The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-29
A MADMAH'S STORY.

Z mit crime. 70 proat by &c and go an
punished, a concise programme that
. have h1ed TO tho letter. 1 VIII relate d
I % You / believe 1 am justified ia saying
/ 1 displayed some ingenuity.
/ First the crime voici! 1 had espousec
a gil without fortune. / was O. simple
/ employe at 2.2)o francs per year. but
was very content. Ny tastes were Away.
/ MODEST. Ny wife, who was an orphan
T had one sister. Marie and Blanche. TWO
pretty names. 1 had espoused Marie
Blanche lived with Us. All went well
Al first q son. and then a daughter. Ny
/ salary was increased 10 5000 francs. and
1 had nothing OF which to complain.
One day 4 notary wrote to me. I was
greatly surprised. / had had. 1 avow. lit
tie relation with these honorable gentle
men. Ny surprise increased when the
worthy notary informed me that mcr-
chant OF calcutta, uncle 70 my vile and
her sister, had died and left them herl-
age of 100000 francs.
That is 10 say, $4,000 francs each
barabi-Dibari-hold why do 1 write this,
now-bira-Dibba-a half million for my
WIFE.
The Inheritance was promptly arrans-
ed. 1 had an income Of -,VOJ francs; that
is a handsome figure. is Il not? My sister
in-law had an equal share. We put tho
house on a good footing at Oncs-d0-
mesttcs, carriages etc. nave AWAY
loved the arts. 1 bought choice pictures
and statuary. For the first time in my
life l patronized a fashionable tailor. /
had an air tOut-a-fait disungue, / assure
you. My hand is elegant, my foot l.
small, and all the ladies envied me my
luNurlant locks. 1 am what is called q
handsome man; only at the end Of a very
short time 1 felt profoundly VeXed that
half million had fallen to my sister-in-
law. 1t would have been genuine sat
lstactOn-I disslmulate motto nave ms
entire million, since / was charged with
a wife and children, and this old woman
had no one but herself 10 look after
don't you see?
Then the idea came to me to kill her
My wife was her sole inheritor. Her
sister dispatched, the million would come
10 us intact ana / could put it to good
use. VOLTA, that is what 1 said to my
self that evening in chatting with the
two sisters. Then i resolved to assassin
ate Blanche. Only being intelligent, I
searched means to commit this crime
without any danger. l read all the col
leCtiOns of causes celebTNS, and l soon
came to the conclusion that assassins
were almost invariably betrayed by the
very care which they took to conceal
their criminal intentions Barabi-bibari
Singular, these sylables always running
through my head and springing to my
lips without my knowing why.
I have always had a weakness for read
ing scientific works particularly those
that treat of medicine. / read the MAN
ual of Hallucinations' of Briere de Bois-
mont, La Folie" of Novel, La Crime ct
La Folie'' of Mandely 1t was in the latter
book that l found tho outline of a plan
very ingenious and very useful in my
emergency. And this is what 1 did:
one morning l went to the office of DR..
Laussedat, the most renowned specialist
in braka disorders of modern times. He
received me very politely, and I said to
him: Doctor, have come to make a ter
rible aVoWaL am rich; l am happy; l
adore my wife and children. 1 have no
cause to hate any person on the face of
the earth. Nevertheless, / sometimes
find myself in a frightful state"
l spoke in dry sort Of tone, the eyes a
little widened, and my lips contracted at
intervals.
Proceed" he said
1 bowed my head, and in a hollow voice
continued.
Sometimes. when / am in the midst of
my family, / am all at once seized with
an insane desire to kill some one. There
succeeds, within myself, a terrible COM
bat. l feel my hands inVoluntarily at-
tracing towards the knife that is beside
me at the table. Whom should I wish "a
Stay? know not. My wife, my children
my sister-in-law2 In my hideous night
mare / should not choose. 1 resist some
time, fearing that one might read in my
eyes the horrible secret that haunts me
/ close my hands and bury the nails in the
flesh to arouse myself.
AT the commencement a physical i'm.
preston was sufficient to dissipate this
hallucination. without attracting atten.
ton / arose and went to my chamber. A
dash of cold water on the forehead re-
stored calm. The spectre disappeared anG
l returned smiling.
But for some time now the attacks
have been more and more frequent.
realize the resistance of will and reason
becomes daily more and more feeble.
Ma n faf fat al H.
throw myself upon one of those 1 love
and plunge a knife into her heart Doc.
tor, / have come to you to make a con.
| fession-I fear myself-you are the only
one that is able to save me-
NJ. Laussedat listened to me with the
utmost attention.
Tell me-" said he, "have you not re-
marked some symptoms premonitory t.
| these attacks?"
Yes, indeed" I responded. "At frs
there is a heaviness of the head, as f
my brain was too weighty, and rolled
about in the skull, and after that a com
| preston of the chest, a contraction OF
| the heart, and other peculiar sensations
1T is WE'LL" said the doctor. Il assur,
you that your case is one that can bt
| easily cured. Follow exactly the treat
| ment that l am about to prescribe, and
| will answer for the result"
He wrote long prescription, which
| took away after thanking him in thi
most earnest manner. Bibari--bibari-bl
/ L
| 1 followed punctiliously-in appearance
/ you understandable instructions of tn
| doctor. My room was encountered witt
| phials. My wife became uneasy, l re
assured hen the best that I was able
! But from time to time I fixed a haggarC
| look upon her. She questioned me- l re
| piled evasively. 1 allowed three months
to pass. At the end of that time I sough
! the doctor again.
Eth bienr' he cried, as soon as he per
| ceived me. I hope you have chased away
| the black butterflies"
| I burst into tears. I was a victim o
| fatality. In place of being cured thes,
! attacks had become more and more fire
| quent. Sometimes 1 shut myself up a
| home, sometimes I took long walks abou
| the city, the fatigue aiding to calm me
| But the wave mounted, mounted. I hat
! something on the lips like the taste o
| blood!
| Monsieur" I finally said to him, s"
| come to ask you a great service"
! Command me-" he replied in a tone o
! commiseration.
Il implore you to cause me to be In
! closed in a retreat for the insane"
| He seemed to be surprised beyond meas
| ure at my request.
And to what end" he asked.
| Il know" said /, II know that I am OF
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