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"THEN YOU'LL REMEMBER ME
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I WISH I COULD STRIP THE HUMAN MIND OF THE MYSTERY WHICH HAS SURROUNDED IT."
gled in vain to make the two states cohere. I passed from the known to the unknown in a flash, and then roamed in the vague until recalled to my actual existence by Mr. Morgan.' '
"It was not a dream?" the latter asked.
Waters shook his head.
"Introspection, maybe," he answered, ' ' but I was conscious of a tremendous effort of the memory j my whole mind was concentrated on catching the fleeting impression of another existence and giving it material shape. I seemed to need a flower. ' '
General Harvey nodded appreciation.
"The sense of smell," he observed, "acts as a powerful stimulus to memory."
"So does the sense of hearing," Waters added, quickly. "More than once, a similar state to that described has been set up by my listening to some far-off strain from an orchestra, or to a song faintly heard while passing a house. Nearly always this emo
tional condition was aroused by Balfe's old song, 'Then You'll Remember Me,' a ballad I have tried in private without effect. I wish I could strip the human mind of the mystery which has surrounded it for centuries. ' '
The speaker flushed suddenly with the consciousness of a modest man who unexpectedly finds himself the center of attention, and Barney delicately changed the current of talk to the great national project to which Waters expected to apply his superior knowledge of engineering.
Morgan turned away, like one who had accomplished a social duty in launching the stranger, and left the room. Outside of the door, in listening attitude, he came upon Jessica Raymond. She was exhibiting such a surprising interest in the man from Australia that the banker regarded her with amazement. She must have overheard every word uttered by the engineer and been profoundly affected by what lie had to say, for she was in a state of agitation, bordering on col