Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-15

Hurried. Go out on the street and see
If the sight of some particular object
won't bring it all back"
As a matter of fact, / had been in
Philadelphia a dozen times, and there
was no sight l had not seen twice over
but when / stepped out ca the street
. things were as strange to me as II 1
had been set down In Picking. | read
the signs on the street corners, on the
cars and over the doors, but they re-
called nothing. | wandered up to
! Wanamaker's, around the city hall and
over to the Chestnut street depot, but
it was as If I had never seen them be-
fore. A sort of panic seized me. / be-
came afraid of myself and broke into
a run and gave no heed to the pedes-
TRANS. AS a consequence | was ar
rested by a patrolman and taken to the
police station.
The charge against me was disorder
1y conduct, and l was locked up for
the night, and it was owing to the police
surgeon that | was set at liberty by
the judge next morning. The surgeon
came down to the cells to see a man
who was i'll, and | stated my case to
him. He came back at a later hour
and talked with me for a long time. l
think he was perfectly satisfied that l
was off in some manner, but the case
was beyond him and not in his prov
ince. He spoke to the judge in my
favor, however, and after a warning |
was set at liberty. / had s27 in money
and was free to go where | willed, but
where should | go? One place was
the same as another to me as | had
no name and no business. l finally de-
cided to go back to the clerk Of the
hotel and get his advice.
Don't try to rush things" he said
in a kindly way. Hang around the
Office for a day Dr. two. and perhaps
you'll see some face you'll remember"
For three long days l scanned the
face of every man who entered the
hotel, but all were strangers. Then the
clerk called in a reporter, who talked
to me for an hour. That was before
ism, and no picture accompanied the
sketch. Friends who had known me
from childhood read the story, but did
not connect me with it. Several doc
tors came to see me, and it was gen.
orally agreed that | ought to go out
into the country for rest and quiet.
When I had but S. left and nc hope of
discovering my own identity, set out
for the country and finally hired out
to a farmer 80 miles away to assist in
the haying. When the haying was
over, | staid on. | stald because | did
not know where else to go or what
else to do. They gave me a name, and
| answered to it because all names
we're alike to me
| had been with the farmer nearly
two months when memory came back,
and it came as suddenly as it departed.
We had been digging potatoes during
the day, and my mind had been wor-
ried more than usual. When we reach
ed the house, half an hour before sun
set. we washed up and were about to
sit down to the table when my name
came to my tongue, and I shouted it
out and began dancing around the
room. No shock took it way, and no
shock brought it back. There was no
breaking of a dish or other ~accideEee,
but the steam was quietly turned on,
and the wheels of memory began to
revolve again. In my eXultation l ran
out and shouted my name to the cows
in the b~arnyard and the pigs in the
pen, and with chalk and pencil l wrote
it down wherever l could reach. The
name came first, and hen I remember
ed where l lived and my journey to
Philadelphia. / could clearly recall
my arrival and everything up to the
moment | started to write my name IN
the register. l left the farm mex
morning for home with memory as