Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

he NOV Ed a LII LIE NEARER.
betAought herself of an experiment
She would soon determine whether or
not the man had a CLEAN OF reason.
rs it?' she asked, turning her eyes
to the sky. Why, indeed, | thought
it was raining"
The man had look in his face akin
to pity. Perhaps you are right" he
replied. gently 1T may be raining
II is not always possible for me to tell
except when see people carrying their
umbrellas"
"Sensory nerves quite obtuse, thought
Helen. Il have heard it is common
with degenerates." The man moved a
little nearer, and Helen ventured to go
still further around the lilac bush. He
stopped still, and they faced each other
over the low shrubbery. What an
agreeable looking creature he was with
his soft brown eyes. his long, delicate
face, and his high brow. He looked
as if he might have been intended for
a poet Probably he had been, but
had gone one step further. Helen had
not read Lombroso for nothing
do you ever write poetry?" she
asked with genuine curiosity.
The man blushed. Helen had not
dreamed a lunatic would blush
When | find fitting subject" he
confessed.
All And what should you consider
a fitting subject?"
"Why-you!" The words came ont
eXplosively. They did not seem TO be
meant for compliment The man
spoke pathetically. 1t seemed as if
there We're tears in his eyes. Helen
answered as if he were child:
DO ! seem so sad to you?" she
asked. Does it make the tears come
in your eyes TO look at me. poor man?"
Indeed it does" he replied quite
simply. II think you are the saddeSt
thing ever saw"
Il wouldn't die for anything" she
explained. Il like to live. l find
plenty of things to laugh at" And to
convince his wandering wits that she
was the truth she broke into merry
laugh, which astonished the melancholy
SpIIN VI the place
If | give you my hand" said the
man kindly, will you not walk back
with me to the house,"
To take his hand, to let him get
hold upon her! 1t was CHASTITY He
moved toward her. There seemed
nothing for it but to run. and run she
did, speeding over the soft lawn with
rapdity that astOushed herself She
could hear him calling to her, but she
sped on till, finally, a historical i'm
pulse, born Of her fright and fatigue,
took hold of her She began To laugh
again. and the musical. half-waeping
laughter tloated behind her as she fed.
Then. breathless. she stumbled III
ground mole's tunnel and fol- INT She
brried her face in the grass and waited,
her heart paining with the stress OF
its work a second later two arms
were about her and she was lifted ID
her feet She faced the lunatie, They
we're Of 4 heiaht and they stood look
ing 1T each other. both Of them pale
and trembling, his arm still support
ing her.
Poor child" he murmured. how
sorry am that frightened you. Per-
haps l ought not to have run after
you. But was afraid YOU would
leave the grounds and come to some
harm.
She would have liked to have ex-
planned to him that one need not come
to harm outside of their grounds, but
perhaps it was as we'll that he thought
otherwise, She would tell him the
truth about herself Perhaps he would
understand All. what pity that such
an engaging face should hide a ruined
mind.
you must try to understand" she
said slowly, that l do not live here in
them the hospital Il am here for
the first time. | have not yet been