The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-10-30


usder m, notice. He seemed greatly
interested ia the subject.
You must sometimes find 1t hard to
say where sanity ends, and insanity
begins" he said. thoughtfully.
Eyes. The boundary line is, in some
instances, hard to define. To give, in
such a dubious case, an opinion which
would satisfy myself, would want to
have known the patient at the time he
was considered quite sane"
ITO mark the difference"
Exactly. And to know the bent uf
the character. For instance, there is
friend of mine. He was perfectly sane
when last l saw him, but. for all 1
know, he may have made great prog
ress the other way in the interval"
Then, without mentioning names,
dates or places, described Carriston's
peculiar disposition to my intelligent
listener. He heard me with rapt in
terest.
You predict he will go mad?" he
said.
Certainly not Unless something
Unforeseen arises he will probably live
and die as sane as you or /. !"
why do you fear him, then?"
For this reason. l think that any
sudden emotion-violent grief, for in
stance-any unexpected and crushing
downright at once disturb the bal
ance OF his mind. Let his life run on
in an even groove, and all will be we'll
sith him."
My companion was silent for few
moments.
Did you mention your friends
name?" he asked.
laughed. Doctors never give names
when they quote cases.
At the next station my companion
eft the train. He babe me a polite
adieu, and thanked me for the pleasure
my conversation had given him. After
wondering what station in life he oc-
cupied l dismissed him from my mind,
as one who had crossed my path for a
short time and would probably never
cross it again.
short time and would probably never
Although | did not see Charles Car
riston | received several letters from
! him during the course of the year. He
had not forgotten our undertaking to
pass my next holiday together. Early
| in the autumn, just as / was beginning
to long with passionate longing for
open air and blue skies, letter came
| from Carriston. He was now, he said,
| NIy Il frhl uV Dc
He reminded me of last years promise.
Could | get away from work now?
Would | Join him? If did not care to
visit Scotland, would | suggest some
other place where he could join me?
| Still. the scenery by which he was now
surrounded was superb, and the accom-
mediation he had secured. II not luxuri-
Gus. fairly comfortable. He thought we
could do no better. A postscript to his
letter asked me TO address him as Cecil
Carr. not Charles Carriston. He had a
reason for changing his name-a fool
ish reason / should no doubt call it.
When we met he would let me know il.
This letter at once decided me "a
accent his invitation. In weeks time
my arrangements for leave of absence
were complete, and l was speeding
northward in the highest spirits, and
well equipped with everything neces-
cary for my favorite holiday pursuit
| looked forward with the greatest
pleasure to again meeting Carriston
found him at Calendar waiting fol
me. The coach did not follow the route
we were obliged to take in order to
reach the somewhat unfrequented part
OF the country in which our tent was
pitched, so my friend had secured the
services of a primitive vehicle and
strong shaggy pony to bear us the re-
mainder of the journey.
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