Who Goes There?

one lost good! What wa

is naught, is sile

be good, with, for ev

ken arcs; in the hea

ROW

that she had gone to her room--which was at a friend's house in Georgetown-

ondition," said the Doctor, "and if yo

nia hills and was intrenching rapidly. Re?nforcements were being hurried to Washington, and a new call for volunteers would at

, but you have practically a leave of absence for a week or more, and I am sure that rest will do you good. By the

is, and expressing my desire to return

octor asked him a few questions

should be a prisoner. Count on Jake Willis whenever you nee

ack to duty in a day or two. What

. The surgeon promises to put me on my feet in a month, or six

hope they are only missing. There were a good many wounded. The regiment's headquarters a

me days before we learn the whole truth. He is a queer man, Jones; I believ

"she left me your m

ou remember th

if I should ever again be subjected to loss of memory. I decided to speak to Dr. Khayme once more about this matter. Alth

ant," said I; "can I

think

to write you

nurse gives me

, goo

aw stacks? Good-by, Jones. I'll be

ctor and Lydia. The Doctor was busy--writing. I reminded Lydia

l I begin?"

" I said; "begin at the

time any thought of going. One morning he surprised

s that?"

t was one day in the vacation,

been in Sept

ost sure it wa

ou were very

known to me so suddenly that I had no time to

o say good-by

you know--and

; did your old

d while we we

very well. So yo

e went on to Paris--strange, we went right through

id you stay

what--that kept us for two or three weeks. The

dia most of the time w

in India near

Bomb

Father was absent a

u go to

he said,

tor and I sat under the trees. I told

is just as w

m fit for du

e strong eno

are you

health is safe; you ran a narrower ri

e is danger in my r

l not injure you; exposure mi

or me to do--at least, n

yme. "Your depression has gone; if you are not

do you remember telling me, some ten years ago, that you did

he re

, perhaps, that I sho

he re

night to what you cal

it is possible to ma

r I left you in Charleston I h

least susp

infirmity a peculi

elative; your memory, taking it generally, is better than that of some, and poorer than that of others; as it is affected by your pecul

I have seen; its image is definite,

to other matte

n as to

specul

re opinion, or speculation, that is

an article written to show that the moon is inhabi

all,"

iscussion of the tariff ques

, s

te, and should to-day reach a conclusion as to the truth of the controversy;

ertain

d occurred previously to the p

y catch, your m

r mind has, in one of your 'stat

I know nothing of such,

ver form an opinion upo

an opinion upon anything merely speculative, I should have t

f your 'states,' and you hear a discussion and draw a conclusion; will this concl

es

ould hold to its

t my memory would retain the fact th

e you might reverse a decis

tain

terial facts, as some people cal

es

a 'state' will be remembere

I could draw them as well

se in one period you gain in another? that what you l

cannot say that the loss of one

faculty is quickened in one function, by relaxation in anot

ow all this shows my ca

s in which, hearing is of

es

re valuable on a dark nigh

s affects me; I am neither bli

od memory may be of greater v

; I supp

sible case in which hearing is more valuable than sight, and we have agreed that memory is worth, more at times than at other times. I should like to relieve

as not entirely unique," said I; "but I

e have such cases in the records of more than, one ancien

udging from the sound of his name; and I doubt t

ets. The mental changes undergone by Saul of Tarsus, by John on Patmos, b

e miracle

inds than this which has happened to yours; men lose their minds utterly for a time, and then recover their faculties entirely; men lose their identity, so t

said I; "my changes come upon me

lieve you of the belief that your condition is unparalleled. It may be unique in that phase o

hat is enough; but you ought to tell me why you insist on the possibility of a cure and the us

r greatest worth only at the moment of their extinction. Your seeming imperfection of memory is, I repeat, but

s that

not te

an you

oped. Generally, I might say, in order to encourage you, that it will probably be given to you to serve

h a service will be at

y judgment, require that your recovery should follow the p

r serve his country in a rema

," sa

id. Now she looked up with a faint smile, which I thought meant that she was willing for me to talk to her and yet reluctant

nt to schoo

at f

erning her, and I suppose my hesitation was exp

se with some training. Father was very willing for me to become a nurse, for

. Berwick asked me to-day when it was that we sail

ptember, 1857,"

Khayme that I should not return to Charleston. The coincidence and its bearing on my affliction di

ow morning I shall be read

be no more battles in this part of the country for a long time, and it will not be difficult for you to