The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-01


eyes the tone of the voice and the choice
OF words. But as to these she cannot
speak very precisely after this lapse of
time. y
The child slept until long after her usu-
al hour next morning. When she woke
she had no knowledge of ANYTHING that
had happened since she went to sleep ON
the beach. She was completely restored
to her normal condition. Mrs. s had
been in a state of great distress. 1t was
not uncommon at that period for people
to regard phthisis as romantic ana anv
mental arrangement as diSsraccful Ger
talnly Mrs. s. took the latter view. She
was rcJoiced to find the child restored To
herself, and she bound Miss y. TO say
nothing about the incident to ANYBODY.
lest people should bring it up against
her afterward." She considered thai No.
ran had been too much in the sun and
that this had made her silly" for timn
considering that the disappearance of
the symptoms meant the disappoaron,n
OF the disease, she did not call in n doc
tor
Norah apparently completely reraincd
her health. She did not become an in.
rant prodigy. At the age of II. when
the hands of foreign governcSSeS. she
seems to nave been fairly normal girl.
a little emotional perhaps, but with no
tendencies to melancholy, fond of sport.
eager to see the world.
Eight years afterward Miss y. took tho
post of companion to Norah. Durin. tho
interval she had once more become an or
phan, and she had inherited Mr.. SIS for
w Iah
much greater than it had been supposed
he would leave behind him. It gave No.
ran an income of about f1,700 a year.
She came to London, where she had
many friends. Some of these were any.
lous to have her live with them. but she
was fond of her independence. She
wrote to Miss ". with whom she had
Kept up n dcsultory correspondence. and
an arrangement was soon made between
them. They lived together in comfort
able house in Hampstead Here also
Miss \. noticed nothing that could be
called abnormal about Norah. She was
bright and energetic, fond of pleasure
and particularly fond of getting new ex-
perienceS.
Norah was at this time engaged to be
married to a distinguished oricntalist and
Traveller, man about ten years older
than herself. to whom she was devoted
1t was arranged that after the marriage
Miss y. was to act as her housekecper.
Three days before the marriage was TO
have taken place Norah committed sui
eide, poisoning herself with oXalic acid.
1t is not 4 good suicide poison. because
the antdote is to he found ready at hand
in most houses. But Norah was not dis
form, ana Jio5 in ~ w.. l,'',0ii ~ " "iiu'eu
NJ n,ntirn 90 - ANY ,.' !. f.V'P'
for tbn ao+ - ~ ~, ~ lou''|
,o,.3i,+ ,,.os. -, ''''''' anu Tue uSu"i
Nv bo,. Yin sL' lDt4 ., ,r;..
rnitv o,d IN ~ ~, l,' ~ ''iss ~ 'n an
Ann,,, ti,,. ra,4,.,. 3iN p'PeIS'
oyorcisa hooks tioJ nm Mn s., ~ ,'''I
,,orl.,,J ~. i.i, 49,, Inns ".u
or nv do,tb Biol,,I,. ~. ,,.,.,,I,. "
Y modo mo- MONTE &c ''',4'' ~ - 80
nrcst If i ram mn, IN ~ Ill; ~
second mart Of Vo~,b,.' li...,,.,. :. i.',..
written boyo ,at r,,,,, ,,,.,...,,.1
rooJ tI,o r.I,,ia - 49, ~ ~
Much of what b,vn. r,,,1 I nm, MA Nm.
mittnd IN rcnoot boro ,rJ ~ ,.o,I.',i-,,
ouotation cam givn very rttlc
These hooks are rnvoI.,i., of +i,o
tragedy Of Nor,b's Ito Tbn,, o,o ,on.
cernad nrircin,IIv Win bo,. .,...,,I ,,o,-
sonolitv J,pat AMI oro NOT corsno,.+;,.,
long lansns orcurrin, bot,vcon tGo J,,o,
Of tho different b,ol..
There is no reference IN tbo o,,.os.oc+
incident in tbem Tho first hooI' i, d..ai
whom Nnr,b wos X voors ola trha 8 -
line begins: Il was Janet in nv sloen
last night. 1t is no good TO prav any
more. One day she will come when am
awake. and everybody will know. and
they will shut me up somewhere and saw
that am mad"
That note of horror is ronnatn1 MI
through the books She makes misera-
bic little pathetic tests of her SANITY and
can find nothing wrong bnt thai ono
thing-that she feels that she may NJ anv
time lose her personality. that Janet mu.t
come back. She feels il n DISGRACE tbot
she is not like other peoplc: she longs far
holm and svmnotbv vet NOT for ,,,,rI,ls
would she speak of her trouble 70 sin
gle soul.
She onnaars 70 have Soma means ,oror
indicotnd of commrn;cotir,, With ,L;s
mvstorious twin sister Sho snaal., -
tellinc har tbincs and Of oxnoti,,l,
nromiso from bnr tbot sbo win 49,
come hack evcent whom Nor.b i oIono ~
night Tben wo bnor no moro Of thoso
conversations which AFRO rorortod in =
most motter of fact wov and anothor
horror enrinos nm Jonet moons To- mn
bnr She will never snooL but Noah
'ii"' O''i'SS Pcliou vi apout Il