The Forrest City times., 1913-05-16

Stephen" said, with an effort 10 | disguise the excitement with which my every pulse was throbbing. your master is outside in c cab. He Is very weak and will need assistance. Get another man 10 aid me. and then awaken Mir. Checkabeedy and Louis. ! And make haste. No. can't come Ia: I'll wait outside" He turned away Ia 1 obedience 10 my directions. but checked him. And, Stephen" | charged. no word to any one else. aa you value your position; especially no word 10 Miss Grayson." l marvelled at the mans preserved unemotion. His Very good. sir" was uttered with all the stolidity which marks response to the commonplace; and yet l knew that he WAS fully con- scious of the eventfulness of this late and unlooked-for homecoming And i the footman who joined me few min utes later was not less well-trained. Together, he and I lifted Cameron from the hansom and carried him up the broad flight Of granite steps. be- ! S' tAic AiIoSoAfC kQdl IIOH5, dpt placed him in a great chair in tte hall. before the wide, sculptured fire place. And though this would probably prove the most exciting topic of the servants hall for weeks to come. bs gave not the smallest sign that he was taking part in other than the usual Checkabeedy, the butler. however, ! though no less perfect a servitor, VAS more privileged; and Louis, volatile as the most characteristic of his coun- trymen, collapsed utterly, without ef. fort apparently, st any restraint what. ever. The formers interest was evt. denced in a commiseratingly lugnbri- ous visage and a few blunt questions, but the Frenchman wept and sobbed in wordless sympathy. And I hsI 1t not in my heart to blame either, for a more pi.iful picture than the one pre- sented by the restored Cameron ss he , sat there in his own spacious hall. gazing with lack-luster eyes a. the dead and dying embers on the oearth | before him, hope never to see The butler, ruddy and rotsnd, and ! looking for all the world like we'll 1 fed monk, for he wore a bathrohe of somber hue and his crown was hs.er than any shaven tonsure, stared for 1 moment in sad silence. Then, turning to me. he asked:
 But what has happSaed to Mir. Ca.n- eron. sir?"
 T wish could tell yuu, Checka, oeedy.' was my unguards3 r~ply. Y wish he could tell us himseA-
 But he Is so wasted. siri &rd his clothes. I never saw Mir. Camss-esn in such clothes"
 It was quite true. They wer> of what is called, bensvs. a pepper-asd- salt mixture, coarse Of taxture a.d Ill. cut. yet not much wor[ He does not recogni1, us," Checka- beedy went on, and .s:ll he Is con scious. May ask you, sir, where you brought him from?"
 chose to ignore the Question. in sudden realization of the necessity of caution.
 And he has been missing B month, they say, sir. Is that true, MT. Clyde?-
 Missing" I repeated. Who says he has been missing?"
 The servants all say SO, sir"
 Then the servants must get rid of the idea, at once,'' said. sharply. MT. | Cameron has merely been out of town | for while, He went away for his i health, and now he has returned, bene- hted. Do you understand, Checka- beedy? He has returned, benefited. , And now, you and Louis will get him 10 his room. while telephone for Dr. Massey"
 Checkabeedy bowed. assenting. and Louis. still whimpering, wiped his eyes
 It was nearly four o'clock when the physician left his patient and joined me in the library downstairs. His face was very grave.
 ' have examined Mir Cameron thor oughly." he said. "and can a.surs you that he Is not seriously injured"
 The phrase opened up a new line ot 1 thought 10 me.
 Seriously injured?" l repeated. r don't understand. Doctor. Do you mean that"
 T mean, ." he interrupted, that thr blow on the back of the head caused no fracture"
 Then be was struck"
 Undoubtedly. Probably with sandbag. Hence his present dazed con, diuon. Had the blow been delivered with more force, 1t might have resnlk ed In complete loss of memory. You have heard, of course, of instances where men have forgotten even tbs,s own names?"
 nodded.
 NIT. Cameron will regain his mem. ory. It's merely temporary matter I have telephoned for man nuysa for him-one who understands such oases He will be here in twenty minutes. Al present Mir. Cameron Is sleeping. 1 am in hopes that when he awakens his mind will be c0no ra rs tIv-ar,, o,o,