When we had nearly got round I was in a hurry, whereas Everett was for strolling slowly, and so I went on before him.

But I was hardly two hundred yards in front of him before he was attacked by three persons, a man and two women.

The man I presume came upon him from behind, but he has not sufficiently collected his thoughts to remember exactly what occurred.
I heard the scuffle and of course turned back,--and was luckily in time to get up before he was seriously hurt.
I think the man would otherwise have strangled him.

I am sorry to say that he lost both his watch and purse.
He undoubtedly has been very much shaken, and altogether "knocked out of time," as people say.

Excuse the phrase, because I think it will best explain what I want you to understand.