Arizona republican., 1892-01-22

ing along the corridor.
 "Here you are," said Mike, "No. 15."
 "But this is patients room," l 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 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 ye are," said Mike with funny little chuckle
 Come, now, you'd better begin to undress quietly, for that bath is waitin for ye."
 It 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 am u patient"
 "Oh, that's all right. recognize my old friend very well, and haven't said ye was . patient. Only I'm telling you to hurry out of them clothes and take ye're bath"
 "It is about time to stop this fooling," said, "Now let me pass; I want to go down to your master"
 "Ye'll find there's no foolin about it now, and l want ye to understand that the master on this fiure 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 a joke. l stepped forward as though to push by him.
 l 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 stepped forward, Mike stepped back and uttered little sharp whistle. In one instant felt myself grabbed from behind and I was in the powerful grasp of the two men.
 l struggled and fought like a caged tiger, but l was as helpless as baby, and there stood that dunderheaded tiend, 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 a short spell of careful treatment" they had become literally raving lunatics Would Mike Brady drise me out of my mind:
 By big effort l restrained my anger for moment, and attempted to speak quietly.
 "Now, Mike" 1 s-sid, "this joke is about over. Please send one of these men for Dr. Disney, and he will tell you what a mistake you are making. 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. It is little way he has. And yell be going to stay quite long while acceptin his hospitality. You're going to begin at once, Are ye going to take that bathY
 "I am not"
 "Then we'll have to give it to you"
 In a moment I 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.
 "We'll have to gag ye if ye shout, my friend" said Mike But I struggled all the more and shouted louder. There's no one will hear ye, and we'll soon put a stop to that struggling" He stepped out of the room and returned in min ute 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 that I was in the hands of three igno- rant brutes to whom every sane effort 1 made was further proof of my insan- ity. l was becoming weak from exertion and want of food. Then I understood Mikes object in taking me the long walk over the building. He had been tiring me out. Still I kept up my struggles and shouting.
 With wonderful rapidity, showing 1 how well and thoroughly Mike had ac- quired his duties, a strap was thrown across my legs and buckled tight to the bed, and another across my chest hold ing my arms to my side and almost choking me.
 Hell settle down directly" heard one of the keepers say, and in truth l had almost exhausted myself.
 l began to feel the room swimming around me.
 Would help never come?
 My throat was parched with terror and my tongue almost clove to the roof of my mouth. l managed to gasp a prayer for Water! For Gods sake, water" And then forget my troubles. When came to myself was lying on Q comfortable bed in an elegantly fur