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ton. though quite cognizant Of the facts"
 But the girl would have none of t. Ioieranty she listened, and tolerantly she smiled when I had finished.
 No, no, Philip" she insisted. T see 1t all quite clearly. Whatever crime was com mitted. the creature lying there committed 1t. But he Is not my uncle. Others mistook the resemblance TOT identity. just as you did. only the situation was reversed. Those who abducted Uncle Robert thought they were abducting that villain We are now housing"
 It was an ingenious notion, but of course it was not possible. However. saw that 1t would be idle to continue 10 dispute with her.
 What would you suggest, then? Shall we send our invalid to a hos pital?" l asked, in pretended serious ness.
 But very sagely she shook her head Oh, no," she returned We mus, l keep him. He Is very valuable to us. : Perhaps we can do as contending armies do-arrange an exchange of prisoners"
 In spite Of my wretchedness, sup pressed a smile. It was all very anus ing; and yet the fear that she was suf- fering aberration due to hysteria, tenn. pered pitifully the humor of it.
 When. later in the afternoon. pr Massey called, I told him everything, including this hallucination of Eve 1 lyn's.
 You did perfectly right" he said. in tone of cordial approval The malady with which Cameron is afflicted has a tendency to distort certain lineam ents Especially at times of excitement his l face changes, so that Miss Grayson is justified in fancying that this is not the Robert Cameron she knew. have noticed the dissimilarity myself, but 1t is due. of course. entirely 10 dis torted expression. In a couple Of days, at most, he will be fully restored. and 1 then he himself will be the best one 10 l rect1fy her error. Meanwhile, if I were you, would not dispute her She has l gone through great deal, and gone i through it bravely; indeed with cour- age that Is quite phenomenal. and she i Is entitled to any little consolatory be- liefs that she chooses to entertain" :" And then, as if such advice were not wholly superf1uous, he added Be l kind to her, Clyde! be good 10 her | She ic o ,1
 Whereat l grasped his hand and 1 promised him. lifting him q notch in my estimation because of his perspi. cacity And all the while lump kept rising in my throat and threatening my tear duets
 On the following day I heard noth- ing from Miss Clement, which some what surprised me, though she had told me that her prospective inform ants were likely to take their own time. Early, on the second morning, however, l had a note from her. the enigmatic character of which impelled me to speculation.
 Dear Mir. Clyde" she wrote. q hope you can make it convenient to visit me this evening, at the Mission I want to talk with Ling Fo an exceptionally well-educated young Chinaman, who tells me that his people are much mys- tihed over a recent event; and. if what he says be true-and I never knew him to lie-a new complexion is placed upon this whole matter. Come about nine-thir;y, after our service is over"
 As Dr. Massey's orders forbidding any one save Alr Bryan 10 enter Cam. eron's room, issued immediately after our hideous experience, had not yet been rescinded. our knowledge of his condition was, perforce, gleaned entire ly through physician and nurse Both now assured me that he was progress B. ing satisfactorily and that there had been no return of the dementia.
 Evelyn still persisted in her notion that the patient was not her uncle, but hls double. and following the doctors s directions l refrained from trying to convince her of the truth; even going so far as 10 pretend that l believed ds she did. and planning to begin ne SOJldlOu5 through MISS clement and her Chinese conhdants for an ex- change of captives as soon a our host. age was able to be moved
 T am to see Miss Clement, tonight told her, late that afternoon. also an Oriental acquaintance of hers, who ap- pears to be informed on the subject which interests us. It Is possible that he will prove the very person who can arrange 1t all"
 Let me go with you, she urged, laying a beseeching hand on my arm Do let me go with you. Philip. I am so anxious It will seem years If l have to wait here foE you to bring me the news; and there are sure to be some things you will forget to ask about if I'm not there to prompt you.
 In spite of the unfattery of her speech I smiled, indulgent. Her great blue eyes, pathetically pleading as her words, were able advocates. IL was hard to deny her under any circum. stances and now as 1 thought it over