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plate or memory cleared away.
BY jove:" lie said. To be sure,
| I do remember it all now!"
tfWell, then" the doctor answered,
| 'if you will, come and tell me all
about it-but not here. 1t gill do you
good to walk few yards. Come into
my own room, and l will have some
bouillon with a little brandy in 1t
brought for you. OF course" he add
ed, in a slightly different tone-"of
course. know you very well by
name, Capt. Marriott. And have had
the pleasure of meeting Sir Hercules"
Together, the nurse and the doctor
assisted Basil to rise. A dressing
gown was found for him, for his coat
and shirt had been taken away and
he was assisted down a corridor, pass
ed through green baize door, an
other one Of wood, and found himself
in the doctors sanctum. He sat down
in an armchair Of green leather and
looked round him.
Now, you just be quiet for mo-
ment," said the doctor, "and | will see
about corpse reviver for ye.'
Once more, for moment, the
sailors grip Of what had happened
seemed a little loosened.
He looked round him idly, taking
in the mise en- scene. The walls Of
the room were papered with a floral
pattern of light green. The carpet
was of dull crimson, and scrupulous-
ly swept Round the walls hung the
photographs of famous English and
continental surgeons, "reminiscences of
the clinics which the doctor had at
tended Here was the keen, bearded
face of Pozi, there the benevolent as
pect of Hulke; while above, Timothy
Holmes himself smiled benignly in
his doctors robes. At one end of the
room was large glass-fronted cabi-
net, lined with cedar wood. Suspend
ed from hooks at the back and lying
on each shelf was an array Of shining
steel instruments, forceps, scissors,
bistouries, probes, bone augers and
perforators.
The sun was shining in through
long French window hung with biscuit
colored curtains, while telephone
stood upon leather-topped writing
table
How strange 1t was to be suddenly
translated thus from ordinary life into
an entirely new environment. Was
it thus that people felt when they die
and wake in new world? He won
dered idly, and as he did SO the doc
tor returned, followed by pleasant
ctr ,i,,y howl
of bouillon upon tray.
"Now, then, I won't ask you
word" said the doctor, until you
have put yourself outside this. He
sat down and lit cigarette, watching
Basil keenly the while, but with OBJ
vious satisfaction in his alert Irish
eyes. When some few minutes had
elapsed he said, Now, then, what
happened, Capt. Marriott?"
81 don't know how came by my
hurt" Basil answered. "By the way,
what time is it?"
Il don't know at all why I should
have been struck down. Somebody
must have got behind me and dealt
me blow which left me unconscious
on the pavement"
Have you any enemies that you
know OFF,"
"As far as know, have not a
single enemy in the world"
That is odd be cause, you see, you
we're not robbed of any of your posses
sions. I've got 'em all here safe for
you. If it was an ordinary case of
robbery T should have understood II
Is there nothing else that occurred
which would account for it,"
Suddenly Basil remembered great,
black. swinging bag In the air
huge black thing that swung in the
middle air. flung and falling, while the
honey-colored sickle Of the moon was
behind it, falling, swinging falling!
Ito BE Continued.)