The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

come slowly or 1t might come with a
/ shock
AS for Mr. o'shea, he did not seem to
worry much about it. The thing that
worried MIN most was the presentation
OF DIS which he had contracted for
MOWERS and candy and carriages in
FORMER times. One or two of these he
paid. Finally, however his father in
terfered. To everybody who came with
Dill ne would say, Just hold that
| LOT while Tom will be all right
shortly and Wen fix it up"
In the meantime the young mans
prowess with the cue had become pro
| verbal among his friends, and wood
| carving had become g. passion with
MIN. In fact his room-the old room
In which he had met with his misfor-
tune-was filed with specimens of his
handiwork
The confidence that Mr.. O.sbea. the
rather, had evinced in the ultimate re-
| covery of his son was well founded AT
the same time he had never ceased in
MS eHorts to jog the young mans mem
| DRY: Mr.. O'Shea probably heard more
OF his past life than he would have
remembered unassisted even If in his
t aolIlial CONDITION. All these efforts had
peen without avail. The story of his
Ultimate recovery is related as follows.
One evening, about three months after his
misfortune, Mr.. O'Shea came home. after
cr0nfQQ T0ralo hi,
| of a headache pi'iiins
Maybe it's your memory trying to re-
turn said his father -
HIS WONDERFUL RECOVERY.
" No such luck, replied the Young man
| as ne walked off to his room.
she me next morning he came down to
morning paper. The family did not notice
anything strange in his demeanor AS he
rose from the table he looked at his watch
It's later than 1 thought. I'll have to
rush Is Ito 20 get to the Office on time.
:. ne. Get WI. where? asked his father.
10 the ofice. was the reply
:. what are you going to the office for?'
why, Tor business, of course. It can't
very well run itself. I'm not feeling any too
"a "A great hope sprang up in the fathers
neart. Say Tom,' he said, do you remem
DER that real estate deal you made on tha
amsterdam avenue property, six months
Yes, was the reply. that was a lucky
1ning. | got out Of it with good profit. I
wish had more like it,
Then. to the young mans SUNRISE his
Iatner grabbed him and waltzed around the
room with him like maniac. He called the
rest OF the family, and there was more waltz
gratitude. u
When 1t vas all over the dazed and
f elealnless young man sat down in limp
Iasnion and looked at his delirious relatives
as though they were maniaos.
80 ana now said he, when he finally got
MS breath ai3h again. may feebly inquire
whence this overweening joyousness?'
!" Why, don't you know? What? WHY
, .om' you've been i'll for months and have
| Just got over it,
Oh! have. have II Well now. II This
| was Bloomingdale 1 would see some excuse
! n n your conduct Do look, like a sick man !?
| Pooh! l. guss not.
with sudden inspiration. Say Tom said
last night?' ~ 0''-ie III
vbeI 1t !, was mv showing hard By the way,
You will not need an overcoat today.
dow. 1t was summer and the trees were in
fuii leaf That does not look like snow.
1 does 1T? -AAo 'no w.
"O'Shea passed his hand over his FORE
i neaa IN a puzzled way, and said:
!! BEEN? "noio nave
Then he sat down, while his father told
MN the story of his loss of memory The
WONDER OF 1t all did not cease with its resto-
rauon. me three months that had elapsed
SINCE the misfortune occurred were blank
was unable to remember beyond the time of
his recovery from the accident it was now
impossible for him to remember anything
connected with the succeeding three months
Then the old ordeal of Don't you rennem-
Der, this that or the vother2y was. begun an
over again, and Mr.. O'Shea was continually
through those three months Of darkness. He
had bought flowers during this time for his
nancee and remembered it not. He had paid
court to her during this interval and knew
nothing Of it.
THREE MONTHS MISSING.
"Who had he been while in this condi-
ton! Thomas O'Shea? Here is a norsel for
the believers in metempsychosis Perhaps
another soul had crowded into his body, while
his own lowered near not knowing whether
to return or fly off into space. No wonder
! this new soul could not remember the past.
And then, who knows but that his own soul.
seeing us old tenement walking the EARTH
came back, and busting the unlawful occu-
pant, resumed his old sway?
AT any rate, Mr. O'Shea worried more
over those missing three months than over
ms entire past, during the time of his aberra-
ton. He had recognized a charming youns
woman as his fancee during his illness SIM
ply because he had been told that such was
the case. He did not remember this recogni-
ton, but, Of course, he glad of it.
! When Mr.. O'Shea went to his room on the
morning OF his recovery he was surprised to
the room.
's'What are these arrangements? he in
quired of the servant.
" Why, you carved them yourself she re-
Piled; then she showed him the tools with
which he had done the work. Here was an
other thing that required proof. He would
not be convinced until the servants state
ment had been confirmed by members of the
FAMILY. Then he sat down and tried to do
some carving. He failed utterly. A novice
might have done as well. He was chagrined.
Wood carving Is a clever thing, and he had
forgotten 1t.
The afternoon of his recovery, in walking
along Columbus avenue. he met friend.
let's play billiards
:. ia like to oblige you, old chap but I
never play billiards, Mr.. osshea replied.
:" Never play billiards? Why only last
week you gave me discount and beating.
II you can't play. I'd like to see somebody
that can. Come along
Then it dawned upon the young man that
here was another accomplishment acquired
| during his period Of alteration He won
dered If he had forgotten it. The two friends
went to billiard parlor.
Well, what shall 1t be "a discount p
asked Mr.. O'Shea's friend
Oh, anything you like was the reply:
but tell you / can't play
WHERE IS THE OTHER FELLOW
Neither could he. His efforts were those
of man who had never handled a cue
They were laughable in their awkwardness
Then Mr.. O'Shea told of his experience In
the wood carving line. and the game was de-
clared off. Here was another fine accomplish
ment gone wrong. For while after this
Mr.. O'Shea almost expected to hear some
body accuse him of knowing how to speak
Sanskrt or Volapuk.
"Of course he did not know how to play
whist. His failure in this direction followed
naturally In the wake of his wood carving
and billiard retrogressions. In fact, he be-
gan life again just where he had left off al
most three months before. All his taste
for conviviality and frivolity had vanished.
In short he was once more steady and ex-
emplary. young man, keeping regular hours
and without any bad habits to speak Of
i "A few months after his recovery Mr.
OShea married Since then he has attended
steadily to his real estate matters and has
shown no signs whatever Of an impaired
memory, except in the matter of the three
months that have dropped out OF his life.
But did they drop out Of his life? That is
question for psychologists to answer. If
they dropped out Of his life. who was the