Gunnison news-champion., 1905-12-22

" .ss him ~ . aassss which appars nGly
-epsrstee him 1roan tas nsxt ss,..rsn.enl.
Ahst CHASTITY mystery lay teis.ad ite
HE n~xslls dared ~ think. IIc listened
and the gt.rrlsns ssrn- made lhen-elses
plainly audible. IN1ssbtl.~~ sou.s an
isrtan.ae Was leaving the Eosreai by
he usethod Jonksns had sscscril,ca and
hSa tailed 10 arrange has nooss IA an en-
.ircly satisfactory manner. For What
.-smed q long time. Drsae esakea and
hesitaisd. not daring to penetrate
3urther into the secret Then wish
Sudden Resolution he seized the knob
and thre1 his force spon H.
The door opened easily n revealed
.n empty closet. with a set bosl at thu
slde, into which a thin stream Of water
~ss tricklu1. and running down ahe
escape pipe with the noise which had 10
hsrriiied him. Alarm gave place 10
wessh. NE vowed al sorts Of ven
feanGs upon every body who had even
rerlotely contributed 10 his present
evil PLIGHT Every body bat Bessie
Vie ferrave her. and in thinking Sf her
he fsil quietly asleep and was not
wakcnea TIL the light of morning
-treamed into the room.
breakfast Was served to such Of Jenk-
ms boardcrs as could be trusted outside
their cages. at eight o'clock. After par
taking Of that frugal meal Drano was
permitted b. spend a little while In the
varlor. u had no other occupant at
FIRST except short. St. u man with an
abundance Of stiff curly hair who sat at
? table writing. Every time he paused
IN that labor be stuck his pen behind
his ear; and whom he was ready 10 re
sumo his task he picked up fresh one.
forgetting what he had done with the
other The consequence was that IN
tew mirHies the bushy hair over his
Ca as fall Of pen-holders. and there
rern ned only the one which he was
usin~ Presently that joined the rest.
End hen tho little man, after hunting
ebout The tabla a few minutes. gave 1t
up and pushed his paper from him.
sThe servants here are very careless
said he to Drane. They always fail to
provide me with pens, although they
kBow the Importance of my work And
tor myself, ] am so absent-mi nded. do
yoa know, that my foreetfalness has
been the ruin of my life. II is true"
lle leaned toward Drsne impressively,
anA continued: Il am . genius. ! once
~rotc tho greatest poem cxtans- Thea
I uislsid 1t. For moAths searched for
the manuscript. but without finding .
trace Of it. MY cursed forgctful-
aessl Then tried to romerlber
what was in il it-my forgetfulness
again. ] couldn't think Of sin
gle line could remember only
that 1t surpassed Homer, Dante OF
Seskespearc. The thought that | had
thus cast away undying famc by mere
carelessness undermined my health. un-
til thcy brought me to this sanitarium.
Confound it. one might as wen be hon
est about it There's no sanitarinm
about it. Its a lunatic asylum. and
for the sake Of ycracity let's admit it.
Here sit scribbling away every day.
trying vsinly TO hit upon the sinele
Inspiration which for a r1oment raised
one to an intellectual height no man had
ever before attained. Z bus far in vain.
but who lnows-who knows, What's
your own special brand Of lunacy?"
avn q NsAtN tAethi nuit i'ith'. nail
angrily
Tho short man shook his head.
Wait till you've bccn here WHILE"
said he. "Thon you'll dream dreams,
and see visions. | was sano cnourh, too.
lut the atmosphere of this placc-y0u
don't know what it is. In two days
you'll havo Gclusious. You'll see things
Gat arcn't thcre-scrpents OF various
bues; 2obras with thoir stripes running
from head to tail. and revolving around
their bodies like tho rings of Saturn.
That's why they've put ne here.
They're JEALOUS of me. They don't want
me to remember the great work which
wrote but can not find. It's q plot"
Tho short man was getting violent.
and presently an attendant carao and re-
moved him. TO Dranc's great relief.
In the course Of that day Drane on
counterod several intcrg ing maniacs
OF a mild order, but no scriJus incident