The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-01

ing paper, stood tanning her vigorously
telling himself all the while that he was a
prute Tor having put his announcement in
the form of an accusation. He might have
suggested that the pin had become acct
dentally caught in the folds of her dress,
or that she hCd carried it off in a fit of
absence of mind He would have done so,
doubtless, had not the whole thing been
sprung upon him so suddenly. And this
woman, so beautiful in her resembles
distress, might be the victim of some Turk
some heart trouble, and the shock which
she had received might cause her death.
These thoughts and a thousand others
flashed throIigh DetWiIIer's brain dnrino
the brief period of the woman'5s semi-con-
seriousness. Presently he observed a faint
culver about the white eyelids the blue
eyes opened slowly like blossoming flow
ers, and. placing a hand on either arm of
the chair. the lady drew herself into sit
ting pocture.
you are right" she said, turning back
the glove upon her left hand and disclos-
ing the missing pin upon her open palm,
lin supposing me in possession of your
property; but, or fixing her eyes full of
beseeching appeal upon his face, listen to
my story, and let compassion for my mis-
fortunes temper your ScOrn."
She was silent for a few moments and
tears glistened upon her delicately-tinted
checks like rain drops upon the leaf Of a
rose. She wiped them away hastily, and,
suppressing her emotion, continued:
Bodily diseases, let them be never so
loathsome. awaken our sympathy or at
least our pity; moral ailments elicit from
Us only censure and contempt. For my
self a deadly physical malady, gnawing a
ones very vitals. does not wiring from me
one 1.-THE of the sorroWing compassion that
the eating moral disorder excites, destroy
ing as it does, the character, and de-
priving us of the respect and affection of
our fellows" She paused again, this time
with bowed head and clasped hands
though summoning supernatural strength
to her aid, and then said slowly:
"Behold in me the wretched victim of
such disorder. From a child ! have
been prey to the terrible malady known
as kleptomania, whose progress the skilled
physician is unable to arrest; whose seeds
religion itself-heaven pity NELSON'S
powerless to eradicate. 1t extends itself
only to glittering objects like this shin
ing bauble," taking the pin which had fall
len into her lap, and looking at 1t with sor-
rOwful eyes. They fascinate me, as does
the deadly glance of the cobra the help
less bird. Possessed of limitless means,
nv parents have resorted to every expedi-
ent for my relief. In order to strengthen
my moral nature they have surrounded
me with the purest atmosphere, subject
ing me from my infancy to eleVatlng IN
huences, and selecting for me as tutors
when more advanced-men Of eminent pi-
ety. That 1 might be secured against
temptation they have furnished me with
liberal supplies of money. They have en-
deavored to divert me, too, with travel,
with amusements, with intellectual pur-
suits They have even-under the seal of
strictest confidence-consulted skilled
physicians in my behalf, only to receive
the discouraging verdict that in this the
patient must minister to himself, And
/, too, have struggled-God only knows
how earnestly.
Have struggled as the terror-stricken
sleeper does to free himself from horri-
HE nightmare | have exacted heavy
penalties from mysef as atonements for
nv transgressions; / have inflicted upon
myself the severest bodily torture have
tasted, l have prayed, and ] had fondly
believed not without avail for 1t had been
months now since my old temptation has
overcome me. But, alasi the event Of this
4s-Ha m
How cruel the disappointment has been
to me God alone can know.