The evening world., 1911-01-03

Well.
He rendt
will these lines svsr reach you. m,
oeer eonf i ARE not believe Il.
.Dur1n9 the whole OF my adbuc-
uon We travelled By motor car; then. In
ne morning. By carriage. I could ses
notnine. MY syss were bandaged. Ths
castle In whioh I am coonned should be
somewhere In the midlands, 10 Judge by
W construction and the vegetation I'm
the park. The room which I occupviis
on the second noori II 10 q room Win
Two windows. q OF which Il aimSst
oIocked by . scrssn Of climbing glyoiuoe.
In ohe afternoon I am allowed to woak
aoout the park ct certain houra. -
Am Kept under n ela King o~bservatfoG
\ am writing this letter on the mNfs
cnance OF its reaching you n easton<Ag
u 10 stone. Perhaps one day I aAAil
Do able to throw II over the ven -
some peasant will pick 10 up.
But do not be distressed about NJ I
Am treated with every ~consideratioa.
four old father. who 10 very fuuAsol
you ana very sad to think OF the trsun1o
ne Is giving you, BEAUTRRLUT.s
isidore at once looked At thS 8
MARKS. They read. 'Cusion. IndrA.S
Inc indrel The department which -
weeksi
He consulted q little poohst su,as
which he always carried. Custom, IN tks
canton OF EguEon-hs had been thoro
too.
For prudence saks he Discarded -
PERSONALITY as an Engiisnman. wdagA
district, disguised himself ~ . wush-
man and made for Cuzion. II was =
namportant village. He would SaHov
discover the sender OF the letter.
rcr that matter chance served m
wtrhout delay:
a letter posted on wednesday lAssr-
sraassmsn the Mayor; . r.psoeanee
who placed himself at his dIDsooS
Listen. 1 think I can e1ve you Q vHAn.
pie Glue: on Saturday moru1n9, Cafe
Charel. an old knife grinder who 49,
All the fairs In the department, met -
az the end of the village md asksn,
monsieur 10 maire. does q letter w1k1-
o .%t = tang on Il 20 all the samsr
theref'. Certainly. Only th~S's
double postage to pay on It. that's su
the difference"
And where does he liver"
ne nves over there. all alone-on tAs
slops-the howell thai comes nsxt afG
the churchyard. Shall I 20 with your
II wa q howell standing by itsele. Ia
the middle of an orchard s~urroundsJ b.
tall 6ses. Al they entered the orchari
three maspiss flew away with . great
splutter they saw that the birds
were flying nj Of the very hole m
which the watchdog was fastened. AMI
the dog neither barksd nor surrsd e.
they approached.
beautrelet wont up In great surpr,sa
The brute was lying on It's side. VIVA
stiR paws. dead.
They ran quickly to the cottage. IN.
door stood pen They entered. Az tbs
back OF . low. damp room, on
wsstohed straw mattress. flung on the
noor Itself. lay q man fully dressed.
Gamer Charsl?' cried the Mayor. ~
he dead, toof'
The old mans ha,ds were cold. h.s
faSe terribly pale. but his heart was
stu beating. with q faint, slow thrcb.
md he seemed DOT to - woundsl u
any way.
They t4sd to rssusoitats him snd. -
they failed in their efforts. Bsautrsiet
went to fetch q dotcor. The Doctor suc.
oesdsd no better than they haA daaA
fsring. He looked ~ if he were juss
asleep. but with an ARTIFICIAL slumbsr, q
though he q been put to sleep ~
hypnotism or with b aid Of . 40.
In the middle Of the night thas ~.
Owed. however. Isidors. who wAs
Watching by his side. observed that ne
breathing became stronger n nat ~
whole being appeared to b throwing
on the invisible bonds that pAsalyus1
It.
At daybrsak he woke Up and -
sumed his normal functions; Ate, draak
and moved about. But the whole day
long he was unable to reply q ~
young mans questions and his hNn1n
seemed a. though tin numbed be,A
inexplicabls torpor.
The next day he ASKED Bssutvvoses
What are you doing hcrs, shf'' "a
II was the Arst time that b. ID
shown surprise at the presence ID
stranger beside him.
Gradually, In this way. he r-eoov~r>
all his faculties. He talked. He nv
plans. But. when Beautrelet asked
about the events Immediately prsoaAH6g
his sleep. he seemed not to undsrstA3
And Beautrelet felt that he rNonv
not understand. He had lost the r,cou
ton OF all that had happened stnps
Friday before. II was Nike Q ~
gap in the ordinary DOW OF -
described his morning and eftu0o0
tho Friday. the purchases he had ~
At the fAir. the meals he had tak0
the inn ThAn-nothtng-noehing ~
He believed himself 70 be wah1ng s0I
morrow Of tina. day.
II was horrible for BsautrssVG
truth hay there In shoss syss wnsdh
seen the walls Of the park behind We
his father was waiting for ham. n 49,
hands which had picked up the letfce
in that muddled brain which had recnS
ed the whereabouts OF that 0o>nA -
setting. the little corner OF chs woIod ii
which the play had been enacted. And
from those hands from mat brain Il