“I woke up.”

“Woke up to find him dead? Is that what you wish to tell me?”

“Yes; just that, but let me explain the particulars.”

“Go ahead.

CHAPTER III.
THE MYSTERY OF THE DEATH WOUND.

“I woke up with the feeling that somebody had called to me, and I started to a sitting posture on the couch before I was aware where I was. Then, of course, a glance told me my surroundings.”

“And you still had the impression that somebody had called to you?”

“Yes.”

“Called your name?”

“Yes; and by my middle name, which is never used outside my immediate family. My father, mother and sister always call me Meadow, or Med.”