The evening times., 1895-10-21
THE TINES $4,000 SURETY SMALL ADS


| but positive reply Poor Jack has been .
kind and attentive since my illnessi He was
! an-ry then and scarcely knew what he said.
! imay rs weil ten you the truth now;I have
7, taken slow and subtle paisca that In KIN
lug me Ii was given me last summer by an
! Old gypsy who iold my fortune
! 1couid scarcely credit my ears nd asked
her score OF questions 10 less than Q
minute; but she was overcome by weakneu
and could DOT explain why she had takes
the poison or why she had made no mention
OF il until that time.
When Told the family physician of her
strange declaration he looked startled and
then shock his head, replying:
Poor grill her mind 10 affected now,
, certain of that II is simply q Lew dis-
ease we do not understand and canno<
diagnose"
No one credited the poison theory. and
after serious thought l was doubtful coz
corning it myself.
Sill. Miriam sank lower and 1t seemed
evidcntthc end was not faraway. Thegrief
of her father was oserpowerins, but he
Could do nothing much to savc his caring
child.
Jack Wallace was called away to the
city for seine reason, but a telegram from
Miriams father seon followed telling him
TO return without delay as the girl-my
poor swectheart-was dying
We bad gathered about her bedside and an
were expecting the fading sparks OF iife 10
90 out forever in q few minutes. TIE old
doctor had called two other physicians,
but the trio could do nothing TO pro;ons
her life / heard one of them whisper h
another:
''Shc will breathe heriast within five min
utes'
Igianced at the clock that ticked heavily
on the nIantel and sa " II was exactly 3: n
O'Clock In the afternoon. And then, as nv
dry ard fearless eyes came back to the thin
face of her loved. was ANA zed 10 behold
sudden and marvellous change. Her eyes
opened. bit of color came TO her cheeks, shs
drew n long deck breath and-satup.
For an instant every oDe IN that room
seemed struck dumb with aniazement and
then two of the doctors were urging her TO
lie down again. In a voice that was stronger
than it had been for many lung days she
protested against it, saying she Must get
up
Help NE. Wilbur" she said II am
going out to get a breath of fresh air. ]
have been In the house So iongr'
Then. for the first time, she realized heR
situation, but she persisted In her determine
ton TO get up and go out. Every one but
the nurse and an assistant was quickly ex-
cluded from the room, and, with a h art beat
ing with new born hope, / awaited what
was to follow.
Hair an hour later. leaning on my arm.
Miriam walked to the door, for she would
not be denied in her resolution 1 was
more than ever astounded to note the change
Tor the better, for she seemed quite strong
and well. AS for the old physician and
his companions they were speechless with
wonder.
AS We paused at the door a messenger
came running up the steps and gave Rodney
Dole dispatch, which was quickly torn
open and read.
The mans saSe paled, and he handed It to
me without a word. The message ran a.
follows:
''A..erBoon express wrecked at GRANVILLE
cruss!Is;- Seven Passengers killed. John
Wallace died three minutes after being
removed from burning car. Requested dis
patch seat you
That was tweive years ago. To-day Mir-
lam is my wife. well, strong and hundred
times dcarer and more beautiful to me than
she seemed in the odd days. She las never
been able to explain her strange story con-
cerning tie poison and the cause of her
singular Illness remains a mystery.
The express was wrecked at exactly BIT
O'Clock on the afternoon we gathered by
Miriam's bed to see her die. She began to
Recover then and by the time Jack Wallace
was dead she had nearly regained fuiiposses-
sion OF her strength.
How do explain it? lido not. The subtle
science of hypnotism is beyond the reach
OF my Observation-Disclosures News