Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

CHAPTER XXI.-(Continued.)
Gradually memory began to return. He
asked why his wife did not come to see
aim. ''She used to be so fond of me-" he
taid, ''foolishly fond OF me and now ;he
deserts me" &,
Then he talked of going home again.
The image Of his latest dwelling place
had gradually shaped itself In his mind
He saw the hedges of pale amber roses
md carouba trees, dark against the gilt
tcring blue of the sea, which shone
through every opening OF the branches like
a background Of lapis lazuli, and the rug
ged mountains rising above the low curv-
ing shore steeply TOWARD the sky, with
patches Of olive here and there or their
stony TANKS, but for the most part bare
and barren, reddish-yellow, STEPPED In sun
light.
Yes, he remembered every feature OF
that lovely and varied scene. The village
OF Eza yonder on the mountain ROAD
cluster Of stony dwellings percned upon
rocky foundations, hardly to be distin-
guished from the rough crags upon which
they were buflt-and higher still, In a
clsft Of those yellow hills, Turbia and
its cloven towers. the birthplace OF Rom
an emperors. How lovely 1t all was, and
how Pleasant il had been to lounge In
his garden, where the light looked daz-
sling "a beds OF white gi~lly-iowerS, and
where the blue summer sea smiled In the
far distance, with a faint purple cloud
yonder on the horizon, which represented
CofSfca!
Why had he ever left that familiar
home7 Why could he not return to It'll
Get me a carriage" he said to one OF
the attendants. II want to 60 home Inn
medlately. My wife In waiting for me-"
1t IL not customary to make explana-
lions to patients even In the best regu-
lated asylums. Nobody answered him (;
nobody explained anything to him. He
found himself confronted with q dogged
silence. He wore himself ont in an agony
OF impatience, like a bird beating itself to
death against its bars. He languished In
Z miserable ignorance, piecing his past life
together bit BY bit. with a strange inter
weaving Of fanciss and realities, until by
slow degrees the fancies dropped out OF
the web and left him face to face with
the truth.
At last the record Of tho past was com
plete. He knew that his wife was dead,
and remembered how she had died. He
knew that he had been a prisoner, first in
Jail and then in q lunatic asylum; but
he did not acknowledge to himself that he
had been mad. He remembered the bell
tolling in the saffron light Of dawn he
remembered the magistrates exasperating
qucstionsEhe remembered everything.
After this he sank into a state OF sui
len despair, and silence and apathy were
accented as the Indications Of cure. He
was told by the head physician that he
could leave the institution whenever he
pleased. There was an account against
him as . private patient, which had been
guaranteed by his landlord, who knew
him to be q man of some means. His
German man servant had been to the asy-
many times to inquire about him. The
doctor recommendedgxk6
ss-s1rsarsxSWxIth cndFof the autumn,
and to take his servant rs his attendant
viii be 81 inestimable advantage to you,"
said the doctor ''but it would not be wise
Tor y0u 10 travel alone"
aWhat month il it,"
.August-the twenty-second."
...And my wife died carly In April" he
sa.d. "Onlysa few months; and I feel
as il / had been In this place . century"
He took the doctors advice. He cared
very little where he went or what be-
az him. tIAfe ana the wcs!d,, his
individuality, and the beautiful earth
around and about him were alike indiRer-
emit 10 him. h went back 10 the villa at
q. lean, and 20 the garden he had loved
. VII IN the bright, fresh ~apringtime.
Thurs had IN overgrown and neglect
"a sock IN the ripsness Of expiring sum-
-: too many flowers, . rank luxuriance
q large leaves and vivid blossomsEfruit
rettine N The oag grass-an odor Of de-
cayiue otangee the waste Of the last har-
vest. He went mp to the graveyard on
the hill above the harbor. It was not q
picturesque burial place. The cemetery
atsCimiea was far more beautiful. The
cemetery It Nice was IN I grander posi-
tion.
He felt sorry that she should He here,
amidst the graves of sailors and Usher
men-as even II after death she were
sighted and hardly used.
He was summoned back to England
early IN the following year 70 his mothers
dcath-bcd. Neither she 0 any OF his
family had known the miserable end Of
his married life. They knew only that
he had married, and had lost his wife af-
ter q year Of marriage. Hazard had not
brought any one belonging to him in con-
tact witch any Of those few people who
the details of hat tragical story.
His mothers death made him rich and
independent, but until the hour he met
Mildred Fausset his life was a blank.
CHATTER xNII.
Mildred gave Immediate orders to cou-
fiers and maid, her trunks were to be
packed that afternoon, . u was to
be taken FOR the following day, and the