Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-11

would 60 off into Mysteries again. AMI
never slept wink ali night. WnH
morning came | was more nearly
ravlng maniac than the real lunat{
was, and when George came to 81
me, AIs emotions were painful to ee1
and be cried like baby over me. ,tI
nurse al the ii ne trying to eheeI
him up by telling him that had bee
quiet most OF the night, and I would
soon recover from the tit.
lie shook lis head sadly and wen,
away to return IN al hour With the
physician. They talked over me as il
could not understand anything they
were saying. and on Georges earnest
/ recommendation the physician agreed
that the best. thing to be done was to
commit me to al asylum until it was
thought safe to release me. There
was private asylum not far away. and
! 1t was decided to take me there az
| once. 1t was now 8 o'clock. and
ueorses physician and attendant
would not reach the town until 10. bv
which time | would be on nv yav to
the asylum, If not on my way to per-
manent lunacv, for the strain was then
all could bearJ I told the physician
to wait, and tried to explain to him
the situation, and all he did was to
say he understood perfectly, and
that We were only going for a drive
into the country to visit some OF
Georges friends who were anxious to
entertain Us for a few days. All this,
time the nurse was getting me ready
tor my trip, and I was doing all T
could to gain delay OF al hour until
the train should come, and I prayed
that it would not be late.
"Desplte all efforts to the contrary.
the nurse reported ME ready for the
carriage which was in waiting at the
PRISON door, and they picked me up
and carried me out to It. There was
quite crowd around the place all
curious, OF course. and it had Il good
effect upon me, for instead Of Great
ing any disturbance, | submitted
quietly in order not to make a scene.
The physician, George aud the nurse
got into the carriage after me, and we
started away for the horrid aaylna.
composed myself for whatever might
come now, and sat silent, gazing out
of the carriage window, when. as we
turned into the open space at the rail-
road station, which we had to pass. I
saw nay own physician and Georges
attendant. In second | had smashed
the carriage window, and thrustino
out my head screamed for help, call
ing the doctor by name They were
only the width Of street away, and
as the driver Of the carriage did not
know anything about what was going
on, he stopped to see wnat was wrong
aud the next minute I was out of tue
carriage aud had tainted il the nbvsj-
elan S arms.
The major was about to remark that
the one regret of his life was that he
was not that physician, bnt the widow
had her mind ana her tongue on her
story, aud once more hew away from
the major.
"Of course, explanations were il.
order, and it was not long before the
true state OF the case was made known.
greatly TO the astonishment Of everv-
body except George. He took it as
matter OF course, and laughed over it
as great joke, without apparently
understanding what he had done, ana
he went back to town with Us as sub |
misslveiy as could be, never losing |
bis temper IN the slightest degree.
Within couple Of months after that
he grew rapidly worse, and death soon |
brought him blessed relief" Here /
the widow hes!tated and sighed. |
'And | may say blessed relief 10 me /
as well, for would have lost my |!
mind, am sure"
A, this point the widow stopped |
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