The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 96: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. 87 round of the ladder by means of which you were destined to mount upward. As to Miss Hammond, we have met before.” “Indeed !” “T am concerned in her brother’s welfare.” “Ah! you were on the Limited from New York— I see now.” “She has told you the facts?” He bows toward the lady. | “Miss Hammond has been kind enough to explain it allto me. Ireceived word that a young man had taken poison and was dying, and expressed my great surprise at his peculiar condition, when she was pleased to remove the vail of mystery. You need not fear but that the secret will be safe with me, gee perhaps I may be in a condition to ats ou.’ : I have no doubt of it, and thank the lucky acci- dent that brings us together. “T wish to talk with you in a few minutes, doctor,” I remark. “Very good, sir.” He turns to go, but I request that he wait for me. “Flow is Robert?” I ask, of his sister. “Just the same. He will lhe like this for a period of from twelve to twenty hours, and then, unless I am mistaken, come out of it in his right mind.” “You are not concerned seriously about his condi- tion, Miss Hammond?” “T have seen him this way so often that, although — it always gives me a shock, it does not alarm me.” I make a few inquiries, and then turn to the physician. He is such a fine-looking fellow, that my heart warms with the thought that I have been instrumental in making him what he Is. comicbooks (E(@)