The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-23

rest happily if through any falling on my part he suffers as you fear
 T shall do all that I ean." he said with equal earnestness, touched with her eager pity. And shall not trust myself alone, if any other can be of some service. Depend upon 1t. Lady de Lannoy. that all shall be as you would wish.".
 There was little sleep in the castle that night till late. Mir. Hilton slept on a sofa In tl1e Queens Room after he had administered to his patient q narcotic hypodermically.
 As soon as the eastern sky began to quicken. he rode. as he had arranged during the evening, to pr. Winters staying. There he selected from his own impedimenta such instruments and drugs as he required, and hurried back.
 It was quite a painful scene for Mir. Hilton when his patient did wake. For tunately some of the after-effects of the narcotic still remained. for his de- spair at realizing that he was blind was terrible. It was not that he was violent: to be 60 under his present cir- eumstances would have been foreign to Harold's nature But there was de- spair which was infinitely more sad to witness than any passion. He simply moansd to himself in . sort of far- away whisper:
 Blind Blindr and again in every phase of mortified amazement. as though he could not realize the truth: "Blindi Blind!" The doctor laid his hand on his breast and said very gent ly.
 My poor fellow. 1t is dreadful thing to face, to think of. But as yet I have not been able to come to any conclusion; unable even to examine you. I do not wish to encourage hope that may be false. but there are cases when injury is not vital and perhaps only temporary. Tn such case your best chance. indeed your only chance, Is to keep quiet. am a surgeon. Hil- ton is my name; I am the oculist of St. Stephens of London. I am now about to examine you with the ophthalmo- scope. You are q man; none of us who saw your splendid feat last night can doubt your pluck. Now I want you to use some of 1t to help us both. You. for your recovery If such is possible; me. to help me in my work. Whatev' CT 1t is you suffer from must have come quickly. Tell me ali you can remeni- Der of it,"
 The doctor listened attentiUely whilst Harold told all he could remember of his sufferings. When he spoke of the return of the old rheumatic pains his nearer said invoiuntariiy: "Good!" Harold paused; but went on at once. The doctor recognised that he had rightly appraised his remark and by it judged that he was well educated man. Something in the methol of speaking struck him and he said as nonehalant1y as he could:
 By the way which was your Uni- versity?'
 Cambridge. Trinity" He spoke without thinking. and the Instant he had done so stopped. The sense of his blindness rushed back on him. He could not see; and his ears were not yet trained to take the place of his eyes. He must guard himself. Thenceforward he was so cautious In his replies that Mir. Hilton felt con- vineed that there was some purpose in his reticenee. He therefore stopped asking questions. and began to exam inc him with the oph hthalmoscope. He was unable to come to much result ;-his opinion was shown In his report to Lady de Lannoy:
 T am unable to say anything defi- mite as yet The case is 6 most inter esting one; quite apart from the splen-