, 1875-10-09

Tho burrow. Rho fo',otimos occupies this porl-
tim for MI honr without moving. till mo,,no
makca tn appearance, when. l,y Sudden etart,
apparently without auy effort, she seIzos 1lor VIC
tim by tllo neck. An nuon ~ hnr prizo ts soonrea
nle scoma to ha electrified with JOY and trrmblnB
from icstl to foot, nttcrtnG n kind nf wild mur-
muir OF growl rrrcmhltng tho hnlf-supprcssn
auar1 Of wildcat. On arriving At lilo houso. and
making known tho object Of lnr visit, tho ,noll.er
otproesoa Tho Willingness 10 give mo Ill o1l,lbl-
tlon OF tho strange peculiarly Of the baby pro-
ytding would promise mot to make thoir names
public as eho Hncnctf 10 dtentl tho notnrety al-
ready gvpn 10 Tho ALTAR. i. Of courso, made tie
required prnuisn. and i,Gi tho privilege OF vii
nossihE with my own 6yeA performance 30
wonderful and novel thnt can nesor forgot the
impression IL mat1o. The bhbN waR Raleep w4en
! arrived, and oil arnkinR Aho athrtsG at onco on
her strange nlisslon She Is q beautiful lttttn
blonde Of delicate features and bright blt'o eyes,
and her hnir lies NIL ovar lior lead In cs1utaltefy-
formed goldeu curts, about tho circlo Of a dino.
There Is nothing ,n,sual about tho couateuauce
Of Tho child Or different frou1 that Ut my pretty
foat,srod baby. except Wtli'a stalking ]nr Ehf1n.
Then hor eyes hecone RliaiertnE and fixed,
sparkling liko gems and her fncc and l.adg tntn
pn1o as wax, whilo as,o appears to heir Q, no!1ce
nothing going on around llor. b1t kcops her cyos
steadily conterod on tho bUrrow wlletice sho OK
roctB her Kasne td snity forth. Tho nlothcr, an
otlcr BHter OF tito child, md ysclf sat In acrnt
circ1o aro,,nd hor. ei1ent IN II In spiritual
Bca,lco waiting for tho signal Of departed epirits
Had no mouse malo tts appearance, tllo sight
was ono neTor to be 1orHotten,-fho uaath!g-phlo
face Of that motlon1oss child. and tho nvetod,
Sparkling eyes concentrated for thirty minutes
on that motleo-hols IN tho brick hcArthf During
TINT half hour NO neither ,norca nor spoke
above whiaper. WHOM suddenly. liko tho
springlug Of trap. tho little things hand wont
down on the hoartll followed by the nno Hquoak
Of tho lnotla0. and that Htraugo. low growl and
singular trcmor Of body OF tho childi IA nsna'.
she hold tho mouse by tho mock In 1or right
hhnd, while It Hquirmcd desperately to get
away. sho thon pressed 1t mp a9ainbt hor
bosom. and felt of it gently aud softly
NTH her other Inud; tl,on would dexter-
ouHty change hands, carefully keuplug hor
grip on tho neck TO aroid it's bite, thougl,
har tnother told mo at1o had hecn frequently Bit
ten; and whtle sensitive TO pain md oryiug ut
tho least ordinary hurt, ale nevor vaa aeen to
wineo or show tho least pain from tho bitc Of
mollso. examined her !lngers, md found them
scerrsd in u1any places whcro as,o had boon Bit
ten. ttied to reaxo how tho feat Ind been ac-
comrlsslod hut It was t1ono 80 sudden thoro was
no time to anaiyzo it.. Yet was asa,red by Tho
family, who had taken frequent observation,
that tho mouHo whom onco out OF ita hole aocmH
to become charmed or uagncttzcd. and has no
power, or at least shows no disposition to escape
till caught. when IL Ia too late. If any a,-
proacheB tho child to take tho mouse Away from
her, nho will utter q shril scream md then try
tt conceal her prizo By putting 1t Into her
mouth.