The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

"Why, what possible objection car
there be- began. And the next In
slant he was over the wheels, landing
squarely on his feet upon the pavement
and sustaining no injury.
OF course | pulled up hastily and
sprang out also. Mr.. Brown came to
ward me. busting his hat. which had
fallen when he made his leap.
81 beg your pardon for this exhibit
tion." said he, ''but really. really,
can't go above Fifty-ninth street. II
would be a very serious matter with
me. l assure YOU"
His eyes were wild and dancing. He
had the look of a creature at bay. Up
on the question of crossing Fifty ninth
street northward have no doubt that
he would have fought me to the death.
what do yon think would happen to
your" | asked.
| He shook his head. with a knowing
smile
That's immaterial." he replied. 1.-The
point is that 1t would happen"
us this what you dreamed about?''
said l.
His face flushed.
"Why, yes. if you must know" said
he. ~ dream that l am being forced
across that street"
AT any particular spotY'
| "It is usually at Madison avenue" he
replied. But that is not important.
would not cross it anywhere from riv-
er to river"
Ibid anything remarkable ever hap
pen to you or some person dear to you
| upon that street,"
Nothing" he answered calmly. II
have no especial association with Fiji
| ty-ninth street. except that l will not
cross it,"
"How do you get to Boston"
asked. remembering that he had spoken
of going to that city.
"By water" he replied impressively.
do you know" said persuasively,
eff had such feeling about a place
wild horses couldn't hold me back from
making a practical test of it. have
too much curiosity"
81 have none," said he.
do you think it would be fatal"
"Permit me to be the judge of that"
said he gravely. You may be sure Of
one thing, which is that l shall not risk
my life In the attempt. l still have
work to do in this world. But" he add
ed, with a febrile Impotence. "let us
not stand here discussing it."
"You are quite right" said, seeing
that his excitement had reached the
limit of safety. "Get into the carriage,
and I'll turn around and take you
home"
After this experience felt that I had
something definite to work upon, but
for long time | was in doubt what to
do. Meanwhile Mr.. Brown seemed to
be getting worse, and had no difficult
ty in foreseeing the utter wreck of his
mind. As a last resort, therefore, l re-
solved to break down his delusion by
an actual demonstration. l have often
used this method with success.
l prepared for the experiment very
carefully, accslstoming Brown to drive
with me and to approach his imagina-
ry dead line. We rode often In the
morning and early afternoon. and In
vented errands Oh Fifty-seventh and
Fifty eighth streets, so that he might
learn tostrust me; also l used a wider
wagon and had my friend, DR.. EN-
NETT. who is little fellow, but strong
as q moose. accompany US in our rides.
Brown grew to like Emmett very
much. and l grew to like Brown, so
that | felt like a rascal for deceiving
him.
We three were out one morning
about half past 8 o'clock, and l had
called upon an imaginary patient in
Fifty eighth street. Upon leaving that
house | suddenly turned my horse
northward on Madison avenue. which
happened to be fairly clear In the
stretch alongside the car tracks.
DR.. Emmett knew what l was going
to do, and he instantly seized Brown in
a grip of iron. Brown understood. He
protested, he struggled violently, and
yet, upon the whole. he behaved better
than had expected.
/ took all kinds of chances with fly
ing cross town cars. and we went
across Fifty ninth street like shot out
of a gun. Indeed I considerably over
did 1t. for the people waiting to trans
fer from car to car upon the corner
yelled at US and scared my horse. He
was powerful beast. and for a second
or two had most uneasy notion that
there wonld be q runaway which
might result In tragic fulfillment Of
Browns insane dreams. But q big pO-
hceman sprang out from the sidewalk
and seized the horse by the head just
In time.
At this very instant a tremendous
change came over Brown. He shook
himself loose from DR.. Emmett and
got upon his feet. AS the policeman
had the horse, was free, and, turning,
1 threw myself upon the lunatic, who
was screaming:
"Tell him! Tell him you brought me
here by force"
"Tell whom" / gasped, breathless
with my struggles. But before Brown
could answer heard Emmett say:
Yes, yes; it's true. We forced him
across"
felt Browns muscles relax In my
grasp, and he fell back, fainting, upon
the seat. DIR. Emmett had snatched the
reins. He called to the policeman that
we were alf right, turned the horse. and
before had finished my inspection Of
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