The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

| cedfng New Years, the strange shadow
| that has fallen over the girls life first
made its appearance. Angela, in the
morning, had gone TO the grocery store
at the corner of Mack and Park ave-
nues. Returning home, she complain
ed of feeling an intense desire to sleep,
and lay down upon her bed.
Her slumber lasted for three days
and nights. Her frightened relatives
called In DR.. Otto Lang. of No. SO Mi
ami avenue. Nothing appeared to De
| the matter with the girl. however. out
side Of her unnatural sleep. Her
| breathing was even and regular.
! There were no lines of suffering on her
! face. On the contrary. it wore an ex-
| preston Of angelic sweetness, broken
| occasionally by a smile OF happy de-
light
At the expiration Of the time men,
toned Angela awoke. s,e her sOTrow-
ing and nearly distracted mother and
sisters she said:
Don't worry abouI he. I am not
sick. II you knew what do you would
not worry"
Pressed for the meaning of her
strange words, she narrated with evil
dent reluctance and fear of being dis
believed, how visions of sweet faces
had appeared to her. and how melod as
of more than earthly sweetness were
ringing in her ears. The saints, she
said. also talked to her, and then her
happiness was indescribable
THE FIRST AWAKENING.
Soon after this she sank into anothet
deep slumber. which was not brokex
until New Years eve. Meanwhile her
parents, disquieted and amazed at
what she had told them called in Dr.
Shields, Of Mack avenue. The case
was a puzzle to him. He refrained from
administering medicine, and left for
her only a tonic TO keep up her
strength.
On New Years night Angela awoke.
bright and energetic as though from
a fresh nights rest. All New Years
day and the Monday following she sat
up and conversed brightly with her
friends. On Sunday she expressed a
desire TO go down stairs to her be-
loved piano. She was assisted down,
and. seating herself at the instrument.
dropped her fingers idly upon the key
board, while rapt expression came
over her features. Then from her fin
gers there welled forth an improv5sed
melody. so unearthly in its sweetness.
SO plaintive in it's spirit. that the
mother. who stood near, fell to weep
ing. while even DR.. Shields exclaimed
at the marvellous beauty of the music
Even the father, coming in at that
moment. paused in wonderment ard
exclaimed to his wife:
Why, mother. hoy different she
plays from what she used to-
Angela's mysterious slumber soon
overpowered her again, however, and
the Monday night Following New
Years she again relapsed into her
strange state of somnambulency and
has remained in bed ever since. occa-
sionally waking UP to take a slight re-
freshment and then sink back into her
former condition again. Mrs. Hoffner
was greatly worried about her daugh-
ter, but the other members of the
family were somewhat comforted by
Angela's assurances that she felt all
right.
A PRETTY PICTURE.
A more perfect picture of angelic
would be difficult to imagine. Under
the white coverings Of the bed rests
the form of young girl as vet betray-
ing the angular lines of youthful i'm
maturity verging on womanhood. The
features, too lack the rounded out
lines but the mouth is one of marvel
Gus sweetness Dark brown eyes, lum-
inous in their intensity. and seeming to
see through and beyond material
things, give one a feeling almost OF un-
easiness. The hands. long slender and
fragile, toy with a rosary and cruciax
which rests upon the girls bosom.
Yet the voice is strong and devoid OF
any trace of affectation or melancholy,
and her eyes as she looks into visitors
faces are full Of the buoyant light Of
girlhood-