The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13

you will have a lot that a man win give
you" At that time none Of the family
knew Of the sale Of the house, which was
then being negotiated for, and in a short
time was sold.
A few weeks ago she was visiting an
aunt, who Is clerk in a store on Twelfth
street, where quite number of people ara
employed. Looking at one Of the clerks,
she said to her aunt:
''She is a French girl" AS this was
true, her aunt thought she would see IL
she could tell the nationality of the
other people in the store, and. without
making a mistake, she told the nationality
Of more than twenty people,
Hearing of this, a lady who is interested
in matters Of this sort. arranged that the
child should be brought to see her. While
she was eating her luncheon, and, indeed,
during her entire visit she kept turning
her head and looking as If she saw some
one where there was nothing to be seen BIZ
the ordinary observer. When she returned
to her aunt she told her that the lady she
had visited had a nice big boy. and de-
scribed him accurately, even stating the
color of his eyes and hair The lady had
a son. young man, but he was spending
few weeks with friend and he was
not with her, and no one who came in
contact with the child, excepting herself.
had ever seen him, nor was he spoken &C
before her.
Illness in the family she invariably fore
tells and when asked why she thinks the
person she names is going to be sick she
says because she sees them in bed. When
pressed to tell how she sees them, she
says: "Oh, / jest sees EN-" and will say
nothing more about 1t. Sometimes she will
answer questions when asked in regard
to future events, but quite as often she
Will say nothing. Whatever she announces
in regard to the future seems to be in re-
Spouse to a strong impulse within herself.
she is simply a shy little girl much liks
others Of her age.
IL is the united testimony of her rela-
tives that she Is an exceptionally obedi-
ent child. and her mother says that she
never knew her to tell falsehood. sim.
although she is tractable and gentle. there
Is no power that can make her friendly
with certain people. She has extremely
strong likes and dislikes. and often asks
her mother why she permits certain peO-
pie to come TO see them. When asked
why she does not like people she often
says because their eyes hurt her, or be-
cause their eyes are not good. She is
very fond of beisg alone, and will sing
and play by herself for hours without
seeming TO feel that she is alone. Occa-
sionally there is a child that she regards
with much fondness, but the uncounted
company Of children which makes Hou3-
ton avenue in the vicinity of her home.
the starting off OF a picnic were in prog
ress she will not associate with.
There are certain places as well as peo-
pie which she does not like. and she some-
times expresses fear of things which are
invisible to others. For instance, one day
her grandmother was about to take her
In her lap when she exclaimed:
"Oh, grandma, don't put your chair
there; there is where the little man al
ways stands, and he looks al me so fierce
I am afraid" On another occasion she
wanted to know how a queer, pretty bird
she saw got into the house. She is very
fond of all that Is fine. beautiful and
harmonious; that which Is coarse and
crude is distasteful TO her. She Is very
fond Of her French grandfather, Mr.. Jo-
vine, and when he is dressed to 90 out
she will say, with beaming satisfaction:
"Just see how nice my hopapa is" ho-
papa and homamma being pet names for
her grandparents. Although she never
hears any language but German I'm her
home and has never been to school, she
speaks English with scarcely any accent
When her mother was asked where she
learned English. she replied:
81 don't know. She just seems 10 pick
things up In herself" This really seems
70 be the literal truth not only In regard
TO her English but other things which
this baby seeress knows.