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 Amelia waz 4he dearest girl l ever knew. Sine was bsaafifuI and had Q lov- jag disposition. Everything seemed to fall ia love with her. She possessed great strength and enjoyed Q tramp through the 7Fc0dz She would often go alone, and # Uas while gH saa8 tI5ps that zHs VoaId capture the animals and snakes of which she made psts. often wondered E55z she did i6. often asked her. bEt the szb5ecs #as always instant ly changed ] finally concluded thar ] would leaHl at least portion of her secret # it took lae all my life.
 One day iD 1851. as Eas coming down the Toad and saw Amelia. I har- ried after har. She went to a stream and sang Q weird song. The words were gacb as l hal neEeT heard. a1d the appear ance of Anelia was greatly changed. Her YOics seemed unnatural
 T was frightened. Presently 9 fsg birds fsy7 toward her, and several snakes crayled from their hiding places ] deer also responded to the weird sounds She handled the snakes, caressed the birds and stroked fine deer. She remain ed IL this queer state about one hour. It was this sight that made ne firm in my determination te break away from her
 ] had paid Amelia attention for four years. but ceased Iny visifs after that Amelia. during ray time as her lover always had her two bears, deer, @ cata- mount, fox and two snakes as pets It was not unusual to see Amelia enjoying her dinner, supper CT breakfast sur rounded by her pets Those that ate meat would get 1t off q plate especially arranged.
 The bears were often hitched to . earriage, and she would ride behind them. The postofdce was some miles away, and among the sights each week was Amelia, accompanied by bear and deer. These pets were extremely fond of their owner and would allow no one tO molest her
 Some odd things happened Amelia was finer than the other girls in tho vi- cinity intellectually and was general fayorite. I remember I used to shudder at having her ugly eatamount near us as we sat on the old settee Then, too, it wash t delightful to have q big snake crawl oyer my leg as 1 sat there talking sentiment to Amelia. When Amelia got cross, she would sit OH the floor, sur round herself with her pets and laugh at me l was afraid of the pets, and she knew it.
 All of these animals were taught to do various tricks, and no matter when the word WAS given all pets responded. l recall the first time ever attempted to kiss her. As all country lovers go about 1t, began telling how Sim Jones over ill the valley kissed Martha Hen. ninger when walking along g lonely road, and that Sarah Johnson a..ys how she'd rather kiss than go to a corn husk. ill. Amelia was on to me, but let me get closer and allow my arm to 20 around her waist Finally stroked her hair, and, with sudden movement. pulled her head toward me and was about to take the kiss, when from her throat came the magic word which made the bears jump toward me, the catamount land on my back, the fox give cry and tho snakes stand in the air in front of me. I was scared nearly to death, hugged all the closer to Amelia and was nearly exhausted when she commanded the pets to go away
 No, I didn't kiss her then, but wait. ed for more convenient season. Inever learned that she lost her strange power. but at the time of her death she had only bear and deer as pets, besides several birds. "--New York Press.