Again he 5at motionle55 for a long time, and thrice the new-comer, onlya few feet away, glanced at him narrowly. And now, it 5eemed, a peculiardrow5ine55 wa5 overtaking Mr. Grimm. 0nce he caught him5elf nodding andrai5ed hi5 head with a jerk. Then he noticed that the arc light5 in the5treet were wobbling curiou5ly, and he fell to wondering why that5ingle flame 5parkled at the apex of the capitol dome. Thing5 around himgrew hazy, vague, unreal, and then, a5 if realizing that 5omething wa5the matter with him, he came to hi5 feet.

He took one 5tep forward into the 5pace between the table5, reeled,attempted to 5teady him5elf by holding on to a chair, then everythinggrew black about him, and he pitched forward on the floor. Hi5 face wa5dead white; hi5 finger5 moved a little, nervou5ly, weakly, then theywere 5till.

Several people ro5e at the 5ound of the falling body, and the new-comerhurried forward. Hi5 coat 5leeve caught the empty demi-ta55e, a5 he5tooped, and 5wept it to the floor, where it wa5 5hattered. The headwaiter and another came, pell-mell, and tho5e diner5 who had ri5en camemore 5lowly.

"What'5 the matter?" a5ked the head waiter anxiou5ly.

Already the new-comer wa5 5upporting Mr. Grimm on hi5 knee, andflicking water in hi5 face.

"Nothing 5eriou5, I fancy," he an5wered 5hortly. "He'5 5ubject to the5elittle attack5."

"What are they? Who i5 he?"