Evening star., 1912-11-17

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tour as Monsieur doubtless remembers"
"Oh yes, he said YEARLY.
The nurse came suddenly to conscior rsness of her
duties "Monseur sleep little she said sterny,
"and then shall about teegraph1ng to Monsieur
relatives.
She gave him drink, and he sank back his pill
lows If he had been a woman he would have CRED
with Encouragement. The made final remark
that kept back the tears.
"Monsieur was very ndiscreet to carry that purse
with SO many English banknotes in his pocket One
cannot always trust people. Besides, it might have
fallen also as the knapsack did. bank is safer.
All right" he chuckled, "the next time fall down
cliff II put my money in the bank first.
HE shut his eyes and tried hard to recall something.
IL He tried to visualize himself climbing along the ice
with his apenstock; he tried to summon back the line
of the peaks the look of the sky he tried to reproduce
the sudden shock of losing his footing Surely some
picture should have been stamped on his mind; but
there was nothing. He could not even remember the
color of his clothes Perhaps if he went further back he
could succeed Where was his home? Did he do any
thing, and if so what? Was he scholar or broker,
was he artist lawyer? sense OF anger possessed
him. He wanted to get up and shake the whole world
by the throat and make it give him back his identity
Life is unjust jade at the BEST but at least she lets
each man have name and certain background. From
him she had taken everything The worst OF 1t was that
he had uneasy feeling that she wouldn't give them
back to him Immediately. But here was nurse, and
doubtless doctor and certainly woman with beaut1-
full voice. who expected him to have and place IN
the world He could not escape from the necessity OF
producing his name and setting II he were to confess
his present condition. he would be labeled either insane
abnormal In either condition a man moves IN the
world at Disadvantage Too many questions would be
asked, too much freedom taken away No, he must
offer any questioners certain number of satisfactory
explanations about himself. When he little more
rested he would think of workable name
Just when he was dropping off to sleep again name
slipped into his CONSCIOUSNESS, lmmy sylvester 1t
almost seemed as if had spoken it. He liked
the sound of Jimmy Sylvester. He would be Jimmy
Sylvester but Jimmy would have had to have expert
of his He would think of them after he had
,ctaI ESro he1 t1atp h1Sn anna He
dropped off to sleep again.
When he awoke the name of Jimmy Sylvester jumped
at into his mind and curiousy enough, he seemed
be possessed of of the experiences of Jimmy Syl
vester He did not know whether he had dreamed them
or whether he was really Jimmy Sylvester with his
memory returned to him. Certainly he seemed to have
knowledge of some of the things that under the
skin of this man, and of what his life had been. He
knew that he had lived in the western part of America
and had seen many lands and peoples Doubtless If he
Sylvester he could keep building him up inside
well enough to questions consistently until he
found out who he really 1t would be rather
ing too to do this little bit of play acting.
He began whistle softly, and Immediately his
came from quarter of the room, where she had
been sitting and looked down him with grotesque
valid should be whistng like naughty boy; there
delight that he should be well enough to- there was
superior grated smirk that implied that but for her
expert care he would have done whistng in
this world. He understood her psychology well that
a cold fear struck hlm,-how could he comprehend
her so perfectly unless he married? He did not
reaZe then that man always thinks ne understands
women, matter how young and inexperienced he
NAV be- 1t is other who do not understand them.
The reason he was afraid he married was not be-
he objected to matrimony; but half the JOY of
being married lies in remembering antecourtship days.
and then the courtshp, and then the honeymoon The
process of learning how is too valuable and exhilaratng
to be forgotten. TO wake up and find oneself married.
without remembering how it had come about, would be
bad waking up to find oneself successful in work.
without consciousness of the struggles and defeats
that had brought to victory.
Monsieur must not look sad" chrped the
"Monseur feels weak of course; but he must remember
what a escape he has had from DEATH and he
must be grateful for that