irely, but so that you may hear and speak!"

In an instant the head was lifted, the eyes opened, and the voice
said:

"I am awake! I can hear and speak!"

"Good!" exclaimed the Doctor. "Tell me, what do you remember?"

"You commanded me to remember nothing!"

"True! I commanded! But do you remember?"

"You are the master! I have forgotten!"

"I am the master. Now I tell you to remember!"

"It is impossible! I cannot remember what I have forgotten, unless you
tell it to me again!"

"Very true. I will tell you what you have forgotten, and you will then
remember it. You will remember even after you are awakened!"

"I will obey. I will remember what you tell me!"

"You left your office this afternoon to follow Dr. Medjora?"

"Yes! I followed Dr. Medjora!"

"He took a car, and you took another?"

"He took a car, and I took another!"

"He left the car, and you followed him to a house and saw him enter?"

"I saw him enter a house!"

"Then there was a fire and you watched the house burning?"

"I saw the house burning!"

"Then you rushed forward and fell into this well?"

"I rushed forward and fell into the well!"

"You will remember all this?"

"Yes, I will remember!"

"Everything else you have forgotten? Nothing else occurred?"

"Nothing else occurred!"

"Now sleep!" The Doctor passed his hands over the eyes and the deep
sleep was resumed. The Doctor pressed his lips near the sleeper's
ears, and said:

"You will awaken completely in two hours, climb out of this place, and
return to your home!"

To this there was no reply, but the Doctor had no doubt that the
injunction would be followed. He laid Barnes down upon the bottom of
the cistern so that his opening eyes would gaze directly at the
orifice above, and then, climbing upon a lot of loose rubbish, he
easily reached the edge of the hole, and clutching it with his strong
hands drew himself out.

Exactly two hours later, Barnes opened his eyes and slowly awakened to
a sense of stiffness and pain in his limbs. He staggered up, and soon
was sufficiently aroused to see that he must climb out of the place
where he was. This he did with some difficulty, and after wandering
about for nearly an hour he found his way to the bridge and crossed
the river. Thence he went home, threw himself on his bed, and was soon
wrapped in deep, but natural slumber.

In the morning he wondered why he had slept in his clothing. His head
ached, and his limbs felt b