I can understand you have some remorse for what has occurred, and would be glad to help, reward or no reward." "I would give my life to find young Forrester.

Has anything been heard of him ?" "Not much, though we have been able to trace him rather farther than you did.

We found a day or two ago a mention of the case of a lad suffering from the results of an accident such as he appears to have met with in one of the medical papers at the time.

The case was reported as having been treated at Middlesex Hospital, and I find on inquiry there that in the December of that year Gerard Forrester was a patient under treatment for some months, and in the May following was discharged as incurable.
That, you see, was more than eighteen months ago." Jeffreys felt his heart thump excitedly as he listened.

It was little enough, but it seemed at least to bring him six months nearer to the object of his search.
"After that," said Mr Wilkins, "we are unable to discover anything.
The address entered against his name in the hospital books, which was probably that of his old nurse, cannot now be found, as the street has been pulled down a year ago, and no one recollects him.