely comfortable. Yell find all
ye want and 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"
"And / 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, Nike" said, "do you mean
to tell me you don't recognize your old
| friend? You surely are not under the
impression that l am patient"
''Oh, that's all right recognize my
old friend very well, and l haven't said
We was patient Only I'm telling you
to hurry out of them clothes and take
ye're BATH"
at is about time to stop this fooling,"
said. "Now let me pass; want to go
down to your master"
"Ye'll find there's no foolin about it
now, and l want We toiunderstand 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" l 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 joke. 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 for
some time. AS I stepped forward, Mike
stepped back and uttered little sharp
whistle. In one instant l felt myself
grabbed from behind and | was in the
powerful grasp of the two men.
l struggled and fought like Gagged
tiger, but 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? Yes! 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 were
under his orders.
Now there flashed across my mind the
hundreds of stories had heard and read
of perfectly sane persons being sent to
lunatic asylums ''to get them out of the
way" and how, after short spell of
careful treatment" they had become
literally raving lunatics. Would Mike
Brady drive me out of my mind?
By big effort restrained my anger
for a moment, and attempted to speak
quietly.
"Now, Mike" l said, "this joke is
about over Please send one of these
men for DR.. Disney, and he will tell you
what mistake you are making. l am
his old friend and have come to stay
with him as his guest. He will be wait
ing dinner for me-"
''Now don't let's have any more of
that talk. l know all about you-of
course, you're the doctors guest. You're
all his guests. 1t is a little way he has.
And yen be going to stay quite long
while acceptin his hospitality. You're
going to begin at once. Are ye going to
take that bath?"
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 began to struggle
and shout at the top of my
voice.
"We1l have to gag We if ye shout, my
FRIEND" said Mike. But l struggled all
the more and shouted louder. There's
40 one will hear We, and we'll soon put
4 stop to that struggling" He stepped
)ut of the room and returned in min
lite with an armful of straps.
They were going to strap me down!
The horror of the moment was almost
worse than the agony of the thought
hat | was in the hands of three igno-
ant brutes to whom every sane effort
made was a further proof of my insan-
ty. | was becoming weak from exertion
md want of food Then l understood
Mixes object in taking me the long
walk over the building. He had been
iring me out. Still | kept up my
truggles and shouting.
With wonderful rapidity, showing
low well and thoroughly Mike had ac-
uired his duties, a strap was thrown
cross my legs and buckled tight to the
ed. aud another across my chest hold
ng my arms to my side and almost
hoking me.
He'll settle down directly" heard
ne of the keepers say, and in truth l
ad almost exhausted myself.
| began to feel the room swimming
round me.
Would help never come?
Ny throat was parched with terror
nd my tongue almost Glove to the roof