Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

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hoth'pg--how came tbere - 's ...s',a
s g,ousht me 70 such pass Only ye s-
.,o"'y did the circumstance rscai,
themselves. What ON earth ala 81
mean BY forehead was unmistabat'Iy,.
SUI ana still bleeding: indeed fbera .'' ]. Z,
Patch OF congeaIed blood on tae a.. = :
p.a'hiy visible in the broad food Of earlv
suhiignt now streaming beneath the half
, I. bind Had been drea,oine,s
wore than likely | had had a fiji. ms
now was 80 utterly bewildered Ia, !.
was some time before my tbouobts ~
came coherent. Then. alarmed ana s,,lI..
conscious !, for the first time in INV lifa
.ia. ! must be seriously i'll or Iaborino
inuer some mysterious mental aberra.
tioh' rose from the floor and sat dour
In an adjacent chair.
as my eyes wandered yacantlv aro,,, i
lney feii upon the circular top Of the old
escrltoire. 1t was partially open. Some
y, iiaa been at 1t, then; that was clearl
hat was no dream, no fancy-scarcely
que TO fit, one would think-.t taa..
not OF the sort had tremblingly tbougbt
OF. Yes, and there was the misa;ng 81,
IN the lock. When these facts had fully
nfoKeh In upon my cobwebbed brain
,ney ied to but one idea Acting on il.
pushed the lid full open and with the
rapldity OF thought pulled ont one draw.
CT after another, and there in most a.
them were deposited lot Of the articles
ana objects ! had 50 long rnissed-tbere
IN TINS neglected, useless piece Of fprni.
ture! ! turned them all out in n confn.
SION worse confounded than my thoughts
But there they were-aImost every one
cigar case, silver match box, trinkets
locket and pocketpook containing the
Scotch bank notes.
linen how on earth had they come to
be In this place: 4 thief would hardly
have stolen them to conceal them thus in
| my own apartments, unless-unless-
and then, very reluctantly. slowly, and
at first but vaguely, did arrive at the
coneiusion-unless the thief was myself.
Verify this was an alarming suppose
ton and confirmed my worst dread.
must be suffering under some frightful.
lnexplicable brain disease, for that mad
done this thing was wholly and totally
unconscious.
FOR days and days, however, took no
action. hesitated to breathe a word OF
the extraordinary affair to soul. Who
would believe it: Everybody would say
had gone out Of my mind--I thought
so myself. doubted if any doctor
would accept as veracious this wild &C.
count Of my dread awakening to the
truth. Yet, as knew it to be the truth,
| set this record Of it down while it was
all fresh in my memory, and eventually
being unable any longer to bear the nor
rible suspense and perplexity in which
the strange experience had left me, put
it before medical friend.
To my unspeakable establishment BIZ
believed every word Of it. Then, aftel
answering his endless searching CUES
tons, and when he had listened to such
verbal additions to the narrative as
could give him. he did not doubt on,
single point.
Yes" he said, among other com
plications you probably have been walk
ing in your sleep, and yourself secretin:
the various articles from time to time
The key, to wit, Of the escritoiTe, which
you imagine to have been the objec
taken from behind the looking glass b,
the figure you fancy you saw. had beei
placed there by your own hand. You
brain retained some dim perception 0
your having done so, and the disorders
condition Of your nervous system &C
, counts for that perception assuming tn
shape CT a figure resembling yourself
and in state Of partial unconsciousnes
YOU dashed upon your imaginary bur
glar-your own ghost, in fact-fel an
fully restored your senses to their equ-
: librium by that rap on your head How
. ever, it is enough for you if tell yo
that your nervous system is who'll
broken down, and that if You don't tax
a long holiday, so into the country an
for the next two or three months lead
i, perfectly regular. quiet life. 4 won
answer for the consequences. No,
shall give you but little medicine; fires
! air. quiet and regularity are the onl
drugs you stand in need Of. =
His advice was followed to the lette
) for | was thoroughly frightened. Thirt
years have passed; | have been long ma
ried, and have never missed sing
piece OF property, large or small, sln'
. that extraordinary August night.-A
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