Evening star., 1932-01-10

a motor car I shall have very poor
| chance Of getting over it.
The policeman proceeded to demand
particulars of the accident. My mind
| and speech apparatus worked appar-
emily without hitch. and I could vol
ubly have told him all that Is set down
here; but instead, to save trouble, l
said
4 am entirely to blame, 1t is all my
own fault"
Later 1t seemed that another police
man came with the question:
do you make any charge against any
person?"
To which I replied; "I exonerate
every one"
At this the interrogation ceased
abruptly, and Mario, in the background
(though did not know this until after
ward, was released from captivity.
During all this time I was in what
I suppose would be called great pain,
though the sensations really presented
themselves to me mainly as an over-
powering of the mind. Gradually be-
gan to be more aware of all that was
going on around me. 1t appears that
an ambulance was passing and the
crowd stopped 1t, and demanded that
it should take me to the nearest hos
pital. The ambulance, which mad
serious case on board, refused.
Then I was lifted by perhaps eight
or ten persons to the floor of taxicab.
NV overcoat had been half torn OF me
and trussed my arms back. l Thought
both shoulders were diSlocated MY
right shoulder diSlocateS chronically,
and I asked repeatedly that care De
taken in lifting me by it. Eventually
the policeman and two others got IN
the cab and we all started, jammed up
together.
Tries to Move Limbs.
I now saw, as I lay on the floor OF
the cab, both my hands, very White
and covered with blood, lying across
nv breast So I decided to give them
an order to move their fingers, and at
the same time, pulled the levers which
affect the toes. Neither hands nor feet
took the slightest notice. They might
as well have belonged. to some one else
for all the attention they paid to my
will.
now became, for the first time, seri-
ously alarmed. I feared that in this
bundle of dull pain which people were
carting about and which was my body
there might be some grave serious IN
Jury to the spine. The impression
crippled for life registered itself IN
the Sanctum.
Yet even then there was so much
going on that one could not focus IL
very clearly or grieve about 1t much.
What a nice thing it would be to get
to the hospital and have this oVercoat
cut off. to have my shoulders put back
| in their sockets and, above all, 10 lie
down straight upon bed.
Then a most blessed thing happened.
7 began to experience violent pins ana
needles in both my upper arms. Tney
hurt intensely; but did not mind, pc
cause at the same time found my
| fingers beginning to move in accord
ance with my will. Almost Immediately
afterward the toes responded TO my
orders. Then swiftly, warmth, life and
| obedience began to flow bacK lnto Ine
whole Of my trunk.
Finds Own Brain Intact.
Blood continued to flow freely from
my forehead and my nose: but did not
worry about that at all, because In my
sanctum we had decided, There can be
no brain injury, as we have never lost
consciousness even for second.
| y X 4
At last we arrived at the hospital. A
wheeled chair is brought. am carried
into it, I am wheeled up steps into a
hall and a lift. By now feel battered
but perfectly competent. They salo
afterWard I was confused; but I did
not feel so.
Are you prepared to pay for a .pri-
vate room and doctor?" asked clerk
yes, bring all the best you have
Take me to a private room. Where Is
your telephone? Give me the Waldorf
Astoria. I will tell my wife myself that
whatever has happened I am going to
get quite we'll"
After an interval they said, "She is
already on the way here"
Not for one moment had felt up to
the present any sensation Of faintness
but now I said, Give me a drink OF
Salvolatile or things like that"
This was brought. A house surgeon
stanched my wound.
Let me-" asked, "get these clothes
off and lie down. I can stand for a
moment, If you hold me up"
Soon I am on bed. Presently come
keen, comprehending eyes and deft
firm fingers. -.
eve shall have to dress that scalp
wound at once. 1t is cut to the bone. u
will it hurt?"
eyes"
"I do not wish to be hurt any more
Give me chloroform or something"
THE anaesthetist Is already on the
way"
I recited those lines Of "The Black
Mousquetaire" about the lady who