The Man Who Lost Himself

s change from the assis

efore, often, I should think. Do yo

few American idioms-"I'm clear out

se me, well-well-well-let's sit down and have a talk, maybe recollection will

er, he noticed that the bar keeper and his assistant were looking at him

es of these persons conveyed the impression to Jones that the interest h

aken his seat, they were both washing g

eems I was wrong, and all the better for them-well, now, l

sently, only I want you to think it out for yourself. Talk abo

k by name of Stringer. I'm the victim of a British government that doesn't know

ed and everything came out, including

d the only remark o

anot

he consul or somewhere to get my passage back to the States-well-I

d, the stranger rose, refusing a

said he, "I want to tell you s

tish Government was forgotten, contracts, hotel bills, steerage journeys to the States, all these were forgotten. The warmth, the sumptuous rooms, and the golden lamps of the Savoy were sufficient for the moment, and

me time ago, I recognised you at once as a person I knew, but, as you put it, I could not place you. B

e word image shattering his complac

mean no offence-turn round and g

type, but the likeness went far beyond that-they were identical. The same hair and colour of hair, t

n I say absolute likeness, I mean likeness so complete that a close acquaintance cannot distinguish the difference between the duplicates. When nature does a trick like this, she does it thoroughly, for it h

en the same as far as pitch and timbre were concerned, t

d-d-d-,"

other and then ba

"I don't know whether I ought to apologise

mmodating his unaccustomed brain to support this most unaccustomed situation. The thing seemed

s, calling an attendant and giving