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Show iLM YEAliS A MAKlAb. A MAN WHO HAS BEEN INSANU TELLS HOW THE FEELING SEEMS.' tie Explain HI Peculiar Hallucination. ' lteean M lining Over Immortality Hi Fad Wa to Get Klch by ltalalng Bad-ishe Bad-ishe All Men Keem to Belli Kiiemle. I was once insane, and I often mnsa over my experience. There are of course many kinds of insanity. Some mental disorders take place so gradually that even tho closest companions of the victim vic-tim are at a loss to remember when the trouble began. It must have been this way in my case. One evening, after an oppressively warm day, a day when I experienced more fatigue from the heat than ever before or since, I sat on my porch fanning myself. "This arm that is now in motion,'' I mused, "must on of these days bo dust. I wonder how long will the time be." Then I mused upun the evidence I had of immortality. I could do things that other people could not accomplish. I had gone through battle after battle, and though bullets sang and struck around me as thick as hail, yet I remained uninjured. I had passed through epidemics epi-demics of yellow fever. My idea gained strength as I mused, and I was convinced that I should live forever. No, this can not be, for death follows all men alike. Yes, I am to die like other inon, and I believe that it is my duty to make the most of life; to make money and enjoy myself, and to educate my children. I wanted to be rich, and I began to study over an imaginary list of enterprises. THE EAMSII SCHEME. . At last I hit lon radishes. Peopla must have radishes. They should be in every shop. They could bo dried and sold in winter. I would plant fifty acres with radish seed, and people all over the country would refer to me as the "radish king." i would form a radish syndicate, and buy up all the radishes and travel and be admired. I hastened to the house to tell my wife that she was soon to be a radibh queen. At the breakfast table I said, "Julia, how would yon like to be a radish queen? "A what!" she exclaimed. I explained my plan of acquiring great wealth, and during the recital she be-, haved so curiously that I was alarmed,. I feared that she was losing her mind. Finally she seemed to nndurstand. She agreed with me, but told me not to say anything more about it. After breakfast break-fast I saw her talking earnestly with her father, and I know that she was explaining ex-plaining to the old gentleman how she intended to pay his debts when I became be-came known as the radish king. The old man approached me with much concern, con-cern, and told me that I needed rest and that I must not think of business. He was old and sadly worried, and I promised him that I would not think of business. Pretty soon I went out to inspect in-spect my radish kingdom. Looking round I saw the old man following me( From the field I went to the village. I f approached a friend and 1 told him how" I intended to become rich. Ho seemedj grieved, and I saw at ?nce that he was) contemplating the same enterprise. It seemed mean that he should take advantage advan-tage of me and 1 told him so. He tried to explain, but he made mo so angrjr that I would have 6trnck him if my father-in-law had not come up and separated sepa-rated us. . ( CtniED AT LAST. ' I tried to calm myself, but could not.' Those who had been my friends proved ' to be my enemies, and I was determined to be avenged; but before 1 could execute exe-cute my will I was seized by several men. My father-in-law did not attempt to rescue me, and I hated him. I was taken to prison. My wife came to see me, but she did not try to have me re leased. I demanded a trial, but no law yer would defend me. j Then I realized that the entire conv munity was against me. I became bo wroth that my anger seemed to hang over me like a dark cloud. It pressed me to the floor, and held me there. Mea came after a long time and took me away, I thought, to aoother prison. One day a cat came into my cell, and I trirdF " to bite her. She made the hair fly, butj I killed her. . I don't know how long I remained here, but one morning the sun rose and shone in at me through the window. It! ' seemed to bo the first time that I had seen tho great luminary for months. A mist cleared from before my eyes. My ; brain began to work, and suddenly I realized re-alized that I had been insane. I called the keeper, and when he saw me he exclaimed, ex-claimed, "Thank heaven!" and grasped tny hand. ' I was not long in putting on another suit of clothes ami turning my face toward to-ward home. A physician said that I was cured, and everybody seemed bright and happy at my recovery. I went home My wife fainted when 6he saw me and learned that I had recovered my mind. 1 asked for my little children, and two big boys and a young lady came, forward and greeted me. ' 1 had been in the asylum asy-lum twelve years. Pearson's Weekly. |