Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-02

institution,
Mrs. Bell was in the Asylum for
several months. There were some Of
her friends who insisted that she was
as sane as they were and said harsh
things about the authorities, but 9th
ers were well aware Of the fact that
the unfortunate woman was in con.
dition which neCessitatod careful
surveillance.
Bell Was Not Dead.
All this time, while II was believed
that Harry Bell was dead in the KlOn-
dixie, the absent husband of the wo.
man in the Insane Asylum was alive
and struggling with tickle fortune in
the far north.
Working his way at last back to San
Francisco after having failed to make
a fortune, Harry Bell secured an Off.
GERS berth aboard the United States
Army transport Hancock which was
about to leave the Golden Gate for the
Philippines by way of Honolulu. He
looked forward with much delight to
again meeting his wife in Honolulu.
The Hancock arrived in this port
shortly before last Christmas Day and,
as soon as she was moOrcd to the
wharf, Bell lost no time in getting
ashore and making his way to the
house on Beretanla street where he
had left his wife when he went away
ia the Coast months before.
No Wife to Welcome Him.
he door OF what Bell supposed to !
be his home was opened to him hy a
stranger woman who knew his wife,
however, and one who had often called
on her while she was at the Insane
Asylum.
Il want to see my wife. Mrs. Harry
Bell" said the anxious husband.
Why, she-she's not here" was the
reply.
Where is she living" asked the
man.
We'll, to tell the truth. she's
She is not dead, Is she?" question. |
ed the now startled husband.
The woman, observing the look OF
alarm on the face of Harry Bell and
hardly knowing how TO tell him that
his wife was in the Insane Asylum
while he was supposed to be dead in
the Klondike. at last managed to burt
out the fact that Mrs. Bell was an in.
mate at the Asylum.
'Where2" shouted the now excited
man who, without waiting for an an.
swer, dashed out to the street and. Sc
curing a hack. fastened to the Oahu
Insane Asylum.
Demands His Wife.
II was late in the evening and the
patients at the Asylum had gone to
their little cots in their various cells.
Arriving at the entrance to tAe
grounds of the Insane Asylum. Bell.
haggard and impatient, demanded Of
the guard that he admit him at once.
Il want to see my wife," he cried,
Il will see her! Let me in"
The guard was inclined to think that
Bell was himself insane or intoxicated
and refused TO admit him.
Bell thereupon went away only to
return to the grounds from another
direction, attempting to force an en-.
trance.
In this attempt he failed. finally Civ
ing It up for that night. he returned
to the transport,
On the following day he presented
his case to the superintendent OF the
Asylum and was allowed to see his
wife.
A Pathetic Meeting.
When Mrs. Bell saw the husband
whom she had supposed to be ngm.
bered with the dead. she gave great
cry and flung herself upon him.
Harry Harry" she cried. while
she chung to him like a hunted thing
and wept out her sOrrows on his
breast. "Take me away from here.
am not crazy! | am not crazy"
After some necessary Formally ,ho
now happy woman was released from
the institution and was taken away "
her husband, to whom she chung with
the tenacity of one who has received
a lnVau ono hack IN her heart aftaY
long separation and after she had
thought of him as dead.
The Second Parting.
II was the day before Christmas and
the Oceanic steamship Alameda was