, 1902-05-13

and sfoorhsman? Is there no nappr-
ness in store for us? Nc piece of
heaven upon earth? Come. let us, too.
be united in the silken bonds Of ma
triniony."
The lady Of aristocratic lineage
blushed and cast her eyes upon the
ground and then looked up at the poet.
smiling with swimming eyes.
Il cannot be Indifferent to your
worth. What more could 1 wish for
than to live with you, even in power
IT,"
All doors throughout the lower floor
stood wide open and there were no
guards pacing the Railways. Once on
the gravel walk before the building,
the fleeing quartette paused. How were
they to escape?
There is the lake. said the young
lover. I'VE will take a boat at the
pier and cross to the city. There are
boats at the pier"
Listen to the wind" exclaimed the
lady of aristocratic lineage in alarm.
1t Is night, the waves are high, and
we would be drowned"
But listen to that" said the poet,
as a bloodhound in a kennel near by,
awakened from his sleep. disturbed the
air with a deep bay. in the morning
we will be tracked and brought back.
We will go by water but his stout
ness Of heart failed him as he stood
upon the pier and watched the lovers
push out into the lake, their boat la
boring heavily in the waves so long
as he was able to distinguish it in the
dim light.
I'VE will go back to the asylum to
spend the night" said the poet. For
the nonce, l had forgotten that l am
now head attendant Inc have charge
Of the keys. Tomorrow night, when
the lake is calmer, we will try it
again."
When It was known in the morning
that two OF the patients were missing,
a thorough search was instituted. 1t
was not long before the loss of a boat
was discovered and the method of the
escape of the missing ones conjectured
and a few minutes later, there we're the
missing ones themselves, lying in shoal
water near the shore, dead, locked in
each others arms, their faces illumined
with a glory that is not Of this earth.
"Ah. how much better 1t would have
been to have killed them at the start"
unused Culverius. land thus have saved
the expense of prolonging their useless
lives. Yes. the hopeless insane should
be killed and 1 shall see that 1t is done
under my administration. Tomorrow
we will commence. No, on the whole,
to-day. Bodyguard," he said, address
Ing the squad that had bound the ply
%sicians the evening before, proceed to
the asylum and chloroform the imbe.
Giles, all but the dullest. We will vivi-
sect them"
But whatever the bodyguard might
have done under ordinary circumstan-
ces, they now turned at the sound of a
sudden commotion in the asylum and
forthwith came running Rogers, Gas.
lcoigne. -larsden. and a number of 9TH.
ers, who without ado seized Culverius
and bound him hand and foot. Follow.
ing them, limped a tall. pale man, car.
rying one arm in a sling"
Just to think" said the tall man
"that this raving creature has ruled
here since yesterday. shudder to
think Of 1t. He threw us of the train
while we were taking him from one
car to another and 1t is wonderful that
we were not killed"
The poet and the lady of aristocratic
lineage viewed the downfall OF their
chief, and a terrible despair invaded
their hearts. worse than the horrible
melancholy of insanity that had dwell
there before. Not more bravely or
|gallantly turned ever a lover to pro
|tect his sweetheart. than turned the
poor demented man upon the attend
ants who advanced upon them and no
lkeener cry Of anguish ever arose from
1.-THE lips Of woman berefr, than rose
from the lips of the poor lady of arts.
ltocratic lineage as they tore her from
the last embrace, and II her mind had
been cracked before. 1t was now shiy.
cred into a thousand pieces.