Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-17

lhave been awful when his wife clap
ped her hands in childish joy as she
Exclaimed, "Oh, Bob. what a pretty
Iplace!" She gave no sign that she
had ever seen the great entrance,
Through which she had come and gone
from her babyhood. Bob took her to
the library, to her mothers room, to
her own, to the nursery where were
the dolls and toys Of her childhood.
but there came no sign Of recognition,
nothing but childish pleasure. She
looked at her adnts and uncles and
1.-THE cousins with whom she had spent
her life, bewildered at finding so many
strangers in the otherwise quiet place.
AS a last hope they led in her old black
foster mother. who had nursed her in
babyhood. who was the companion Of
her childhood and the pet Of her
womanhood. There was not a dry eye
in the library when she met the old
mammy's outburst Of joy with the puz-
understand. The grief of the old ne
gress was pitiful as she realized that
she was a stranger to her "honey-
bird" The child seemed perplexed
at her grief It was plain to all that
the Sands home meant nothing to the
last of the judges family.
Bob brought her back to New York
and besought the aid Of the medical
experts Of America and Of the Old
World to regain that which had been
recalled by its Maker. The doctors
were fascinated with this new phase
of mind blight. for in some particulars
Beulah's case was unlike any known
instances, but none gave hope. All
agreed that some wire connecting
heart and brain had burned out when
the cruel System" threw on a voltage
beyond the wires capacity to trans
NIT. All agreed that the woman-child
wife would never grow older unless
through some mental eruption beyond
human power to produce. Some OF
the medical men pointed to one possi-
bility, but that one was too terrible
for Bob to entertain.
The first anniversary of their mar
riage found Bob and his wife settled
in their new Fifth avenue mansion.
He had bought and torn down two old
houses between Fortv-second and
Forty third streets and had erected a
palace, the inside Of which was unique
among all New Yorks unusual struc-
lures. The first and second floors
were all that refined taste and unlim-
tied expenditure Of money could pro-
duce. Nothing on those splendid
floors told of the strange things above.
A sedate luxury pervaded the draw
ing g-rooms, library, and dining room.
Bob said to me, in taking me through
them, Some day, Jim, Beulah may
recover, may come back to me, and I
want to have everything as she would
wish, everything as she would have
had 1t If the curse had never come"
The third floor was Beulah's. A child's
dainty bedroom; two nurses rooms
adjoining; a nursery, with a child's
small schoolroom and a big playroom,
with dolls and doll houses, child's
toys Of every description in abandon,
as though their owner were in fact
but a few years old. Across the hall
were three Offices, exact duplicates of
mine, Bob's and Beulah Sands at
Randolph & Randolph's. When I first
saw them 1t was with difficulty that l
brought myself to realize that I was
not where the gruesome happenings
of a year before had taken place. Bob
had reproduced to the minutest de-
tails our down town workshop. Stand
ing in the door Of Beulah Sands Of
flee faced the fiat desk at which she
had sat the afternoon when first saw
that hideous result of the work Of the
System" I could almost see the lit
tie gray figure holding the afternoon
paper. In horror my eyes sought the
floor at the side Of the chair in search
of Bob's agonized face and uplifted
hands. AS 1 stood for the first time
in the middle of Bob's handiwork, I
seemed to hear again those awful
groans.
"Jim," Bob said, 81 have a haunt
ing idea that some day Beulah will
wake and look around and think she
has been but few minutes asleep.
If she should, she must have nothing
to disabuse her mind until we break
the news to her. l have instructed
her nurses, one or the other Of whom
never loses sight of her night or day,
to win her to the habit Of spending
her time at her old desk; 1 have told
them always to be prepared for her
awakening. and when it comes they
are instantly to shut off the rest of the
floor and house until can get to her.
Here comes Beulah now"
Out of the nursery came q laughing.
happy child-woman. In spite OF her
finely developed, womanly figure,
which had lost nothing Of its wonder
full beauty, and the exquisite face and
golden brown hair and great blue eyes,
which were as fascinating as on the
day she first entered the offices OF
Randolph & Randolph; in spite of the
close fitting gray gown with dainty
turned over lace collar could hardly
bring myself to believe that she was
anything but young child. With an
eager look and a happy laugh she
went to Bob and throwing her arms
about his neck. covered his face with
kisses.
Good Bob has come back % play
with Beulah," she said. "she knew he
would. They told Beulah Bob had
gone away to the woods to gather
pretty flowers. Beulah knew If Bob
had gone to the woods he would have
taken Beulah with him. Now Bob
must play school with Beulah.'' She
sat at her desk and opened her child's
school book. With mock severity she
said. Bob cat What does it spell?"
For half an hour Bob sat and played
scholar and teacher by turns with all
| the patience Of fond father. With