Might and Main Library. Number 56, 1907-03-16 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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They. ‘quiet ly ia to see if he awoke. 2 Heh atl suspicion gaan on the. Guanine: ane ce had not been able to fix any criminal act, or to bring” eae under the ban of the law. : ) It was to. this. asylum | that Vernon Craig was taken. For <a: Jong time he remained entirely unconscious, hae n the effects of the chloroform began to pass off, he more in dreamland than in the land of consciousness. He still, slept OMe. a aN small. ‘dose’ oF Levies just “sufficient to senses “in thrall for a few minutes, was “held ‘sO thz could inhale it, and the men laughed softly as the yt with malignant cruelty, ‘of. the ordeal he was to un They took off his boots and stockings, and, witl of feathers, began to tickle his feet He could not move; for a time he Bis unconsciou ‘that he imagined himself dreaming, — z me - Gradually he awoke; his blood was at ‘fever he eee ays. passed. before he began. to realize. that. he was. a room was darkened so that not a pe ae Age 2 ‘ eae and though not in the noisome cellar, was ace quite as. hey Gtne, to his refined nature. am-I: eee cars ha H srepeated. the econ, cae times, ‘euae! there was” «1p. the. foom, | he. received. no answer. ercing shriek broke in. ‘upon the silence, and his lod seemed to freeze in his veins. H 7 2 Can this: he a prison? That barred catia does! Te tiene PR felt he should become mad qoaleas: hee was. soon. en- : 3 door opened, and Janson entered. Ue Be | ‘Are you feeling better?” he asked Kindly. Better? Tiam-not sicki?+< sy - pas ntened as to: his whe ereabouts and Prey ee ile \re. you not? aie that. 3 is pleasing news. ee You eu oe ‘sick, he ‘tell ‘you. wet as how ee : Ce aah e « Ag hy aa you bing me. ce ar : | You not know?” ison. had a difficult hand. to. Guay. aud it. required the rewdest skill to deal the right cards. | te wanted to see how much Vernon. really. remembered, ow best to work upon his feelings. 433 ‘You promised. to ee ee : Vernon answered. Have I not. done sor | am a prisoner.’ ‘Dear me, how can you nk. ca I Sey va were vere. = a sick, and I called in a doctor; he said you maust go to aks kok me. good. hospital.’ Me /ernon opened | ‘his eyes” wide. with astonishment. — I have not been sick,” he asserted ‘emphatically. anson smiled; one of. those genial smiles which warms the heart of the beholder, but one in which apalignty and ye be poe: are pupgled. , OH! was he ‘enemy. . > you remember coming here?” Do you. tonember. a lady: nursing you and giving. yo four food and medicine ?” ENo. 4 Son talk; it only excites ede. find its way across the place. .. As his senses returned to him he began to “experience the intensest agony. He tried to scream, but te nerves. were ‘SO irritate that Oe could only laugh hysterically. Mc The tickling was egntinued, and he’ was, fast 1 in tro!’ of his senses. es -Hé was bound so tightly that he ould: ‘not. re He laughed like an idiot, he screamed | que ee oie nately, and when the tickling ceased there. was “hot ‘ ae in the building more insane than he was. ' _ He i is. all right now, doctor,” said ale of the men > “You think he is ‘dangerous, I see. “Had to strap him, doctor, he is so violent at time moe it is a sad pit ‘for then to Witerropate Vernon Craig. “Hence his'expedient. : When the | State officers srrived: ee lepanmeae she a- eibata and expressed their satisfaction with their condition as they reached the room where ae was” ‘confined. “You have broken the law here, Lee a “In what way, sir?’ © “Strapping” a man face downward.’ fees eas ee nee “Tt is the only way,, sir ; ; he is so. very violent at tim S. “Turn him over.’ 2 ei ae _ Vernon looked at the - men, “and tried to. speak ‘to the i oe Ges _ “What is your 1 name? ?” they Ase He answered by a most idiotic laugh. | ey “He imagines “himself Vernon | Craig, sir,” brazenly, “the son of the man who was murdered, ‘you _ know, | -Poor fellow, he’ is. a erbbering ier most of the : time.” | | - Vernon was too hectied: to speak; Ais nerves. were e quiver ing, and a strange desire to. laugh nearly overcame him. — “He seems aie i ch oa nar te ‘State officer. | straps.” Once’ more Rings was able ee stand up, ee he -erted himself to try and explain his position. In vain ‘Words would not come at his command, and as he heard the door locked again, he threw himself on the cot and, for the first time, cried as though his heart would break. wT iB madhouse ! Oh, Heaven! they. want to mak ‘me mad, and I fear they will do it?? ae Vernon Craig Bare bee for. a time, to despair, but. not for long. © : | | He deternined ae escape, and felt. chat the surest “way to obtain an opporunity | was, to appear. satisfied with. his treatment, to give no trouble, but to accept nae position as one which could not be improved. He was told ‘that the asylum was a private hospital, ne y that he would be liberated as soon as he was “strong — _ enough; but he was not deceived, and was certain that _ Joshua yen was at the root of the trouble. Cee