SS CHARLOTTE | ERKINS Ae, CRs ay RGESAGD AE aR “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Other Fiction Edited and introduced by Pantheon Boks, New YorkCaplan nnn Cort © 168 by Am Lae leg ene une neato an Fn Ameen Cnet rar ad he Ud Sey Fan at ny Ron Hoo Cas Ton "fn mane acon Tae etre orm a Sone Gt) ‘Se Crate oy ose Cg : 3a0 ho For RonThe Fional Wold of Chrlte Pekin Gilman by Aw J Lane ie The Yello Walger When 1 Was a With 11 Were « Man ‘The Gir inthe Pink Hat The Coat The Untural Mother Maing Change ‘Ax Honest Wena Turmet The Widow's Might Mr. Parle’ Heart The Crus Whe Dianths Did Benga Machine spurs Maning the Mountain Herland Wit Her in Ourant mr 109THE ae YELLOW “Se WALLPAPER® cet escare ancestral halle forthe summer chen main & dn ne, ly [3 ey wd Wat mere onary people Jb snd my Ele, why shal it bet heap? And hy hae stood long tenant? srl sly ome ngs eb lnghe a ne, of coe fut one expects hat] vcd Jeb is practical in he etree He has no patence with an intense horor of superstition, and he seofs openly at any tlk of thingr not oe ft and seen and put down In are John sa physician, and pha —( would not sit ving seul of course, but tis dead paper and a get rebet to my ‘indy hati ne reason To nt ge al fate "You ee, he doesnot elev am sk! And what an one oP IF a physician of high standing and one's own husband, a ures ena relatives that there ely othng the mater 7 Ye Waleed ep ery 18 a TN fran Magne bavith one but temporary nervous depestion—s ight hysteria fendengy=what one to do? > ‘My trike is aso a physician, and als of high standing and he says the same thing. ‘0 | take phosphates or phorphtes—hichever it sand tone, and air and exer, nd journey, and sm sbsltly forbidden to “work” un sm ell gsi Personally, | degree with the ideas erorally I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me goad But wai one to do? Ti write fora wl inspite of them; but it das exhaust me 1 good deal—having to be 50 sl abouts oF ele meet with heavy oppostion sometimes fancy that ny condition, shad es oppo tion and more socety and stimals—but Jon says the very ‘wort thing san do 0 think about my condition, and an eset bay makes me fel bod ‘Sol wil let alone and lk abou the howe. ‘The most beaut places quite alone standing wll back {rom the oad, quite three mls from the village. Ita me ko Engh pra yo mad abut frre ees "Thre i aie garden! I never ste such» anden—Lage and shady, fall of Bocbordered paths, and lined with fog ‘rape-covered abors with seats under them. “There wer greenhouses, but they ae al broken row. ‘There war some legal trouble, I beeve something about the he and co-heir anhow the place has ben emp foe years "That spol my ghosness, Dam atid, but Ident cae tthe house can fel even said s0f0 John one moonight evening, But be anid what felt wae draught and shut the window pet unreatonbly angry wath John sometimes im sure 1 never wed tobe a0 foraive I think if due to the nervout cnditon ‘But fh sys fe 0 shal neglect proper self-control 20 1 take pane to contal mjsel—before hin, at eat and that sakes me very tre. 1 dont ike our oom bit 1 waned one downs that ered onto eps tad hd vs ash ny and Stihl sone dn hanging ut held mt cade sal hr was ny one window ad ot oom or wo veya no a om inh a ater ies ey cea ving an aly oe wi eto get dren Te © hed presiption fr ech horn the day he tle Sac et nano ely opal ato sine tmor Tesi cane ie lly ony oe ered tana bea Teg our ere pnd on our sere ny des und your olson Car appete tt ayo con sa tne” Sm ak ‘enum the topo oe hse ir Ey oon he nl oor ey, wth windows gar bkaath nd orang ph ms nay $end gyrase, rt (windows are-barved. for little children, and there are rings and ~ Phang tthe walls ape SE RITES beer lok ass boy schon had weed in Sipe of permet pes snd te head of Spb ut roca aise Pe on the er oT ea WANE Hore es wre pope a Sy le Om f ow stning Eacoyat pe cle ip eery ata am TE ath gh cone hee alvin, pronounced nous ently one and joke dy, er gon ‘Sige newer carve fore dans ey a dongle oa mye gen ay Setgrommkcesar conten he er brn snes ling «smouldering cua ow ssl fed bytes un san Sayed orang nse pce ely at cen monde te dene hu he mpl sae som oe “here come To, and mast pu thi vay fate to here me iy‘We have been here wo weeks and I havent fl ike wating before, since that Sat dy. am tng by the window ne, up this atrocious nursery, and there is thing to hinder my wring ae mach 36 plese, sive Ick of erent, Toni avay al day, and even some nights when his case are Tam gad my case snot serious! But these nerous roubles are dreadfully depressing Jota doesnot knoe how micheal sue He knows there 4 no reason to afer, and that aie him, ‘Or course i en nerousnen. I doer weigh on mew nat to do my duty in any way! Tear to beso 2 help to Jb, such areal rest and com fort and here Lam a comparative burden already! "Nobody would belive what an efor to do what ite I am ableto dress and entrain, and erder things. Tr fortunate Mary ie 20 good mith the Baby Such dear baby ‘And yet I cee be within, makes meso nervous suppose fon never was nervous i his fe. He laughs at me so about this allppet [At isthe meant orepaper the room, but afterward he a that vas leting it ge the beter of me, and that nothing as west fora neroat patient than fo give may to sich facies, He sid that afer the wallpaper was changed it woud be the heavy Bedstead, and then the bared windows, and then tht ‘ate tthe head of thesis, and so "You know the place i doing you god,” he si, “and relly, dear, dont car to renovate the house jst fora tee month sent” "Then do let go downstsies Tad. "Thre ae such pretty rooms there” “Then he tock me in is ams and led me a bis tle ‘goose, and sid he would go down calla wished, and have # ‘items into te bargain, But he is ght enouph about the beds and windows and things Teisasairy and comfortable a room as anyone need wi, and, te of course, would not be silly a to make him uncomfortable ft for whi en really geting quite fond ofthe big oom, all bat that hori paper (at of one window I ean se the garden—those mysterious deepshaded arbors, the stows eifashoned flowers, and bushes and gary tres (Out of anther I get 2 lovely view of the bay and ite private wharf belonging t0 the exe. Thee is « beaut Shaded lane that rune down there fom the house 1 ys fa 6 see people walking thee merous paths and atbors, but John hat cautioned me not t give way to fancy inthe least. He sys that th my smaginatve power and hab of story-making, Therous weakest ike mie ie sre t leat all manner af thie faces, and that ought wo ue my wll nd god sense to check the vendency So Tt. think sometime that were only well enough owe & lil would reve the pes of ideas and rt me But find | get prety ted when I Iki vo docouraing not to have any advice and companion: ship about my work: When I get really wall John says we wll sk Cousin Henry and ula dwn for along vist; but he sys he ‘woul as Son pu reworks in my pllowease a tet me have ‘hose stimulating people about now Tish could ge well aster, Butt mast no think abou that. This paper looks to meas if ‘tre what acu influence had ‘Theres rcurent spo nee the pater ls ike a broken neck and to bulbous eyes stare at you upsie down. Tg postvey angry with the impertnence of andthe ever lasingners Up and down and sdeways they eral, and Dose shrurd uninking eyes are everywhere: Thete Is one place here two breadth didet match and the eyes go all up and down the lie, one ate higher than the othe. ever saw so much expression in an nanimate thing before, and we all ion how mach expression they have! [used oi Sake av ch and get more entertainment ad tro out of ‘lnk walle and plain Frntare than most dlren could find in 2 oyatore remember what 3 kindly wink the knobs of our big oldbureau used to have, and there wa one chai that alvays seemed ike a strong fend Toe fe that if any ofthe othe things looked too Bere "could abeay hp into that cai and be safe “The faritre in this room is no worse than inharmonious, Inowever, fr we had to bring ital fom downstas. Tsuppose when this was used asa playroom they had wo take the nursery things ut, and no wondet I never aw sah ravages a he ‘alten have made here “The wallpaper 6 T sad before, is torn off spot, and it sticketh doer than a bother—they must have had persver nee a ell 3 ted sail ae "Then the floor 3 rathed and gouged and spline, the Paster self dug out here and hee a hs el Rey bed, Which all we found im the oom, looks as fit ad Been through he wars Bot I don mind it «bit—only the paper “There comes John's sister Such 3 dear gil ashe sand cael of me! Imurt not et herd me wating ‘She ra perfect and enthusasic housekeeper, and hopes for ro better profession I very believe she thinks tis hewn ‘which made me sc ‘But Tean wate when she s out and se era Tong way off from thaw windows “There is one that commands the road, a lovely shaded wind {ng road and one that js looks off ver the county. lovely county, to, full of great els and velvet metdons ‘Thr walpaper has «Kind of sub-pter ina diferent shade, 1 patcalary tating one, for you can only te itn eta lights, an not cert then But in the places where its faded and where the wun jue onl can se a sange,proveking, formless ort of figure that Stems to sll about behind that ally and conspicuous front Sesgn ‘There's ster on the sta! ‘Well, the Furth of Jay i ove! The people ae al gone, and am tired out Jn thought st might dome pod tose ite ‘Company, so we Just had Mother and Nelie and the chien ‘down fora week we (Of cour I id’ do a thing. Jennie ses to everything now. ‘But ered me al the ame Jahn says if dot pickup farter he shall end me to Weir Michelin he fl But don't want ogo there a all had friend who was ia hishands once and she says hei jt ike John and my brother, only mae ao) ‘Besides, such an undertaking to gos ar. 1 dn’ elas was worthwle ofan my hand over for snyting, and Tm geting deauly fetal and querlous Tar at nothing and ery moat ofthe ine (OF course I don't when John is here, or anybody ee, but when Tam sone ‘And [am alone a good del just now. John is ket in town very often by serous aes, and Jennies god an lets me ale ‘when wat ert ‘So walk 2 nthe garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the res, and lie down up heres goed ea ra geting realy fond ofthe rom in pte ofthe wallpper, Pasha ue ofthe wallpuper. Te dell in my minds! The'her on ths great immovable bedi nas dah believe—and fallow tat patem about by te our ris pod 235 gymnastics, I aorre you. Tsar, wel sy, at the boom, down n the corer over there whee It his ot been loach, and determine for the thowsanth time that lel fallow that poinss putter to sme sot of a conser Tkaow alte ofthe pnp of desig, and Thnow tis thing vas not aanged on any lw of taiaton, or alenation, oF Fepetition, or symmetry, or anything ele tht lever heard of Teis repeated, ofcourse, bythe bred, bul not others Looked at in one way, each breadth stands alone; the bloted ‘ures and flourishes kindof "debased Romanesque” ith elu temens—go wadding up and down im oalated cl. suns of ft ‘But, on the other hand, they connect digonaly, and the spraving catines ran of n great slanting mare of optic hot "or ke tof wallowing raced in fll hae “The whole thing goes horizontally oo, at least seems 30, wwand exhaust myself tying to dsinguish the order of it ing in that dzecton, “They have used 2 horizontal breath for free, and that as wonder othe confsion. ‘There is one end of the rom where ts alot intact, and there when the cosh fade andthe low su shines dety ‘pon tan almost fancy radiation afer all—the interminable {otegor ves to form around a common centr and ish of {B headlong planes of equal distraction makes metre flow iI wil ake a nap, guess Toa’ nove why I should we thi ont want 0 ont fe abl, ‘And Tow Joa would think it absar But Ime sy what feck an thinkin some aye a rel ‘But the efforts geting to be geste than the reli Half the ie now | am awfully lay, and ie down eer #9 much John say T mas’ ove my tenga ase tke ed er oi and Its of tonics. and things to sy nothing fale andl wane fad rare mest ‘Dear John! He oves me very dary, and hates o have me sick I ed Yo have 3 real eames reasonable fk vith hin the ‘ther day and tel hm how {wish he woul It me go dae 2st to Cousin Henry and jin ‘But he sald Twas’ able ogo, nor abl to stand it afer | go ‘here and Td ot make outa very god cee fr myst, far ‘va crying before Thad shed Tes geting to be 2 pest fort for me o think stright Just this ners weakness suppose "Ad dear Jon gathered me up in his ams, and just cad ‘me Upstas and ad me onthe Be) and a by me and ead to tel red my head He sud T war hi daring and is comfort an al he had and that | must tke care of myself for his sake, and keep well le say no one but myself can help me ot oft that 1 must ‘se my wil and elcontl and tlt any sly fancies an away with me er There's ene comfort—the by i wll and happy, and does not hae to occupy this nursery with the hom walpaper we had not wed it that blessed dld would have What a fortunate escape Why, would’ havea chlo mine, an i= ‘resonable ite hing ve in rach arom for words Trever thought of befor, bt te ky that John ep me hereafter al: ean stand to much eases thins baby, you see ‘OF coure I never mention it them any meres oo ise bat I keep watch for alte same, ‘There are things in that wallpper that nobody knows about Dut me or ever wil ‘Behind that ouside pater the dim shapes ae eae every ay Tei nays the same shape, only very numerous ‘And its ike a woman stooping down atdceping about behind that pattern. T don ike ta bit t wonder Begin fo ‘hink—I wish John woul ake me aay fom ere! tis so hard to alk with J about my ae, Because he 9 ise, and because be lowes me 0 Bu edt at gh Teas meonlght The moon shines in ll around jst as the sn does. — That to se it sometimes, reps 0 sly, and aay came in by one window or Ton wat steep and T hated to waken him, s0 hap sill and tched the moonlight on that undulating walpaper il felt ‘eat ae behind weed o shake th pater sti Sete eet i gern styand net ofan eh pape di moe, ander cat ohn wa ae “iat ie gi hemi. “DO an wag about ie shay pt coe Tight tn sd ie al od hi ha ray ‘a pan hd hat he he woud bee ay. “yng cide "Our woe pin ce as sndiavtace tow fen ble “The epee ot de home and I eanet pony lee to tow ea, oe any ange‘could and would, but you realy ae bette, dear, whether you fan xe itor not 1am 3 doctor, dear, and Know You ae ning flesh and coor, your appetites beter, fel ely mach fer sbout you" “don weigh bit more” sad I, “nor a much and my appetite maybe beter inthe evening when you ae here but ISworse in the moming when you ae away” “less her lite heart” side witha ig hug. “She shall be ‘as sick as she pleases! But now let's improve the shining hours by going wo Seep and ak abou it in the moming” “And you wort go away?” T asked gloomy "Why, how en I deat Iti only three weeks more and then wwe wl takes nce ile ip of ew day whe Jennie i peting "he house ready. Realy, dear, you are beter ‘Beter in body perhaps" began, and stoped hort fr he sat up straight and looked at me with such 2 erm, epraachFl Took tha could not say another wed My daring” sate,“ beg of yu, fr my sake and fr our ‘id's sake, a well a for your own, ha you il never For one Snstan let that sea enter your ind! There nahin 20 an- ‘serous, fascinating. to temperament ike your. afl {pd foolish fancy. Can You not ust meas 3 plyscan hen tell you sr” So of couse I sid no more on thal score, and we went 10 sep before long He thought I war aep ist, bon I wast, Gnd lay there for hour ying to eae wheter that front pat termand the back ptier al id move together or separately. (Ona pattem lice his, by daylight, there ta lack of sequence, 4 fiance of la, that» constant stant «normal mind “The colors Ndeous enough, and unveluble enough, and ia fanating enough bat the pater i tortarng "You thnk you have mastered i, Bat fut at you get well under way in flowing, tums 2 back-aomerlt and there Sowa Tslaps youn the fc, bnocks you down, and amples Upon you Tes Ike a bad dream, "The ouside patterns ond arabeague, reminding one of 3 fungus Ifyou can imagine a toatool in ont an itemnable string of stools, budding and sprouting in endless conol Yions—why thats something ke i "That, rometimes bar ‘There is one marked pect about this paper, a thing no- body seems to notice but myself and Wut i that changes the light change= "ihn the su shots in through the east window aways vateh For that at lng straight yi changes 0 Gulch hat Tver can quite bev “Thats why Iwate it bay. By moonlightthe moon shine nal night when there i a soon woul know it ws these per ‘A ight in any kind of igh light, andeight, len light and wort fal by moonlight le becomes bars The out se pater, mean andthe woman behind ls spi a an te die’ rea for along ne what the thing was that showed ‘chin, that dim sub-ptte, but now tam quite ute i fet By daylight she subd, que. fany isthe pater hat heepahers0 tl Ie es pling le hepe tne hit by the howe Te down ever x0 much now John ys i od forme, and to seep alll ean Indeed he started the habit by making me ke down for an hour afer each esl TWisa very bad habit am convince, for you se, Lot ee, ‘And that ealestes dees, fr Ido lth Fn ake hyn “The faci Iam geting tle fad of John. He seems very queer sometimes and eve ene has a nex ele look Westies me occasionally, ust 2 2 scenic hypothesis, hat perhaps tis the paper Thave watched John when he did not know ws looking and ome inthe room suddenly on dhe mow innocent excuses and Fre caught him several ine ling the ppr And Jeni Teaug Jennie with her hand on once ‘She did nove wasn the rom and when asked her ina {ult 2 very que vie, wath the mow etrined manner poe ‘tie what she was doing ith the paper se tuned sound os ‘fshe had been caught stealing and looked gute argry=sked sme why shoul ighten hers! tay“Thon she sid thatthe paper stained everthing it ouch, that she had found yelow smooches on all my clothes an John’s and she wished we would be more carefull Did at that sound innocent? But [know she ws studying ‘hat paten, and am detenined hat nobody shall find out Det mys Lifes very much more exciting now than it used o be. You se Thave something more to expect look forear t,o atch realy do ea beter, andar nore ue than tas Toh iso pleased to see me irons! He laughed ite the other day, and sad I seemed to be Bourshing inspite of my wallpaper. "tumed tof eth a augh- had no intention of ling hint was feane of the walpaper—he would make fun of te. He Imight even want to take me away owt want to leave sow unt {have found itout. There is week more and Think that il be enough Tm feling 0 much beter | doit slp much a night, for 6s stretng to watch evelopment; but | seep a good deal during the daytine Tn the daytime ts Gresome and perplexing ‘There ate aay new shots onthe Fangs, and new shades ‘of yellow all over it Leannot hep count of them, though T have fred conscientiously Tis the stangest yellow, that wallppe! I makes me think of all the yellow things ever ssw-not beau ones ike bute: ‘ups, but od ou bad yellow tags But there is something coe about that paper—the smell | noticed ithe moment we came into the room, bt with 50 mich Sir and sunt was not Lad Now we have had s week of fog and fan, and whether the windows are open oF ot the sel i hes Tees all ver the house find Hovering inthe dning-rom,sklking inthe pal, hiding in the hall yng in wai forme onthe si. eget nto my ai Even when 1go 1 ie, f tam my het suddenly and sur prise tahere tht aml be Such a peculiar ede, too! Ihave spent hous in tying 2 analyze it to find what it sle ke Tt isnot bad—at stand very gene, but quite the subtest, most endaring dr I ever met. In thi damp weather itl wake up ithe night and Te used to disturb meat is. thought reo of burning ‘the house io reach the sel Tut now Tam used tof The only thing can think of tat ‘nike is the alr of the pape! A yellow sel ‘There i very fanny mark on this wal low down eae dhe smopboard. steak that ras round the room. goes behind very place of furniture, except the be along, straight even math a Raden robbed over and over Tender how t war done snd who id ty and what they dit {for Round and ound and round—round and round and round-it makes me disny relly have dicovered something a at. ‘Though watching so much at ght, when changes so, have finaly found out “The font pater des move-and no wonder! The woman behind shake it Sometimes I think there ae 2 great many women behind and sometimes only oe, and she ras sound fat and er cae ingahakes tall ove “Then i the very bight spots she keeps stil apd in the very shady spots she jst kes hold ofthe burs and shakes ther hare “And hei al the ine tying to climb trough But nobody ould limb through tit pttern—it ranges 1 hin hat ‘hy has So may ead ‘They get though, and then the pater tangles them off nd tun them upside down, and makes ther ees white’ It thooehende wore cover or taken of # would nt be Ralf rosa | think that woman gets oat inthe yt! ‘And Tel you why—pivately—Ive seen het Team ste he out of everyone of my windows! ostx 1k the same wea, so forse ian creping, ad soe women dont cep by dy scheint lng sade ane cepig op and down. ace erin thowe ark pape bor, rein al round the aden Tan heron tht grea ser te ter creping 3, and when a eamage comes she Rides under the Backbery dwt be her bit I mst be very hum fo be caught ceping by dala always th dor when Ire by yg ca’ dota ight for now Jo woul ssn smethang at oe. “And ohn so ge no ha er eta i wan he woud take anther fom Bess, tnt want a dy to gett worn out at ight bat nl Toten wonder fT cul ee her Ot fal the windows at Bot tam a fat at Lana ony se oto one toe te ‘And though anys br se ay be fo ee et thine ae ated es yo ‘open county ering fs v3 oud shadow fn 9 i if only tat topper cul be gtten of fom the nr oval mean ty itl by te have found out nother Rann hig ut shat el thi si dos a otto eto mi There are oniy to more dee fo ge he nape ofa tele ohn lepine soe Tor ike he ak is ‘And 1 herd him ak ee +t of profesional quests sagt a ey gd pr re ‘She sid lp good el in the cyte. chin Knows don sep very ell tng, fr all Tm sie “ashe me all sos of questo, ond pretended o be ver long and nd “Ae cold se trgh hint St 1 Sw wonder he ct 0 lepng under thi paper for tive onthe. only interests me, ut I el sre John and Jennie ae a sete by ue Hurah This isthe a dy, but eeu, oe ty in ‘on oer ight and wont be out utr ecing Jere wanted tslecp with meth tng bt ad her | oul doubted ee beter for a mph a Soe, That was cee for realy Ist ane sil A gona i ‘as ooh and that poor hg bean cal nd sa he aterm got up and rat ep her plead he shook Itt tn she pale and before smoming we had pc off us of tha ap, ‘stip about a hgh yea nd bal ound the ron ‘nd then when the una dau pote ae Ing at me, dee woud sty ‘Wee any tomoron an hey ae moving my Fumie dove Sun oleae things they were elo Ten eked tthe alin azn bet ld her meray ‘Ral dat oat of pre sp the nee ng She Iughed and ad he on ind dg hes, but 1 mon not ted. ow she betrayed bowel tha ene! But am head no person toaces hi oper but Meno suet She edo get me out ofthe rom it mas oo pte Bat | ‘it a gut and empy sin dean now hat eed | ‘oul ie down san ard ety I could an ma nak oe ‘en for dinner“ would al hen woke So nw seis one, abd he ens ae gone, adhe things sxe one nd there thing et ut tha eat nnd ae lv wih the eras mates we fund Sn ‘We sl step dowtas ngh and ke the bast home Tate ey the rom, now itis ae How tho Qhilren di tear about her Ths bedstead fly ge Bat mast et 0 mak T have locked the dor and thw the hey dow int the tront pak Td wan og out and do’ want wave anybody come ‘in, till John comes. aed a71 want to astonish him ve gota rope up here that even Jennie did ot fn. that woman does get ou, and tres to get aay Tea te het But I forgot T could net reach far wthout anything to send "This be wil ma move! Tied to lift and push unl Iwas lame, a then I gt 0 angry I bt off site plece atone comer—but i hurt my teth “Then I pele of all the paper leould reach sanding onthe Aloo: t sticks horsby and the patter jst enjoys i Al those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and wadding fangs growths Just he wth deison Tam geting angry enough to do something desperate. To jump out ofthe window would be admirable teres but the burs are oo strong evento ty. Besdes T would do OF course not. Ikaow well enough ‘hata step like that i improper and might be micontred T dot ike to lo out ofthe windows even-there ate 5 ‘many of those creping women, and they ceep fat ‘wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper ad? SButTam securely fastened now by my wel hdd ope—you dont get me oti the ond there! suppose I shall have to get back Behind the pattern when ‘comes might and tht har Teiso lesan fo be out nti great room and rep around please! 1 don’t want ogo outside. won, even if Jennie aks met. For outside you have to creep on the ground, and everything is green istad of yellow. Bt here can creep smoothly onthe floor, and my shoulder just sin that lng smooch ard the wall sol eat ose my ‘Why, theres Joh athe door Iuis ows, yourg man you can't open i How he doe ell nd pound! Now he's eying 0 Jenne for an axe. Ie would be shame to brsk down that beaut doo? ‘John, dea” said in the genet voice, "The key s down by the rot sep, unde 2 passin eal” ler ‘That slenced hi for ew moments ‘Then he sad, very quietly indeed, “Open the dor, ny dar. ng" “Tea sid 1. "The hey is don bythe front door under & plantain leaf” And then Tit again aver mes, very gee lyandsomly and said itso often that he had to go and se, and he got ofcourse, and came in He stopped short bythe door “Whats the mates” he rid. "For Go's sake, what re you doing” Tot on creeping jst he same, but oked thi ver my sour “ve gt out sts, “in pte of you and ane And Fv pulled ff most of the paper, so you ent put me back "Now why shuld that ma have ante? But he hand ight cos ey path bythe wll so Bat Thad to ceep over him every time! Why I Wrote “The Yellow Weallpaper"?* Many and many a reader has eked that When the sory fs Came out in the Naw span! Magne about 101,» Boston Bysican made protein Tr Tsp Sach sory ough not fo be writen, he sald # as enough to drive anyone fad fo ral “Another physician, Kansas think, wrote toca hat ites the best descption of inclen! insanity he bad ver seen and—begging my pardon—had I been there? ‘Now the try ofthe sary = his For many years Isuflered fom vere and continuous ne- ‘vous breakdown tending to melanehaia and beyond Dung about the dhrd year ofthis touble I went in devout faith and Some faint str of hope, toa noted spect n nervous dese, the Best known in the country. This wise man put me fo bed nd applied the rest cue, # which 2 ail-good physi te Sponded ro promptly that he cncded there wae nothing much ‘he mater wath me, and sent me home wth solemn sce #0 | Wn Te Ye Walpole he of Th us)“ve as domestica life a far 28 possible,” to “have but two hour intelectual fea day" and never to ouch pen, brs, or pen again” as longa lived. Thi ws 187 ent Rome and obeyed thowe directions for some thee ‘months, and came so nea the borderline sf utes mental ran "Rat could ee over. “Then using the remnants of iteligenc that remained, and Ielped by a wise fend, ea the noted spec's evict the winds and went te work again-work, he normal fe of every human being: work, in whichis joy and growth and serc, ‘without which one isa pouper and praste—uliaely eco. ‘ing Some meare of power. ‘Being naturally moved to reocng by this narow escpe, 1 wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper,” with te embellshnets and additions, to carry out the tel (never had allocnatins ‘objections tomy mural decorations) and sen copy tthe phy. scan who so neariy drove me mad. He never acknowledged ‘The lite book is valued by allenists and 3» good spetmen of one kind of erature. lt has, to my hnowiedge saved one ‘woman from a sma fate—so tery hes fay that they [ether out int normal act and she recovered Bt the best sult is this: Many yeas ner [wast thatthe great speciat had admated to fen fh tht he ha ated is teatment of neurasthena since reading "The Yellow Wall paper” Te was not inte to dive people ry, but to save people 1 from being deven cay, and it worked 120) WHEN ae 1 WAS A WITCH’ rma understcod the terms ofthat one-sided cotzact with ‘Satan, the Time of Watching would have laste longer—you may be sure ofthat But how nae It tll I just happened, and has never happened agai, though Fv ted the ame pre- limnare as frat could con them “The thing began al of sue, ane October minight—the ‘0th, to be exact It had been hot, really hot all day, and war Saltry and thunderous in dhe evening—no ie ting, and the Iho house stewing with Bat dradveed acy which always Seems to move the seam radiator when st wanted Twas ina state of simmering rage—hot enough, even without the weather andthe farnace--and Iver spo the roo tocol ofA top-foor apartment has tat advantage, among others dou can take a walk without the mediation ofan elevator boy “There are things enough in New York to lve ones temper ‘ver tthe bet of ties, and on ths parla day they seemed toall happen a one, and some fresh ones. The mgt before, {ts and dogs had broken my re, of course. My moring paper ‘ator tan ay menaced mynepbors mong faper—more vibe than my om a went downtowns bun