The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07


street, at home or abroad, this woman
would suddenly appear to rivet her
eyes upon me with frigid stony stare.
Not once did she attempt to interfere
with my plans. Neither did she con-
duct herself reprehensibly or in a way
saen IA general criticism or complaint.
1870 -=ssSthe deepest Of black, her
.tsgtsaFvs Tan hidden In a veil Of the
,same so5n'se hue, her appariticn-
ike ..9rm gtsgldNyise up. and after a
look-as Dag r's Mean from the cold
blue evss would rsdually drift out
N algEe
1At first this method Of following
me about seemed Inique and more
amused than causee me pain. To be
haunted by a prett blonde, especially
one with forget-me-not blue eyes and
pink skin, was yaore Of an exquisite
pleasure than tAe torture 1t afterward
became. ! ather enjoyed the nov
city of the situation. | would point
her out TO my companions as The
Haunting Shadow, The Beautiful
Woman in Black MY Girl with the
StSFing Blue Eyes, and dub her with
other terms appropriate to the case.
Many joke was cracked at her ex-
pense In these / joined In the laugh
with the rest A heartless laugh, |
Will admit, and which must have
wounded her full sore If so she did
not manifest it by outward sign or the
slightest discernible change Of the
eye. They only continued to gaze
at me, and-nothing more.
But all that is novelty has a limit.
and then the irksomeness Of 1t be-
gins Those haunting eyes began to
tantalize and mock me in my delirlum
OF fancied bliss. The charm Of the nov
city then became abhorrent and was
no longer iubilant or filed with en-
thusiasm when they appeared This
feeling grew upon me slowly, Of
course, but It grew, and | was doomed
TO suffer the results. became ir-
rItable and nervous and III at ease.
There was a falling of OF my compan.
ions, especially those butterfly com
panions in the social whirl, who made
It plain they did not fancy suitor
followed BY shape From irritabil-
ity ! turned to rage and cursed this
author Of my despair; but the curses
we're as useless as my taunts or the
hollow mockery Of my former laugh.
She needed them not. Neither did
they change one llneament OF her
face. or add a new fash or CLEAN to
the cold steel-blue OF her eyes. All
the love once seen in those tender
lovable orbs had disappeared. They
now shone Ike winters sky, icy as
| have said. and ! might add, as inn
penetrably clear. They became un-
-maddening -devilish.
Finally I fed. would escape rnis
Nemesis who was slowly but surely
dragging me down Flight would re.
lieve the strain which those haunt
ing blue eyes we're bringing upon me.
It was no use Wherever fed. she
followed. No disguise was Intricate
enough TO obscure my path. She was
ever present, though never to chlde
or upbraid; only TO face me under
the most trying conditions. and--look
Il was the same everywhere. II
reveled with danseuse or grlsette, she
was present. II ! attended the thea.
ter, she was there II visited some
bar to drown my troubles In the cup
she would manage 70 seek some posi-
ton TO give me one withering glance
Az a Anal resort ] applied 70 the
police. They could do nothing. She
had not violated a single clause in the
law pronounced her insane and en-
tered a complaint TO that effect. In
this / also failed Before an examin.
ing board OF physicians she was pro
nouneed as sane-more sane than !.
What was / 10 do7 So indenbly pho
togr4phed upon my brain did her eyes
become. that they began haunting me
in the dark. and in the obscurity Of
my room when I was alone. They
glared at me from the foot Of the bed.
from the papered walls. from the cell.
ing overhead. It was horrible-hor.
rible. Murder entered into my heart.
Was to blameg Who would not kill
that which is sapping the life out Of
him? was insane: or that is, /
soon would be under the continued
strain and knew that some crime
the killing OF this girl, would be the
result.
Therefore 10 escape the Inevitable
/ entered here. It was easy to pave
the way. to prove that | was insane.
to show that murder was IN my
heart. You know how It is-all men
are insane; only In some the insanity
is more pronounced That is an the
difference. Certain subjects and con
ditions excite US though We are ra-
tional upon all other points. rave
over an eye; an eye that has been
working the horfid canker Of insanity
into my soul But here | viii ea-
cape
Yes" he almost cried in savage
glee. here I win escape those eyes
which are for me a he'll upon earth.