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THE SAD STORY OF A LOST MEMORY




I had not noticed the man sitting beside me in the bus until he addressed me.

"Excuse me, sir," he said, "but is my face familiar to you by any chance?"

I turned and studied him for a second or two. I was able to assure him that he was an entire stranger to me. He did not seem at all surp­rised. "It was just a chance," he said. "You see, sir, I am under the disadvantage of not knowing who I am." '

"I have just returned from a voyage," he continued, "during the course of which I had the misfortune to lose my memory. I understand from received information that I was seating one fine day on the deck of the ship, when suddenly the ship gave a lurch and I fell on to my head and was unconscious for three days. During this period all my possessions on the ship were stolen and all trace of my identity remo­ved. Even the name of my tailor was cut out from the suit I was wea­ring. I didn't know anything about myself and I was unknown to any of my fellow-passengers. Everyone agreed that there was only one possible remedy, namely, that I should receive another violent blow on the he­ad, which would, as all the authorities say, restore my memory to its former state.

The idea was taken up enthusiastically, and I gladly admitted that all the ship's crew and also the passengers did what they could for me in this respect.

It became quite customary for every who met me to hit me play­fully over the head with all possible weapon.

With all these helps I received a great many blows on the head, but my memory stubbornly refused to return."

The stranger paused in his recital.

I raised my walking stick. "This is but a poor weapon, I'm afra­id," I said. "Still, any little service I can render..."

"No, no," said the stranger hurriedly, "the time for that is past. I am now gathering funds to enable me to prosecute inquiries at the port from which the boat sailed, and should you, kind sir..."

6. IRVING STONE






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