Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-07
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the city and l was sitting in the SuI-
mer house waiting for him. \ ubA
approara.d whom l recognized as one
+ of the attendants at the insane asylum
a few mUes away
"HaNo You seen anything Of a youlA
man ab1u, here who doesn't belong L.
the place he asked.
No. What does he look like"
"Hano>ymo; black hair and ayy,
| with a glitter in them He ESCAPED
/ last night"
4 haven't seen him and doa L
want to
If he comes, will you please tel.
phone me-"
NO, IN hide in the attic"
The keeper had scarcely gone VIII N
! saw a man in the distance comiuS
up the road. Great heavens, Could it
! be the insane man. stood NV
ground Arayely to see ii he answered.
the description till he came within a
discriminating distance, He vas
walking rapidly ana carried a suit
case. To my horror he walked
straight 10 the gate and entered.
peered with all my strength of vision
at his hair. II was black ms night. I
looked at his eyes, They, too, We Q
black and scintillated like pin whecls
on the fourth of July,
Il beg pardon" he said. raising hls
, hat. "ls this Old Oaks"
NO gaspod, he'd, | woud
have lied to an angel from heaven.
singular" he said, looking abol,
him. 81 surely can't have mistaken
the place. | followed the main road
the only road in fact-and the gateway
is of stone a round ball ON each col
umn"
You win find old Oaks ml,a
down the road"
He looked about him, every mono II
more bowldered.
Are there two such gateways?" 10
asked presently.
"A dozen
My heart was beating wildly. My
! strained imagination showed me only
a mailman who would murder me f
did not succeed in turning him
! away.
These are the asylum grounds, |
cried, Go away at once. They ave
looking for you. The keeper was here
this morning. He has been gone only
an hour He told me if you came TO
telephone him, but | won't. hoDe
you will get away
BY this time | had become hyste f.
cal and began to laugh and cry by
turns. The young man looked as
badly frightened as l. He cast n
quick glance about him, as if for some
one to take me in charge,
His action assured me. Had I
made a mistake? | looked again 1T
his hair, this time through eyes N
terrified. 1t was auburn. remark Il
his eyes. They were blue and, In
stead of scintillating, We're very mlll.
Meanwhile the man was studying me
Gradually he came to look upon me ~
sane, after all, for he said
q am Arthur Andrews. | was 10
come 20 Old Oaks for over Sunity
with my friend, Tom Winslow. ! nave
evidently got into the wrong place.
! "Oh, my stars. have mistaken
Toms friend for a Iunatic! | would
rather suffer any torture than confess
my error. | must get rid Of him be-
fore he discovers who am.
old Oaks is the next place to ours,
sa1. Doubtless you viii cas- ly
find if you keep right on down
the road"
"The gateway"
Just like ours-a ball on each
post"
"Aro the columns brownstone or
granite Yours, l see are granite"
"Thrirs are granite, too"
Square or Tound?'
To This made no reply. Somehow
didn't like his tone. Besides, there
was no necessity in being so minute.
Thanks" he said, - would doubt
! less dud the place / am 50 sorry to
have disturbed you"
He departed. | arose, went to the
house and shut myself up in my room.
In The afternoon heard Tom talk
ing with some one on the piazza.
looked through the blinds and saw the
the Iunatic,
rang for the maid and when she
came Did her to tell my brother that