The Forrest City times., 1891-07-24
BURIED ALIVE.

dining hall of the hotel and sat down at their places. The walters began their serving quite leisurely in order to give tho belated ones time to arrive and to save themselves the trouble of bringing back tho dishes; tho old bathers, with whom the season was far advanced. kept an alert watch upon the door each time it was opened, hoping for the appearance of fresh faces.
 There came only two, but very strange ones. those of man and woman-father and daughter. The gentleman was very tall and spare, slightly bent with hair quite white too white for his still young counte- nance; there was in his carriage and about his person the serious air of austerity that bespcaks the Puritan The daughter was, perhaps, about 2i or 25 years of age. She was small and emaciated, and her exceedingly fale face wore languid, spiritless ex- pression. We sometimes encounter people who appear too weak for the cares and demands of lifc. too feeble to move, to do the things we must do every day. This girl was pretty with the transparent beauty of an appari- ton; she ate with extreme slowness. moving her arms.
 It was she undoubtedly who came for the benefit Of the waters.
 They happened to be opposite mo on the other side of the table, and im- mediately noticed that the father had veiy Singular nervous a1liction.
 Whenever he was about to reach for anything, his hand, with quick jerk, described sort of fluttering zigzag. before he was able to touch what he was after. In u few moments this motion annoyed mo so much that turned away my heal in order not to see him.
 I also observed that tho young girl kept glove on her left hand while she ate.
 After dinner l went out 10 take d turn in the park belonging to tho water-care establishment It cxtcnd- cd to the little station hidden in n gorge at tho foot of n high mountain, from which runs so many hubbling springs. hot from the deep furnace of old volcanoes. Over there, beyond us. the domcs, extinct craltcrs. raised their mutilatcd heads above the long chain. Chatel-Guyon begins tho land of .sDcmes
 Beyond the .slomes" are two other distinct regions, the one of needle like pcaks>and tho other of abrupt prccip- itous mountains.
 It was very warm that evening. was walking back and forth in the shady path. listening to the music pouring forth from tue casino on n mound that overlooked the park
 l perceived the father and daug coming toward me with slow steps. I saluted them. us in watering places one salutcs his hotel companions. The gentleman, stopping immediately. in- quired of me.
 Pardon me. sir; may l ask if you can direct us to q short walk. easy and pretty, if possible?"
 l offered to conduct them myself. to tho valley through which tho slender river flows-a deep. narrow gorgc be- tween two great dcciivities. rocky and wooded.
 They accepted.
 And. naturally enough. VIC spoke oi the virtues of the mineral waters
 ..Ah. yes. !" said he. my daughter has strange n.alady. tho scat oi which herph hsslcians arc unable to de- termine. She suffers from incomprc- hensible nervous symptoms. Some times they think her afflicted with heart disease. sometimes with liver complaint, and sometimes with spinal difficulty. At present they attribute Co the stomach. which is tho grea, motor and prime regulator of the body, this Proteus-like malady of q thousand forms. u thousand modes of attack. That is why we arc here. am my self rather of the opinion that it is her nerves. In any case it is very sad" That reminded me immediately of the violent jerking of the hand and l asked:
 "But is not that hereditarye Arc not your own nerves little affcctcd?' Tranquility he answered;
 '.Mine2 Oh. Mo; have always pos sessed very calm aerves-"
 Then suddenly. alter pause. he re- marked:
 ..Ah. yes' You refer to the acton of my hand whenever reach for an object? That is tho ,esatt of n terrible shock once had. Imagine. sir. this child has been euried alive.n
 could find nothing to say except ..Ah. with emotion and surprise.
 He went on: Here Is the story. IL is simple. Jutiette had for some time seemed subject to disordered action, Of tho heart We were su,o she suffered from some disease of this organ and expected the worst
 One day sho was brought in lifcless --dead. She had fallen dead while walkipg in tho garden The phy- siciAn issued certificate Of death. watched beside her for day and two nights. I myself placed her in the conn. which followed to the ceme- tery. where she was laid in the family vault It was in the country. in Lorraine.
 I had wished that she should be buried with her jewels, bracelets necklaces, rings. all the presents that l had given her. and her first ball drass.
 You can imagine the state of my