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For a arded him with a very natural surprise Then: "You seem a little astonished," he said, with a hint of stiffness in his manner "May I ask if my nah"--he stole another glance at the card, and his brows drew together a little thoughtfully--"Now that I come to look at it I do seem to have heard it before"

"I daresay you have, if you have lived in India Unfortunately, my name was pretty well known in that country once, for the proverbial nine days" His voice was a little savage "But don't trouble about my name--let me admit at once that yours is perfectly familiar to lasses; and until he had vanished Anstice said noat present in Littlefield; and I have the honour of being acquainted with a lady bearing the same name as yourself"

"You meanthe other's coive hter Has she--Cherry, Iaccident in September?"

"Quite, I think" For a second Anstice's heart was sick within hiht on which that accident had taken place; but he stifled the ot over it splendidly, and she is not " Major Carstairs took a drink fro it down, looked Anstice squarely in the face "See here, Dr Anstice, by a strange coincidence you and I have been brought together this afternoon, and I should be very h to answer me one or two questions"

"I am quite ready to answer any questions you ht and pushed aside his glass, and Major Carstairs began at once

"First of all, how long have you been in Littlefield?"

"A little over twelve months I went there, to be exact, in September of last year"

"I see And you have been acquainted with Mrs Carstairs during the whole of that ti, when I was called in to attend her professionally"