Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-01-06

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"Aphasia, said one Ut the hotel Dr.
tectfves to the clerk, In a low yeice.
Telephone the house doctor. jim
and the hospital
The clerk obeyed. while the man
puzzled over the date.
That afternoon another nerve spe-
cialist was asking htm questions as to
symptoms. but with small resuItA rhe
man declared be felt all right. only ne
couldn't remember how be came to the
hotel or bow he happeneu 20 De IN New
York. Or clearly what his name was.
he had un idea that u might b
George Brandeis. but the Initials -.
F." were marked on mis- nat and
clothes. and there was nothing further
to Identify him: 90 the expert was
forced back to the man's actual
memories OF San FraActsco. prior to
1906.
he had remembered living In q de-
stroyed section Of the city. and that on
the night preceding his loss Of memory
be had gone to the theater which be
named. and that on bis return from
supper rather late he mac been Get upon
In the streets By two men. After that
be was conscious Of nothing.
The specialist listened intentiy. en-
thusiastic at the discovery Of an I'M
usual case. and was iates willing to
talk at length to reporter. whose tip
had come through the hotel. Next
morning front page story with pic
turesque headlines appeared In al the
papers. giving exact details of the
strange affair and q precise description
of the forgetfnt man
In that august sanctuary known a.
headquarters. sitting at his roll top
desk In his specific division Of It. an
eminent detective official sat next
morning perusing Official reports. daily
correspondence and his morning news
papers y
He observed the aphasta case and
SKINNED 1t lightly, for on only special
occasions had such cases been OF spe-
ctal professional interest. He read.
however. the description OF the man
before his attention left the matter.
and his eye sought out from the de-
tails of hundred other stories the
one or two suggestive happenings
which opened up for him line Of
speculation
And then abruptly his attention be-
came riveted. His eyes were liked
upon story emphasized BY large dis
play. That 1t was of robbery was OF
itself unimportant to one who review
ed robberies daily.
That the victim was an eminent
woman In society was fact familiar
enough to be unexciting. But that the
cnse possessed a marked fascination
for him was apparent from the ex
treme absorption Of his manner a. ne
read the details Of the theft =
The affair itself was simple. Mrs
Malcolm Courtenay OF the highest or
der Of society had obviously and un-
Intentionally provided the cue herself
by giving an interview to a reporter at
the suit Of her hotel. In full view OF
disorder of her intellectually valued
Jewels. which lay carelessly scattered
on the table Of the anteroom In. which
they talked and BY making some hu-
morous comment on her tendency to
leave them about-aii Of which the re-
porter faithfully reproduced
The result was obvious. II had pro
vided the robber with m idea. He had
clearly watched her rooms and discov-
cred a favorable time Of absence. both
on her own part and on that Of her
servant: had entered her suit, the door
Of which was unimaginably left open.
had taken her intellectually valued
necklace Of pearls. which she had care
lessly left loosely In an open drawer of
her dressing table. and had made good
his retreat
Not without however. being seen.
for on inquiry It developed that at the
time the suit was deserted another
guest on the same corridor had seen a
well dressed man. whom at the time
the guest had taken for an ordinary
caller. departing.
1t was. however. the description Of
this robber that the eminent detectives
whole attention was given and which
caused the mask of his impassive face
to be turned for once to undeniable
surprise. a
THE man Ii declared by the guest
who saw his departure from Mira NAL
colin Courtenay's suit" the report de-
cIared. TO be slight BE had white
pun necktie. dark clothes and some
peculiar variety Of walking stick which
appeared similar to but was not Of
itself bamboo
The detective whistled tboughtfully
to himself and turned back to the i0ss
of memory story upon the tirst page.
which on this occasion. however. he
read carefully.
Particularly did he give attention to
the description Of the man who had
lost himself He. too. mad white pun
necktie: be. too, had dark clothes, and
he possessed walking stick made