Arizona republican., 1901-03-12

spent tfNee and half years in Cana da. Two years ago, through an acci- dent by fire her hair, which then fell to her knees, was burnt, and one or gan of the eye had been seriously in- jured. Mayhap the misfortune also af- fected her menral faculties and robbed her of hearing. It was some time be- fore 1t was discovered that she was to-. tally deaf. depending wholly upon watching the motion of the lips of the person with whom she was talking. She had started once for Germany to take treatment from oculists ahere. but owing to the condition of the af- Nlcted organ she could n0. pass the steamer officials at Tampico. With tenacity of purpose she returned to the city of Mexico and started again via Nueva York. hoping to secure steamer passage there.
 A party of young peorle returning from Mexico said she had missed trains twice. She carried letter from crew of train officers stating that owing to her lack of English she ha' Host her train and that they had paid her expenses at the depot hotel, send ing her on again the next day. It also expressed a wish to conductors along her trip that they would give her spe- cial attention to prevent further mis takes on her journey.
 At Eagle Pass, coming Into the Unit" ed States, when her baggage was re- checked, the baggage master had found 1t impossible to remove her distrust in the paper check he exchanged for he' brass one.
 When she learned that We were goiDg nearly al the way to New York und proposed to take charge of her, she &C., cepted the offer with gratitude and re lief, also claiming tine protection of her scholarly interpreter whose course changed at New Orleans. All her un- rest and distress of mind disappeared. Once while a group was gathered about her the gentleman looked drmbfound . ed at something she said. r half sus- pected the meaning but did not appear to do so. for 1t seemed more compli- mentary to me iIhan to him. The in !. depreciation which followed was. You would be surprised at what she says She thinks you are my daughter and she tells me that she has given you a book containing her name and address. She expects to remain in Germany four months, and then, having returned to Mexico, she wishes to perpetuate this friendship by correspondence" All went smoothly, the great river she dreaded being crossed on the ferry without her being aware of it. Before her valued attendant bade us adieu the depot attendants received instruc- tions to put us on the train when the time came. Suddenly there was some . thing she wanted to know, but ticket agents with knowledge of Spanish no one could find out what il was. She had two quarter dollars in her hand. and kindly disposed German gentle, man who tried to assist, told her that each was five un5 twenty cents. She was still trying in the crowded depot to find out, when the porters came and We just gathered her up and took her along. As herself and attachments were being settled in the car I saw the silver again in her hand and instantly knew she had been trying to find out how much to pay the porter.
 The new car conained a number of young men who indulged in merriment at her expense. This amounted to hi- larity when she took draught from a