The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-23

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while grlof-sirlcken parents ana sor-
rowing friends wept at the pier
Friends took a last parting look al the
lear face and then turned away as
heart-broken mother sobbed out her
grief. Heavy indeed was the pail that
cruel death laid upon the Gillian
household. But the conn was never
sealed and the yawning grave sun
awaits the youthful occupant for which
L was opened. Little Ethel Gillian.
mourned a. dead. still lives and talks
md hreathes.a merry being OF theworld
and the wonder OF Pal0use, where she
was born and reared. Hundreds have
learned Of her marvellous resuscitation
and focked 10 see her until her fame
has spread Tar beyond the confines OF
her little native town. But she IL blind
now. totally blind. as scientists define
optical sighilessneus. and where once
the sun shone bright and clear before
that fatal illness fell upon her. her
eyes now see only blackness. over
them the lids are drawn smooth and
fast They are Fixed and paralyzed and
as rigid az her poor little body when
Il was placed In the casket for burial
Blind she says she is blind the doc
tors have declared her 20 be. but her
vision IL kecner than ever before. and
though her eyes are sightless and
useless. she sees everything that goes
on around her. reads and writes with
ease. speed and accuracy. In daylight
OF IN darkness, enjoys the beauty OF
pictures. all through her marvellous
/ fnger-tlps alone. and when weary OF
reading popular magazines. she lies
back among the pillows o. her sick
couch and watches the games % her
happy playmates AZ school. far remov-
ed from the view OF even those So
llcitous attendants who ever hover
near her. startlingly vivid are the de-
scriptlons abe gives % occurrences
miles away from her which inyestlga-
ton has never failed 10 show were
transpiring at the very moment she
beheld them. and IN just the manner IN
which she described them. Nightly
she says she crosses the river Of life
into the realms Of eternity. there "a
dwell till dawn. a companion Of the
angels.
And thus Il Il while sage old doc.
tors and learned scientists study hei
remarkable case IN perplexity. this NJ
lie Palouse girl. though her eyes car
see not. watches the world roll on even
better than she did before this remark.
able change came over her. Last sum.
mer Ethel Gillian was a strong. TO.
bust. healthy girl. with the same pro.
pensity 10 play. the same brisk appe.
lite and the same ability 10 sleep Ions
and late that was the heritage Of hei
companions. Her parents are not rich
neither are they poor. but have sun
cicnt means 20 live comfortably ant
we'll Ethel came home from schoo
one afternoon complaining OF pair
above her eyes. which became 90 &C.
rlous before evening that her mo,hol
was greatly alarmed. The little sui
fercr was put 20 he'd and from ira
couch she has never risen since. He
illness was long and severe. the NOR
30 because Is nature hafiled the hes
physicians. In the uncertainty shl
was treated for various ailments OF IN
head and body. though 20 none did sh
yield. but grew steadily worse. N
food would remain upon her stomach
aad the little figure. once 20 plum
ana strong. soon became withcred an
pinehed. These were anxious days q
the Gillian household. for even N
most sanguine hope was overshadowe
by the cold fact that death. speed,
and relentless. was inevitable An
what the parents had long feared seem