The Bowbells tribune., 1905-02-17
CHAPTER ,li.-(continued).

in which it was easy for the physician
and by no means recovered from, the
toiablike lethargy in which ii had been
submerged for four and Il half days
You recognize me-" he continued,
"doUbtlcsS bccaGsc my image was the
last that was in your mind when your
power to think fed from you. Pa
ticace, TIL" memory YOU are striving
to sell, WIZ ere long return to you
Let US soc how it is with your mem
Ory You relnclnher that you have Il
mother What is her naillc:'
The !lai.'ru sal ny in bed. pressed
hc, HANDS; to hsr temples and closed
her eyes.
Il have forgotten" she sroanch.
after Il moments silence. Great
heaven! Am not sane? Has my
brain been shattered? Oh. God, have
pity upon me: cannot remember my
mother; ilHlne.
And as she thus exclaimed. gasp!ng-
ly. She stared at Sosia With wild bat
fearless eyes.
He arose dropped some liquid from
one OF HIS vials into the water. and
gliding wi;l, his Quck. short and noise
less step 10 the bed. he said:
Drink this
The lad: Oheyed mechanically. and
turned the glass to his hand i'll silence.
He placed the glass upon the table,
and then lifting the coffin lid till it was
pcrpcnuicula". with its plate toward the
bed. he SAD:
DO YOU recognize the shape of this
thing" ....
The lady gazed at the objec, for a
moment. ana then replied slowly:
NO: | do not
Can YOU remember your own
nance
Again the Young lady pressed her
hands upon her temples. as if by the
action cndeavnring To force her mem-
orv to relieve her mind.
No have forgotten even my own
name. Alas what has happened?
she soon cried aloud. and wringins her
beautiful hands with mental anguish.
Courage, young lady. Your nina
has received severe shock. bur II Is
NOT permanently injured. remarked
Sosia. "Iook--this is the lid of !; cof-
fin. from which the body OF some one
has not long been taken. Here, en-
sraved upon this plate. is the name Oh
thar person. Have you forgotten what
coffin is?'
"A box in which The dead are buried
I think" replied the lady.
Right. Have You forgotten how
to read engraved characters?
"No--that is. think I can read
I'VE will Try said Sosia.
And then TO Martha. who, crOuchln@
al, the foot OF the bed. had not yet
been seen by the young lady. he aud
cd:
Woman, hold this lid near the
la,lv's bed, so that she may read the
name upon tiff she has not forgotten
how 1o read.
Martha oheyed. while Sosia held one
of tho candies so as to make the en-
erayed characters distinctly visible.
The reading on the silver shield was
as follows:
HELEN DUDLEY BEAUCLAlR,
Born December 3Oth. 1910
Died March 'Oth. 1865,
Aged is years and 3 months.
The yo,ng lady read all this alond,
and then turned her eyes Wond >ilhSly
| upon Sosia.
"You do no, recognize that name:
he asked.
| II do not.
! Il, is your own.
Mine: impossible.
Then what is yo.:rs:'"
II fcar--I am S;!rc all Is not "iSh,
here" rcplicd ;hn ynlinG l:,d%. again
pressing her hands 10 her temples and
| closing her iy"s.
| lie down aud listen 70 me. said
Snsia; an, when she again had her
r ad upou ,nc pillow he continued
"Thcrt. lived IN England not long a2"
| a bca,ilif;:l yOult" lady. named lic'"i'
lD,i;lry Eranclair S;lif. was the Gajt%h
| tor an,i, only ci:.ld OF ndE Ida E",'t
! clair. a widow. The 'nn;hcr. haush'y
| ambitious and ilnprrii,us. and W birth
| a relative of tho proud and anclen
house OF Dudlrr. !" i!"! ynhili M;::
! r;cd trum .n,r.' iovr u gentleman la'
| bc,y.aii! hcr in rank for she was tint
dausLler OF .,n "a;', ANA he simply oi
tEu gentry His nam" w:s R"rklcA
Rraucl;,;?. He is dead He died many
wears "go. leaving ady Ida wido"
with one clil -..:Glcn Dud;ey Bca';
clair. Iuur mind follows what an
SAYING:
Yes: hul +! have no recollection o.
\ these nn,Ncs. An, not III dream
To myself seen! 10 be cnlansl"d in ;
strange dream, vainly striving to idcn
tify myself. ! see and hear, but m,
i brain seems to me Il cork tossed NJ
and down on the waves OF the sea. II
drifts. it whirls, it. leaps on spray, il
is so light" murnlured the young lady
locking her hands across and upon he1
her forehead. and signing heavily.
But your mind, while you hear nj.
| voice follows and remembers what