Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-06
Rannia,. Roez.

Nannie's BogV
 Mamie was q ten-Yearzoi8 girl who had the good luck 5B ba travelling abroad with her aunt. They had been in Paris and in Italy. and then went to Switzerland to spend the summer at a big hotel among tha mountains.
 Mamie enjoyed the life perhaps more than most children would. She was imaginative, and the beauty Of the scenery around her gave nor great pleasure. Still. sometimes she felt lonely and homesic5t for her aunt and nearly all the people she met were growu-up and not very lively compaa- ions for her; and she often longsd for her brothers and sisters 10 play with. These homesick feelings came on worst ak bedtime. aud Mamie hated bedtime for other reasons besides. Her bed room was away up on the third floor. at the very end of a long corridor. She was sent to bed early. as ali we'll brought-up children are aud at that time her aant's room next door aud all the rooms were empty. for the grown 0p people were downstairs enjoying themselves.
 When her a0nt's maid had seen her i0to bed, and said goo1 night and shut the door behind her, and Nsnnt8 heard Psrker's footsteps echoing away 1a the distance down the long bara corridor Of the summer hotel. she fett dreadfully alone and made haste to get to sleep so that she might forget it.
 She felt afraid, too, although sbs did not know exactly Of what; but she would have besn ashamed to confess her fears evan to her kind aunt, for Ssha knew chat 1t was silly for young lady who was grown-up enough to be traveling about Europe bo have any: atill, she couldn't help having them all the Aame. Every night sha kaTt won dering. su posing anything should happen to her. how she eoutd make the people down stairs hear.
 One night she hadn't been in bed vary long when something made her want to open her eyes. As she did so. she was startIed to see a great blazing aye gazing at beF through bhe darkness at the foot Of her bed.
 Nanniss heart went pttapat. and she felt terribly frightened What could it be? She had heard stories about all sorts of strange apparitions, but she kl .fs soeN and she knew that ghosts and bogies did not exist But it was all very well to know that: she couldn't help feeling miserably frightened as ioug as this mystery was unexplained of the big, burning eye looking at her
 Mamie. shiysriug all over and with har head buried under the bedclOthes, tried to reason with herself what 1t so,hd be. for she was q reasonable little girl. She came 10 the cOnclu- sion that she must have drsamt it. She did have nightmares sometimes. So she cautiously pseped ont to sse whether tbs eye were stall bdera.
 It was staring at her as deroely as ever!
 It was dreadful Mamie felt suore frightened than before. for she knew now that she wasn't dreaming; she was only too plainly Widsawake, She quickly took refuge again beneath the bedoiobhes. and rseked her brains to think what shs should do. IL was no use screaming out, for everybody was too far away to hear her, and tha thing might only cOms nearer and suf- locate her. or something But the sus- pense was 100 agonlzing to bear! She had almost rather be killed than sui fer it any longer. Then an inspiration came to her. She said a little prayer: 70 God. please send that eye away, or at least make me brave enough to get up and see what it ist
 After that she felt better, and 1t didn't seem to require so very much courage after all to sit up in bed ready to jump out when, behold. the eye had vanished
 Here was aa immediate answer to her prayer. Mamie fett delighted. and was glad she had been brave. and tay down again contentediy feeling that a weight had been taken off her heart
 To! there was the eys again fixed O@ her, This was too awf1ai! Na1snaS esgs 2ssperate But surely, surely Goa