Sharp County record., 1878-08-23

QaQ lGrge A1.Ih tNOof VIZ - O..
liar and weird expression. III sA1Il' II
vas q thoroughly Italian face; ana We
fnurd out afteruard that Mr.. LhITch,,
baT- so-csiled uncle and guardian, had
nicked ber I'D in Italy. He vas sirtcN
with the picturesque beauty oI me G----u
Who was Dlaviug on q doorstep ana As
eerraiuing that she was iounu!iIg' anu ..1
hat hgr foster parents could iL-aEo[o
10 supporr her, had adopted neI AllL'5'-i.
After q few commonplace sentences
had Dassed. Madame asked me L j. "o'1lu
on and assist Miss Church TO arrange
her things: which I accordingly alu' si-s
in the meantime sitting by and -00AIAg
an. We were thus occupied, WleA -OoA-
INC n. her. [ saw her face suddenly Is,
sume the most. curious expression III
Tight seemed to have died out OF l5I
aTas. her form became somewhat IlSlu'
and She began speaking II Q low .oI-6,
but RAPIDLY and huentlT, n ErencA. /
was much alarmed; Ju1 IL that lnOIA1il-
Madame entered to see how We we're
gettiuU on. On catching ighL Oh
7,Iiau's face. she muTmured to me:
ssHush! Don't notice II. she s q
sonuambulist, and falls INTO these
frances 1t times. Lsuppose she has me
Tread Of us foreigners on her mind.
Whatever YOU do. do not rouse her; II
might be fatal. ct,
3 But. Madame, her eyes are open.
s.Yes. nv dear; they always are III
such q case. ,. .,..-
Aud. then Madame, thinking il best TO
Let me. know the real state ot the case,
-hough warning me not to let Lillian
Know aboutit. told me the circumstances
under which the young g1ri was sent TO
school.
For many months the peace Of Mr..
Church's house had been greatly dis
turbed bv a suspicion that there was 2
thief among the servants. The things
which disappeared were OF no great
value. and all belonged to Miss Church
pin. cushions, brushes, articles OF
clothing: but though safe al night, IN
the morning no trace was to be found CI
them. At last the mystery was solved.
Miss Church. who slept at thetOp Of the
house. had a friend q few doors OH who
slept on the same floor. OnemghI this
friend was reused 5ya tapping NJ her
window. With wonderful presence d1
mind she opened It gently, and IN
climbed Lillian Church. Sne mad
clambered all along the ledge at the top
Of the house: but how she had escaped
death no one knew. OF course, alter
this her window was secured, and she
WIS watched: and It was discovered
that she had herself got rid Of heT things
bv going down at night IN her sleep and
burning them in the garden.
Ijpon this further discovery Of her Pc
cuiiaritv, an eminent doctor was con-
suited, who prescribed perfect change OF
air and scene and the society OF young
. companions. Lillian was therefore sent
TO school in Paris. ---.- --
. T doubt whether Madame had any idea
of the task she was undertaking. Ger
tainlv. if she hoped to keep Lillian 5
condition q seeret. confined to TWO or
three she was disappointed, for this
strange girI used to fail into frances At
all hours Of the day. The most re-
narkable part OF the case was that al
though she was downright stupid, and
deficient Of intelligence when awake,
as soon as she fell into these sleeps she
became quite as remarkably clever.
Her French was Of the very Oalde5t
English school giTl possible. Happen
ing, however, to fail asleep some days
later over a French lesson, to the as
touishment Of her teacher she began TO
sneak with ease. In one Of these frances
one Of the girls noticed that the top OF
her thumbs-or rather not quite the top,
but the part Just opposite the nall-was
black. She took hold Of her hands,
and touching it, said:
"What's the matter With your nand,
Liiian?"
Lillian snatched away her hand, cry
ing:
UOh. dont't! You hurt my eyes.
Wenoticed after this that all reading
while in these frances was conducted by
means Of the thumbs her eyes fixed
ON vacancy, she would sit passing her
thumbs from line to line OF the book.
The lessons thus learned were never re-
nembered in her waking moments, but
always came back in any succeeding
trailGe. This peouliarity has seemed IN
2refible to most people who have heard
II .nd indeed is incomprehensible; but
Il is 4 all respects nevertheless true.
She used sometimes to play the piano
n these frances, and although when
wake she could not play better than a
tild Of eight or 10 years Of age, she
very fairly in her sleep; in
. Iced had it not been for the thumb dill
7 Jrouiii ii.y, she would have played very well,
I'Ht the had to twist her thumbs in pc
I, - = lar i'5 manner to prevent touching the
black spot through which she appeared
20 see.
Still more extraordinary were her
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