THE ORfeGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, JO RTL A N D , 5 U HD AY J-MQRNI KTScM AY 3-408,-
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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
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'I s J 'I m
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e i 'I'm. A
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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