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THE ORfeGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, JO RTL A N D , 5 U HD AY J-MQRNI KTScM AY 3-408,- . THE otto? ctf LHJ II Of 3L GO ii Mry Wlngrove Bathon. . 'A' RE you very busy. WJlson 7" TIi question cam from the editor of the Dally Courier, anil as lie "poke he turned to his assistant, seated el another desk in the same private of- ''' V "I m nearly through now, was ire reply. And a morami after George VVll- ' con lazily arose with the question: ' '. . What can I do for you, old maaT "'" "I want vou ta look over this story. ,1 think it might be used, with a little touching un. Its fvoro a wonun The - letter which accompanies It will Im press you at least She state that she mid hr child are In great need, and begs for an Immediate decision. Kvl denily she has confidence In human nature." He smiled e&reasticolly. With a lau-h at hi chief s dig at Ms well krown weakness And aymnathy for those In dintres.., Wilson took the etorv and proceeded to read It. In H few "moments he was ready with his de cision. "Ves. we ran use it If" but as he ' turned to his friend, lie hesitated. Then he went to his side. "What is it, Morton? Can I do any thingT' he usKed, with a friendly pres- ure Of hi l-'K hand on the drooping ..shoulder Mac. bt-side him. Nothing, Ot-org-. It is only the old wound, f saw her yesterday, and It L-hn' upset m again, that is all." "Saw her.' reptate.l Wilson, In won dering astonishment. "Yes, dressed in mourning and holding at little boy's hand. They were looking In a shop wtndaw filled with toys, w that I had time to observe her closely. ' without being noticed myself. She 5 looked very pale end thin, but the boy ! was a bea'utv. His child, I suppose." ) he. dded. His face went white as he ' spoke .... "Don't Ernest! Don't think of her! She Is not worth one throb of your heart And again George Wilson's hand went to his friend's shoulderrwllh close grip. .I know.' But she may be. ln.-aeed.-Wilson.-.' "You know, 1 told you that she has never touched the provision I made . for her. Somehow, I thought V she looked very poor, although the child was well cared for." 'Even so. you have done all that U . possible for you to do under the cir cumstances. Do not dwell upon the matter or you will be unfitted tor your work.'' : Tru.'V And with a sigh Ernest Mor ton turned again to hla desk. In a few moments In a matter-of-fact tone, ob tained after much effort, Wilson made Mat previously attempted announcement concerning the story under consldera- - tlon. - ' ' . , "Send in line, than to the lady's address in Brooklyn, will you, asking her to call here? I shall be out of the way about 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon.. "All right old man," and Wilson, la order to help his frlenll avoid contact " -with a woman, accepted, with his usual : rood ' nature, a task which had more than once proved . disagreeable. He wrote to the address given, making an appointment for the hour suggested, and turned to the mass or other work whloh In a. newspaper office, is always pres . sin sr. Absorbed In an important matter the next day he failed to hear the- fUst .timid rap which sounded on the Inner office door, and not until a second and mora emphatic one came, followed by HERE IS ENGLAND'S PRETTIEST. WOMAN rVhats Her Name? IN . THE now famous search for the , most beautiful woman in the whole ' world, the Judges of England have : rendered their decision In favor of , Miss Ivy Lillian Close, whose pho tograph appears herewith, . During the, beauty quest In Ameri ca, "which was inaugurated by the Chi cago Tribune, and carried on with the assistance of other great newspapers, In cluding The Journal, our Anglo-Saxon cousins were intensely Interested. When Tii , Tribune challenged the world to - producs a woman as beautiful as Miss Marguerite Kreyof Denver, the Lon don . Dally Mirror1, as the leadinr U- , lustra ted dally newspaper in the Vrlt ish isle, accepted the challenge., on ba - half: jf England. The quest for the most beautirul woman In England began at once and nothing that has happened since the Boer war produced as much Interest In that country as the beauty quest. . 15,000 Beautiful Rivals. During the quest In England over 35,000 photographs were received of women wjio were thought beautiful enough to have their claims considered by the committee of awards. It took lime to pass upon all these beauties, as th matter was too Important to be treated lightly. After the contest had . narrowed down to the dozen or so lead ing beauties of England, including two or three women of title, the Judges finally decided upon Miss Ivy Lillian - Close, an English girl of tha purest Aoglo-Haxon type. i All the artists who formed the Judg ing committee are famous experts In , feminine lovellnness. East one has painted many beautiful women, and the approval of any one of these nine art ists would stamp a face as lovelv b- rond the high average of British fem nlno beauty. Their names are: Kir James Linton. R. .; Miss Maud "Porter. A. Carutlierg Qould, R. B. A.; Arthur Hacker. A. R. A.; John Hasnil, II. I; Richard Jack Q. P.; Jacomb Jlood. K. L.; John Lavery, R. 8. A.; Charles Lewis. The young woman whom- the Judging committee has decided the most beau tiful In England will be. IS yeara old next June. Bhe lives at home with her parents, and is the eldest of four surviving chil dren. , ."She was always a lovely child," ald her mother to the Dally Mirror, and numerous photographs scattered about the home testify to this assur ance. , 'YiMtrtg-English Beauty. With , laughing eyes and lips the young woman herself spoke of-er pastlmea and preferences. She is, thor oughly domesticated and enjoys cooking, aewlng and other household work. , 'riova swimming," she said, " and I do not know of anything more de lightful than to plunge down the chute of a first-rate swimming bath. I like golf, but my father has only given me a, rew lessons. "Cycling. Is one of my favorlt rastlmea, and I 111 e walking in the coffee country,, cllmWng hills, and riding in a trailer. xmoi long aso i naa a nae spill, Delng tnrown ngnt out' from the liiotof .car. f Put 1 wasn t a bit tho worse. . ' :. . ..- "I He uonan jjoyie-s dooks, especlai- I" ""V . t ,'" 5. .nuirh T haven't seen manv. t like nlnv'. tnir and ainging and am takina lessons in both. It Is not long since I left the convent school In Somersetshire, to which I was sent for a year. Father and mother thing tney are tfte best fin- ichtng schools for. girls, though wo are J'rotastaats, -s - , t .u hftm - It. ; TorlfMhtr anjt h.u. Jived In Lancashire and Scotland, so I Vnow just a - little aeoux tne worm, l-'ather does not like me to go to dances much, tut I enjoy aanetug. , Uses No Ai4s to Beauty. I ha-va never worried a bit. about ... making myself look pretty, MOiner is Trettiar than-J am, in some Waya, ana -Myer thinks about u auger. we .a aynlca o.p .that i. ftana. 'and are nevar use anything for ou faxes., And we doo't trouble m lvl-.il ft ait aa4 dxlnlc, I the turning1 of the knob, was he suf-' ficiently aroused to look up. If hastily sprang to his feet, as he saw a fra.l, modest looking woman, holding a little boy'e hand, and in her other hand the letter of appointment which had gotten her past the door guard. "Mrs. ThorneV" he inquired, tender ing a chair. "Yes. 1 em 'here In answer to your note concerning my story," she replied. "Well, we will use the story If you will consent to cut It In places." "Oh thank you! 1 will do anything you think neceseary to it. I need the money so badly." She rave a pathetic glance at the little fellow leaning; against her. There was silence for a moment. Mrs, Thome looked up to discover that Wil son was closely scanning her features. She flushed under his persistent gut. "Pardon me." he said, "your face is strangely familiar to. me. Do you know mv name, George Wilson?" She flushed again, hesitated, and was shout to reply, when an exclamation from the child startled both of them. "Oh, mamma, see! There's papa's picture!" And the little boy pointed w a photograph which hung on the "wall over Wilson's desk. He -looked from the picture to tSa child, then,, to the mother in puszled amaseroent. She seemed about to faint, and he brought her a glass of water, which she drank, recovering her com posure. ... Seeing that he looked at her Inquir ingly. Mrs. Thorne remarked: T,t hat picture Is strangely like the one I have of little Ernest's father. ' indi cating little Ernest by a gesture. "You are a widow, then? Wilson ""Ilost my husband before the birth -of my little boy. He has therefore never known a father's love, and so I taught him to know and love his fath er's picture." Wilson noticed her embarrassment. He walked across the room, pretending to look for something on his desk. With bent brows he pondered some question muttering to himself the while: ''Never biw Ms father name Krpest queer to say the least. But wait,- Ill-solve yet!,J "Stm i'QU have not answered my question as to whether you recognized my name," he said with a smile. "True," she said In a relieved tone, and then she added: ".Veil, 1 once had a cousin of that name, but I never met hira but once, and that In childhood. Can It be possible that you are he?' "Yes." be gravely repiieo. Tnat- is, If you are Stella Wilson. I was attract- Ad hv vour remarkable resemblance 10 mv sister Nellie " Kh. tniv ii, hand held out te; her cousinlv 'iwuni her eyes filling ' nc. , with tears as she esclaimed: 'Oh George!' It Is so good to meet a friend once more" "I am sorry that you should ever have known the want of one mv dcui But, Stella, did you not first marry a man bv the name of Travers?" "Yes But do tell me of- Nellie, "Where U alie" "Married and living In the west. She wrote to you repeatedly after leaving your home. Why did you not answer her letters'" , "I never received one of them, Georae. I set I shall hava to tell vou my story, much as I shrink from doing ao. I feel, however, that you have the right to know It It Is a long and painful one,' sue saia aaaiy. "Never mind the length. Stella. Please tell me all of it-aeverything." . rT will Yah rertiemher.. nerhana (hat when Nellie came out to spend Christ- Read" the'' Story Hi I .''t r".r , 1 h v ' c?i 'I s J 'I m v r J m " ' i ' I v ' ' - - t -I e i 'I'm. A ,.;:... M to ?r4K . f cocoa. And hometlmea drink .& little claret. . i eat lobster and cucum 1 cucum- y. but I hlngs. to have , "no anywimg else I xancy. dux uo" I'Hrucuiariy nice sweet t , sound, common se.nse apptutrs "n"."'; "'"',' r tins yuung woman s u.i U8.ng. t-ienty or rraaii air nae -BsK1, 7,YJ-'"tVS; -iwi- Besiilra many -KpUl" from her cy.?l, and. the fomiiy :,, tht has had one Miimmer .he- perilous adv. mure. Tlio fore last i:i ilie course . of a family plf"!' n the bankn of the Thames, she " ""y drowned Xut 7 fyeaV.')11d n,'her"arns.tShS nmr ui nflr u,. ii r.o.v . i, i at ream. on th. f r'hl.. . Vl ik. hMi : " lie? father nUma I in at onoa to Vl.areWua.initttWn Krte!.. K..c.h'W sod helped him. to overoatanced and fell forward into tho lift the little one Into the boat, tne younger girl would almost certainly hv baan .gwept -away. Bhe herself was aenaralaal anme .lluiance frnm the mfr but btr eaceilant-swimming "W- sbled her easily to keep afloat, la spite :r' , nri,.. . u - . '. , . ,y Vgl' prroraTcw.h! ana n picture or Miss Close was pub- j r faxes. '. llshed In the London Daily Mirror aha uch afcout.at once necame the most famous young like tea, woman la England. &trf EngliehMan, llshed In the London Daily Mirror aha 1 t mas witn me seven years age, ana ana nuaiiaiiu iiau uoybi uicu , nu, when she arrived, ha was away on a . , . . . ousiness trip, Dut wa were nouriy ei- pecttng nis return, as he had die la red ln"t nouimg anouia Keep mm rrontnoma inrisunaa time, in me miast oi our preparations, nowevar, came your teie- irrara to Nellie, tailing her that you had been hastily called home and that alia miit go with you. Knowing that your moiner muai oe yery in, 1 urnfa my attention toward helping Nellie get off ,n and, being far from well myi , self, so much exertion, coupUed with anxiety for vuntle and sympathy for P"" Nellie, brought on one of rny .oht nervous alck headaches. At tha last moment I was unable to go oven to tn depot with ner, ucn as I wished to "west you. "I remember. Nellie explained It to me at ih .'! , "wan, alter seeing xseine oir i went to bed. hooine that rest In a darkened room would enable ma to recover my atrenvth hefiira mv huahand'a . return, But I was not very succesaful, and the -and You Will Learn f t. ,.. ... n, .... the International award as good as won. and that when the judges come t.i consider the beauties nf all the leading nations of the world they will be com- -"", ...vai HIBI WA I -r V iUBTJ iittU peuea to give tne Highest prize to this a.ngnsu gin. "" wwn beauty win win. But It may be that the English beautj experts are blinded by the-fr patriotism. It muni lie remembered ti.., u . , . rememoereu that eillh Of 1 ... r. i nut ..no Im ..... resor.tat.ve woman wil, prove to be the nui i . .... . . 1 1 r ... .... ,, ' , I ' y,"Tla- the worldwide, queai, Th T"b" " "elleves that when the final .ward'iH. made tha great hon-l nioxt beautiful woman in or Will come to nur ,.u,n n,,n .... ....itZ: ..:::.'..;.. "f . . " that Miss Frev w ii .S J . il Tut world s queen of beauty. ' Tha rrnraunliiilv. n...l.n ,l ..'.. already selected to take Bart In thm Tmorf" am quest for the most beautiful womas , in the world are . rn.-. r, . : . . . . " .. CTTia S"f,uerlle" , snada Mhns Violet Hood. 1 ; Sweden Miss Jane Lundstrom. "' Spajh Senorita Dona Petra Herce ' i England Miss Ivy LIUian 'Close, v Sweden-Miss Jane Lunditrom. "Oh, Mamma, ee! There' Papa'g Picture next morning set &doui maamg mcio li uiuuii, r cuniiuii, wvu v r head still throbbing with, pain and. an - i . . , w . . x energy wmcn wouia nave naggea moi wearily but for tha Joy of ahUetpat'on. juaae ot my surprise ana anguisn on mina men wnen a messenger wnivwuu a tetter rrom a,ines in wntcn vm aai but Walt, I have tt here. It baa paver left my possession.'' .. ; gn, took from her card caae a letter, worn from much handling, and after aaylne "listen " read it aloud: "lv ''Madam: All night I hava been hara fn my office, settling 7my affairs, and now at thla houiv-almos noon every, thlngls complete "if hava made' careful but not as- travaaant nroviaion for your lUDDOrt. t ao this so that If the aooundfel should desert vou thera will be something for you to relv upon. To avoid publio scan 6a, J shall take no steps, mora for your- sake tnan ray own deserve It. But I , although you? da not coming a joyous one?'' ''ft ssems to me that, feeling as you wish to never again "Try to oalm youraelf, my child, nnddo toward him vou might make an ef Fhank -God that thore ansa'er my. quesUona,' said Wilaon fort toward forgiveness. If only for the aee your face. Thank "God tha thore are nn children! "To prove to vou how Justly I hava R. Sery "2Si:"Sir ixon know no-sight so awe Inspiring e 4hat of Russia's winter scenery. tVe tramped boldly down tha long avenues of tha Sark, skirted the wood beyond and came ut upon tha fields. There was no moon and very few stars visible; yet It was not dark: the path underfoot could be clearly read by bending down, writes .Victor K. Marsden In the London Even- Ing Standard, but wa knew better than to Ventura far into the Illimitable u known. , ' ' Ijooklng forward Into tha white fx pa nae with never a landmark visible as far as tha aye could reach even in. day time, one could compare his position, only to that of being adrift In a cock boat In mldocean. There la a fnsctna tion of horror about the great stillness, and it Inspired tha prince to suggest a troyka drive Into the Invisible wasta around. On foot one risked spending tha night In aimless wanderinga-to and fro; with horses thera was always tho Instinct of "the brute creation ta depend upon and sufficient force In reserva to conquer something of the " powers tt mere space if we really got lost In the trackless expanse of wnite. Bo, on the word, back we hurried home, an order waa given, and out eama In a vary brfef time the troykas har nessed and ready. The whole party en sconced themselves three and four eacn In' the great sledges, country built, and nearly all wood, with outrigger runners that defy an upset, and off we plunged right across country. Russian fields are not enclosed, onlv here and there taU stalks of weed are 4eft to mark the divisions between one man's strip of plow land and his neighbor's; even these were half burled under the snow. For an hour or more wa drove to the merry muslo of the little bell that hangs on tho wooden arch, the "bow' above the head of thu mid horse of the team a very com panionable sound In ths solemn stillness around. One or two turns, now thiw way, now that, put ths visitors beyond all possibility of computing distances and directions. Whether we were real ly lost at length or.it waa all an ad mirable oontrl vance to give a new sen sation to tha uninitiated still remain matter of doubt. A bitter wind was blowing and tha prospect of doing the best driving at full speed straight ahead, until we struck a village and could either ask our way or put up there for tha night dtd not seem promising. Tbe drivers hell heated debates about, ths present where, ft bout a, and a lonely peasant woman re turning from town eft miles away gave the usual polite assent to the question Incautiously nut to- her by one of tha party. Tha Russian common people al ways agree with any"-proposition put to them by their betters; It Is their sim ple Idea of politeness to the gentlefolk. This took us aiother five miles In the wrong direction, and the whole party was gradually, coming to the oonclualon io give the horses their heads and let them take us home, with i doubts whether three horses harnessed abreast would solve the problem, when we desarlbed a light, and made for It, fully believing wa were at least SO miles from horns, instead of the half mile so quickly covered, to find tha whole adventure moat happily endnd over tea and cigarettes anil wonderful stories of past experiences. Politics and' scandal in hlah olacea. - ...I . W Konstantln Mlk- 111)1 nVlRIl Ifllrt till dr ft Til 1nrlta ai-ai. a amusement In the great i the wolves abound. Two c go out by night Into the i themselves aroomorUby the great woods where or tnree men woods. ' settle nnd nroceed to Imitate the wolf 'call - Little bv little answers chme trnm Til prowling auout. giving sometimes War. . " a"??" l" 4enerally, however, the thing Is mero ,' w . H t,,rl,ls thrown in; the aanHer iH not great. for the wolves .1.. , ,... . A " T 0& &SZ a I". :rr 1,1 e "I neea. J Here is a ginanness Boout tills Torm of amuse- njent which comblnea the necessary ox- BtUVwsv.wl Sdth S." el'nTent ''th.rai: nature' nf the e"7"j 11 rtainiy .seems to vr"" weu as a new sensation. -. - Nutmei g Poisoning, h From the "I" ' "t "JTl"-2..' ' v. "u. uirm uuiBuniijK, inouan "J? nJl. A&S1' death oi megs Is nil and dKowalm mesa Is rVored: Thi oi.o2 Tain the: me eiupiuma are giaamesa. rress and . delirium. " . " ' . gcieu n tnia matter, ana now uaeissi. it wui j ur iuu w iun iu uii anything, I will explain that I got off i . - . - . . . i ------ T v ins train just oenina you ana your com- panlon. saw your face distinctly, but am giaq to say tnat J. aia not aee nia si atl. i was enougn lor ma near nim oaii you -aariing. inen, oerora could, recover from t lie numbness whlchv overtook my senses, he had hurried you ln.to?the train and you wera aff. I do w fouui umi you- win do ai noma n tlma to reeelva ma today, ao to spare y4 troubl ,n th arrangement of ao fleacate as affair J lea,va the pity flnU, ly this afternoon. ERNEST. fh concluded she broke down and sobbed bttterly. . . "There. Oeorga, what do you think of that letter for- man to write to a lov Ing wife, who, rooked with phyaliat Plrt and dlatreased in mind. Was still fcaprUy preparing to mke hi Jiome- answer my aoothir.aiv. Then after a moment he sravaly asked: ' ' 't "MY SENSATIONS AS I WENT CRAZY "Cdn- tinucd rroni the virst radc of This Dcction and celling of my room piinotuatad utt- IntaUlglbla mumblings o, mvlalbls par- secutors. , ' Four or five days later tha doctors wera abje to ree Ihe broken bonea. ehortly bafora tha adjustment of Hie plaster casts ths calve of hla legs were ahUvouT thla operation nft regivaea as a sign of humiliation- Htrtpa of court piaster placed on nis orow over scratchea were felt as signs of un- - soeakable dearedation. Hla day of most exquisite torture, Beers declares. Was June 2s. 1800. Thla is tha day when tha class reunlona ara held at f ale; whan, pruceded by bras bands, the classes, ' yelling enthusi BllieaJly, pagg ttirougir Wat Ctjspt streetr-and by thf hospital -from tita campus to the field to witness the Har- vard baseball game. Although Insane, Mr. Heers Knew ine oay. . , "My state Of mind at this tlma might be pictured thus,' he writes; "Tha criminal charge of attempted auloide stooj against me on June Hit- By tli Zfitli many other and worse charges had accumulated. ; "The public believed ma tha mo"L despicable member of my 'fa, papers were filled with aeoounta of my tnlsdeeds. Tha thousands f coilfgtan fathered in th'clty, many of whom I nfw pereonally, loathed the vary thought that a Valoi man shot-Id so dla- grace his alma mater. ' . . " . .,,'., iwhn th nnratrlmil the hnsnltsl on their way ta the athletic-field. I cpn- eluded that It waa their Intention, to take ma from my bed, drag tits W ijtha - lawn, and there tear my limb from limb ' ... Threo weeks later the patient jotim Sit up, and. although ha recognised nt relatives, hla delusions, particularly during the nlgflit. Incrsasad. 1 . "The world was fat becoming a atagg on whloh every hitman being within tna range of my aensea, seerrfed to be play- ng a part which would lead not only to my destruction (for which I eaied lit tls), but alsO' to ruin all Wlt wnom had ever come In contact. ' 'in July, several ihunderatornisoc- To me tha thunder was 'stags ctirrfd. thundi.' the lightning man-made, and (ha ac.onmnanylna rain OUS to' soma clever coptrivamia of yperaeutors.t R,if. , . - , There, waa a chapal oohnsflted with tho still believed tha "third degree" hospital -or at Jaaat a room where re-,, was being, conducted. Letters he re ligious aervluee were held every Bun- gar (led with suapicion, reading them fnr day. To ma the hymns wera j f unera "ively pnly a week Of month after re dirges end the prayvrs, faintly audlbla. calving them. Beers remained In. tha were In behalf of every sufferer id tha. Institution 14 montha While thera hen world but one." -i - - aflcial results wera experienced by st- Htving rerovcrea surncienny. pyr- Renra was' taken to his home, where ha remained a month. Uurliig bis stay at , rjr. Theodora B. Hyslotf, superintend home his delusions repeated end tnten ant of tha Bethleham Royal hospital, ained. A promise msae Hears ton nun; ixndon, England, is quoted by Mr, Beers of the hospital attendants ba angaged aa followa; "Of all hygienic measures to oara for him at home, could hot ba to counteract disturbed sleep, depreeaed kept, and a boapitsl nurs . coma and apirlts and all miserable sequels of a spent an hour with htm- ' ' , distressed mind, I would undoubtedly This -evoked In ths erased tnlnd a give, tha first place to the simple habit feeling of distrust of every one and tha of prayer." Preachers, declares Beers, conclusion that bis brother was not a ehnuld reallso this and go more often brother, but a detective, Tharaafteiimonjr the insane. for two yeara, he wus "a man withoat While at this hospital Beers' mental friends, without ia world, except thai adjustment began. Tlias was by con one created' by my cwn mind from tha vlnoins himself of the identity of his Chaos thst reigned within It." brothar. A letter written by the Insane After his return home from tha hos- man to his brother, according to tha pltul there was a perversion of all bis patient's directions, wus brought and senses; to his taste salt, sugar and presented by the brother to Beers, and alum tasted the same; tha linen bed almost Instantly the insane man's mind sheets to his touch were silks ha eon- began to clear. He recognized his own ttnuaily felt atrange breesea on his fao. letter, and by this cue the brother. which he . Imagined were a aort of Puring his convalescence he experl Chinese method of torture, lke that by eneed many of the atrocities he relates which water la dropped on to the vlc jn his book. From the privately en tlm's forehead until ha dies of anguish!' dowed Institution the patient went to and fiwAavinv .nitliri. Ilka that Of a bIbU hrtitnltnl in1 the InfllirnltleM putrefaction or burning flesh, filled bis nostrils. His imagination "created an Inferno. One can Imagine no more awful things than those which he recites: "Phan taamagorio visions made their visita tions throughout tha night; for a tlma with such regularity that I used to await their coming with a certain re strained' curiosity. -"Although I was not . entirely , un aware that something waa ailing with my mind, I did not accept these visions, or any other ubnornial effects of sense, as symptoms of insanity. All these horrors I took for the work of de tectives, who sat up , nights racking their brains In order to rack; and utterly wreck my own with a cruel and unfair -tniro aegree, Hnnd-wrlt In nn the wall hoa aver struck terror to the hearts of tfane men. real jungles, found the man he sought I remembered as oni of the moat un- and, cooly grasping his hand, greeted pleaeant experiences, .that I began to him with a now historic remark. -aee hand-writing on the sheets of my "This was r the culminating moment bed staring ma in the face. t of my gradual readjustment. - "Onach fresh sheet placed over me The dividing llna between sanity and I Would soon begin to see words. sen--lnsanlty Hii STSr been a topic of dls- tences.and slgnatujtes, all in my oti cussion. In my own case I believe that 'Have you ever attempted to set your, .lad a present the only present worth elf right la your husband eyes, having nj father." Stellar 4 ... , ' ,h.. Mack of the little eroup there was the - "Attemoted to set' myself right, Inno- "E1 " footstep. cent as I was? Never, Georee! How e memory of those two happy c'ared ha accuse me . unheard T' - years, Stella, your Imsband pleads for -"But. hw la 'It that you are" cere In " oJtSnn't" 6 chlld and tw ehW" V 1 ' ftrango voice. Hundlng In the doorway Oh. George, you are a man, too. and leading to an inner office, stood Ernest youare looking at It from hls'point of : Travera. . He held out a pleadine- hand . -!.. t raw, iin. lit ur n m mi wilt, OUl . me (umN coimy gTimcnt. ahe hotly asked; .. . .. away. The little boy 'slowly arose to ."Do you ' think any .self-respecting 'J1' looked wonderlngly from one woman would touch monev offeVed un- I?1'. 10 anotherfor an explanation, rter auco conditions? Js'o! 'it was easier f no one spoke, and he Went timluiy trr new for a llvlnsr. And would you' aide of the atranger, holding out fhav had me remain 1n my old home.' iJ,nyJha.na which the father tenderly where, sooner or later, my friend would sI!pedi'n hl own. Then he spoke have discovered that I was a deserted "8'V addressing Wilson. - , . ; wife? . Besldea- -gh hesitated,' and J Pv hM-t thlsalcova desk for .finally added: '-,"1 did not want him to .f2nI,tlms or nd J1?! J'eard all' dis-over that thera was a chllrt." - Her 1"" Phased aince .the -child recognised eyes dwelt fondly upon the little fel- T"m p .tur, J1 .lru " sta" low. as he sat in the far corner of the :n&A 'X?. two erB .V room, Immersed In the pictures In soma yjl,qual? y' but t!?TOUrh mV beastly magaalnes which Wilson had given him, llou,5r VtmV t i yronged . l i i . , mi . . . tier mvund rkiuintlin ' ; . t.ii-u uim iDuiiier iirai peiran ner norra "I thought ? so:H ' ecl"armd ' WUson25! ft! , Jf loed . prlnglng to his feet. He walked the floor excitedly for a few mlnutea. v, ' "But you are wrong Stella; all wrong. . You should not have kept the knowledge of the child a birth from the father."" , "vVell. I did It. And what is more, h xo'i hhm:rf.!r w "you tell lilm' How?' ; - Q i3r.TOrtorin. a mom.nt, Stella. For five years your husband has . been my.de.re-t'frleriI..althou,h until now, . oia not unow mt.t no . ror Morton Travera. But., George -' "Walt moment, my dear. Tou hava made everytiilng quite plain, now, and I ant going t try to undo the wrong I alt unconsciously did to your husband. Re member h la my friend, Stella. I do not deny-that he did you a great Injus. 'Ice, a grievous one. But, my child, you. too, are somewhat to blame. . You wronged hire In ketplng from him the knowledge, that ha Is a father, you .wronged tha child In depriving him of a -- r,".v"t.-"" " : " 7 "1L " 1 , . urMu in muni nn worm ptjueve s"4 . . . , . ,-r " " . , - n -. - tfl amre that no one even suggested , .i.fc IT . . i i. , i.w.. i ioumwho, so oruelly Judged and deserted me, he we ""l" na snaaow upon my - n.um, mum wtuiy uiiireu. s w mm mm reui nwiHiii uurge wuion looked down upon his cousin, curiously at first, then somewhat qulizlcaliy. "Well,' he remarked, "it strikes me iiini juu inv a vrry man opinion oi your .husband In spite of All cruelty, Btella." . Bha colored under his glance and tone, but answered gravely: "True, George, but I wish to be Just, In tha two years of our married Ufa he wag aver kind end gentle. And al- though I can never forget or forgive the wrong he did nie afterward, I must al- ways remember what went before, and appreciate lt.'! . sake of tha ctii.u. Come, my dear, lls- ten to your own heart and give the little T handwriting. - Yet I could not decipher "y rjh, ' thnga who stood about could read them all, and found them to be incrlmnlatlng "viqence. t Imagined that these vision-like ef ts, with few exceptions, were pro fB"ci duped by a magic lantern le lantern, controlled riy soi V soma of mv invrlail nerSHGutora, The lantern waa rather a cinematographic contrivance. -"Movina olctures. often brllllanllv colored, were thrown on the ceiling of my room and sometimes on the sheets of, toy bed. Human bodies, dismem bered and gory, wera one of the most common of these." Theaa vlsjuns Are aserlbtwt to ' the reauitigT when a boy, of sensational news. strangely, the Insane mau's mind connected himself in soma wa; with every erlme of importance wimn ne mm ever neara. "Dismembered human bodies wera hot alone my bed-fellows at this time. I remember one vision of vivid beauty, Bwarma of butterfllea nd large and gorgeous moths appeared on the sheets, "In my chamber of Jnterir Jttant hor-, ror and momentary dollghJU uncanny ocourrenceg were frequent I believed there was gome one who, at fall fit night, secreted, himself under my bed. My bad-fellow waa a detective, and ho ,ent moat , Mt tlmadurlhg the ngn preaiog places of ice against my injured heels ao as to precipitate, aa .1. .. ! Rears was taken to a private said- )gr(unil and later was removed by his family for three months cared for by an attendant of tha Institution at the hnma of the attendant's grandmother; n a awsll town not far from New -tavan. The Insane man was unable fa frea himself from the Idea that he would ha tried, and the attendant ha regarded a a ail enemy. Ha wus cotn- milted to a private insana asylum June jl ifOl. To. the routine of life there Beers ac- customed himself-, but for his delu- siohs ha was comparatively contented, This ha ascribes, to an envlronm'nf.in tuna with his dfsordered mind. When aurrounded bv aana nersona he felt a sense of Inferiority; here, among the Insane, a feellna of aunerloritv aaacrteil lenning -nivine service, wnrcn was held almost averv afternoon in. a c chapel. perpetrated upon the helpless, which he recorded, are almost beyond belief. Intentionally Beers transgressed rules to discover the extent of the cruel treat ment of the Insane. The results ar embodied In the book which he began to prepare a month after he left the hospital. . He was .discharged from the state hospital on September 10. 1903. and entered the employ of a New; York . firm of contractora, Mr. wear s account or ine clearing oi "his brain after the recognition .of hH brother in August, l(i2,-is most vivid: "After my long Journey of explora tion In the Jungle of tangled imagina tion, a Journey which finally ended In my finding the person for whom I had Jong searched, my behavior differed ver llttla from that of a great ex- nUr hn after a nerllous trlD throuah rntiBlB'sV . Riii.rirl nv that hla vm m la ?on1 Ti'd.Vrfgt.1' W fVh.rf.?hrn. MS fa?ner;hphoto,;rl.ph U" ,lU h,, ,5? . tItW' wife-" Ml "I gee, My liusband'a name la Ernest 1 ZlJZ. , - , ----..-.. ; punishment, but It is ' "r'B XrZJ91 V.".' " ivl? J P..' r ' Jhe' mib0,:,ftnd ih tooP1 i? fa,c1Id.' fVf, tn "f8t SlD i'lVW,,0' '."-I"1" rm5 buut ; Th.0.1 'CT.'i JTZ ;Pon. which F ao wronged you seven 7,row?.likV,?,:nl;iV nrgitDr;nWHei R tllf-ll, y Vt?, i-,? Sjg Ura':mm. 5."1-.!?; hiAK "rr rrr turnea coiaiy ssiue, still without a glance in his direction. She held out fier hand-to tha little boy, aaylng: ''Come. Ernest," I , "Which Ernestr asked her husband, quh-kly possessing himself of the out stretched hand... Ha flashed a look at his friend In tha same moment, releas ing the hand of tha child as he did so. spoken request, and foisted the lad to his shoulder,, saying bllthelv: v,v'ne, my ooy, ten mamma ins'. -ivome, my ooy, tell mamma we are aroma- to hii iuv a drum. and a thingi. train of oars, and. oh, lots of Anything you want, my man. "Oh, wait,- please. May' mamma?" pleadingly. Sadly, lovingly. Stella's eves I go," dwelt UDon her bov. Than for the flmt time sue raisea tnem to meet those or m-r nuaoana, wno still held her hand in a gentle but firm clasp, which she tried fn vain to escape.. 8uddenlv, she ceased to struggle, her agitation growing deep- er eacn moment. Th -little voice once more pleaded: may l go, mamma? "Ask your papa, darling,' was the reply, but It came from .liar in the depths of the father's arm, and was hardly understood by little Ernest, who was by this time half way down the atairs on his way to the shops A few hours later, after a discreet tap at the office door. Wilson put in his head with a question, laughingly put: "What am T tn do with that sforv of Mrs. Thome's?" . Ills reply van a book thrown at his head. I can safely state that the elapsed limo between a condition -of absolute pantty and Inaanltv and comparative sanity was scurcely appreoluble. This statement squares with tho psy chological fact-that it takea-about one tenth of a second for the mind to firm ta perception. The very Inxtant 1 caught sight of my letter in the hands of my brother all was changed. ' The -thousands of false Impressions recorded during the 798 days of my de pressed state seemed at once to cor rect themselves. Untruth became truth. My old world was mine again. That gigantic web woven by an indefatigable and tired Imagination, I immediately recognised as a snare of delusions, in whtcti 1 had all but hopelessly en tangled myself. "That the oordlan knot of mental tor ture should be cut and ewept awav bv tha mere glance of a willing eye in like A miracle. But not a ft-w lnaane persons recover their reason or. more Scientifically expressed, reach the cul mination -of their hitherto Invisible pro cess of readjustnmnt in what might bo termed a flash of divine enlightenment, though vary few here documentary evi denrs to prove their instantun-.-aus re turn to life." Mr. Beers derlarea that had he not recognised his brother by his own note, he I certain he would hHve killed him self within 10 days. He had been brooding upon suicide. For two years hs had scarcely talked. Conversation with the newly recognised relative waa . difficult. Tha change In his mentsl condition was accompanied bv visions of grandeur; his long period of de pression wag followed lv a tremnndous rsaltation. Ths pendulum swung the other way. . When ha lost his reason Mr. Beers says his brain felt as though is were pricked with countless needles at h white best. "On this August ;io, 190J, shortly after regaining rny reason, I had another distinct sensation in the brain. "It started under my brow and ?radually spread until the entire stir ace was affected. Tha throes of a dy ing reason had been torture. The sen sation folt as my reason was reborn were delightful. It Seemed as though the rff reshlng breath of some kind god dess of wisdom were being gently hlown against the surface or tny brain. It was a sensation not unlike that produced bya menthol pencil rubbed ever so gently aver a fevered brow. "So, delicate, so criaa and exhilarating was It that words fall me In my at tempt to describe It. If the exaltation produced, by some drugs Is anything like it, l can easily understand how and why certain pernicious habits en slave those who contract them. For me, however, this experience was 11b erstlon, not enslavement." And so his mind found Itself. Wild Horses Escape Capture. From the Denver Republican. Several effors hava been made to capture three bands of wild horses feed ing in the neighborhood of Kit Car son. . Among the group that runs wild about id miles north of the town Rre said to be a powerful horse and an equally handsome mare that would make ' a team worth about $400. A huge sorrel stallion with a blnxe face, a Tail that reaches to- the ground and a heavy, flowing mane Is the leader of the band and Is isaid to be so wary that up. to dute all attempts to run down anv mem ber of the group has resulted In failure. Whenever a man appears on the horlson the stallion sounds the alarm and starts the Band off In the other di rection, led by a small roan bronco. The stallion himself brings up the rear, snapping at ths ntttres to make them run faster, and if too hard pushed he will stride off by himself. The country where this hand ro'ams Is known as the Little and Big Spring section, and the farmers In that vicinity are watching their own horses closetv to keep them from Joining the wild herd. A domesticated horse is often coaxed awny by a band of wild ones and in a few days Is as wild as the rest. , There is said to- be another band, Ted by a big brown stallion, about 2ft miles south of Kit Carson, and a third, led by a bay, not quite so far off. Some -of the horses- have brands, while others have not. - Turn About. i From the Pommeryllle Journal. Mrs. Wicks Mrs. Rlngloss says thlt her husband makes her a. monthly al lowance. . . Mrs. Hlrks Well, he ought to. Sr. -has to maka dally allowances for him.-- iiiyiiiBiii mum iniirrcu, ifirn
