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Show FORTY-THREE YEARS IN THE DARK. An Indiana Woman Recovering From 8 Peculiar Form of Insanity. A most remarkable case has been developed de-veloped near the village of Winthrop, in Warren county, Ind. ' Forty-three years, ago Mrs. Perry James became insane, in-sane, her peculiarity being an aversion to company and a desire to bo perfectly alone. She was not dangerous, but her wish to become seclusive was so great that she was provided with a dark room at her home, where she has lived a hermit her-mit life for 43 years, being cared for by her husband until he died four years ago and later by her two daughters. Recently she began to show the return re-turn of reason and made inquiry concerning con-cerning relatives and neighbors whom she knew before her mind became affected. af-fected. Many . of them had moved to other parts, some had died, but there were three or four who still remained, and when she expressed a . desire to see them they were brought into her presence. pres-ence. She conversed rationally on common com-mon subjects and evinced a desire to once more emerge into the world and become one of its actors. Her aversion to people has disappeared, her peculiarities peculiari-ties are dissolving, and upon subjects with which she is conversant she talks with freedom and clearness. There are indications that she will fully recover her mental faculties if her life is spared. One of the hallucinations that have passed from her was that the air was full of balloons filled with men, all coming toward her. St Louis Globe-Democrat Globe-Democrat "I |