The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-06-04

ened. The buzzing In his ears in
creased to a loud and almost musica
volume of sound, and he began to ris'
rise.
It was all green now, light, waving
green, and he was rushing upwards a
a tremendous speed. Then, suddenly
the commotion stopped. There wa
a great glare in his eyes. and the buz
zing noise in his ears ceased, Al
though it had been suddenly turned
off by a tap, with the completeness o
a turned-off gramophone.
Then a quiet voice, which ht
seemed TO hear as from a great dis
lance, began TO talk, talk, talk, talk
It was like the voice heard at the
end of a telephone when n is on a
great trunk me and the speaker is a
hundred miles away. He lay idly l!s
tening. and then, with the swiftn"ss
of a change of scene in a theater, he
came back to full consciousness.
His head was lifted up, a wOman's
arm supported it, and g thin man in
spectacles was looking down upon
him.
He will. do now" said the man.
Something was pressed to his lips
and In an odd, subjective way, though
with little personal sensation, he felt
the clinklng Of the rim Of the glass
against his teeth. Then he swallowed
something. What he could not have
| told. but it seemed like liquid life.
His head was gently laid back upon
what he realized now was a pillow.
where am II" he said, with wide
eyes.
The doctor answered with a pro
nounced Irish accent. Me dear sir"
he said. you we're brought in late last
night, or, rather, early this morning"
Basil took in the words slowly and
with difficulty. 1t was as though they
had to ~percolate into his brain, n
by one, like drops Of water passing
through the carbon OF a filter. Then
he got the whole sentence, and IL
bIossomed Immediately from the sub
conscious into the conscious brain.
But why?" he said, weakly. What
has happened? I don't remember"
I'D be very much surprised if you
did" said the doctor, chuckling.
A curious irritation suddenly came
TO Basil-a childish irritation. II do
not see that there is anything to
laugh at" he said.
The nurse patted him on the arm.
ct is all right, Capt. Marriott" the
doctor answered. 1T Is all right. |
was not laughing at you Indade, I
was laughing because my diagnosis
Of you when you were brought in here
last night was thoroughly correct.
There is no harm done to you at all.
And, besides, you are, In q measure,
my own special capture"
Basil began to feel better. Where
rs before all the sense OF Impressions
had been broken frequently, now he
began to take IN the room IN larger
and the voice canis 20 his
ears with something OF the accus-
.omed frequency of real life.
you say" he said, family, some
hing happened to me. Please tell
me-"
1T 10 Just like this" the doctor re-
piled. "Some time after 2 o'clock last
I was coming back from a party.
It was q party given by Mrs. Isaacs."
He stopped and looked keenly at the
patient.
"whyi I was thsrei" Bash an
swered.
The doctor grfnned. sure, you are
all right, II you remember that. Well.
I saw you there meself, though I was
not introduced to you. ou must have
left before me. I was walking home
to the hospital. and I turned into Pic
cadilIy, q little way down, just oppo-
site a great big house. l took the
ntsaber OF tit was 100a- I came
across you. You were lying upon tHs
pavement. Your hat rolled into the
road. and you were insensibls. There
was nobody about at all-no police
man or anything. Though, looking
down towards Hyde Park corner. |
saw some people moving and heard
some echo OF a row
II examined you, and found you
had been struck on the back OF the
head, though the skin had not been
broken. There was a swelling at the
nape or the neck. and ! came to the
conclusion at once that you had been
s~andbagged. You had not got a
watch chain on, but I felt In your
waistcoat pocket and found your re-
peater was there all right And there
was a heavy signet ring ON your
finger and a sovereign purse at the
end OF a steel chain, which you wore
In your trousers pocket, which was
full OF money. l did what | could to
bring you round. but found 1t was
hopeless, and then. by good luck. I
saw a policeman coming along by
Devonshire house. and | whistled to
him. I stayed by you while he ran to
the hospital. and we got you Id on an
ambulance. There's the whole story.
Now, how do you feelf"
II feel Just as II Three pianoIas
were playing inside my head at the
same time"
sOh. you viii feel that for several
hours the doctor said. but there Is
no harm done. There Il no coneus-
sion. a. ! had fes red. You win be all
Sszsssgscehasp haAs ts
you. DO You remember anything Vi
what ~happenodz"