Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1893 — His Curiosity Satisfied. [ARTICLE]

His Curiosity Satisfied.

St. Lctllfi Cl lobe-Democrat. “I have a very large lump on my head where the bump of curiosity is supposed to be.” said Walter S. Rogers, of Indianapolis, as he borrowed a toothpick from the desk in the Southern yesterday afternoon. <; That bump, however, is rapidly diminishing. I’ll tell you all about it. I’ve got a brother who is a physician in Chicago, and I’ve always taken a lleudish delight in trying to find out about things concerning which 1 knew nothing, and never could understand If I lived 1000 years. I’ve turned his skeletons and skulls inside out in my desire to do nothing but mischief. But when he has suggested trips to hospitals I have always been more than ready. Well, about a week ago he asked me how I would like to take a trip out to the insane asylum. Of course*.! was only too glad of the opportunity, and frankly told him so. We went out after lunch and visited every section of the asylum. While I pitied the poor inmates in their awful condition’ still it was a very interesting thing to me to watch their different moods positions and antics. Finally we came to a room in which was confined one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. Tall well dressed, splendidly educated, queenly in her bearing and about 28 or 30 years of age. Surely this woman could not bo insane. But she was. No sooner had we entered the room than she stood up to receive us. As she did so her eyes fell on me. and rushing over to where I stood she grasped me by the neck, crying at the top of her voice that she loved me and we would never be separated again. At last I, her husband, had come for her. The more I struggled the tighter she held me, and at last it became positively embarrassing. She held to me for fully ten minutes before the others came to my rescue. As I,said, I’ve enough, and curiosity shall shall not be my ruling passion, lor awhile at least."