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Show VOICE LONG SILENCED FREED JJEFORE DEATH Strange Story From Tennessee of Dumb Girl Who Spoke Once and Then Died, j MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 7. From Bemrs Cotton Mills, Madison county, comes a strange story. Clara Ware, a nineteen-year-old girl, who had never been known to utter a sound, found power of Bpeech and then died. J For some time Miss Ware had been suffering from a lingering Illness. She bore her Bufferings with the characteristic patience of those thus afflicted. She was dying, and the family knew It. One of her near relatives was seated Jin the room watching while the rest eat in an adjoining room. While the parents grieved, from the room where phe lay came a human voice. , I Springing to th bed where the girl lay, the watchers found that it was Clara who had spoken. She spoke to those gathered in awe about her. She told them all good-bye, saying that she had longed and prayed to be able to speak to them before she died. I "The good God has answered my prayer," said she, "and I am going to a better and happier land, my home beyond," and as she spoke the soul that had found escape in that one note fled. Those who witnessed this and heard the dumb girl speak are unable to et-plain et-plain it The occurrence has been talked of in Bemls and everywhere In the vicinity. vi-cinity. The fact thatthe girl spoke while on her deathbed and every incident connected with it has greatly Impressed those inclined to spiritualistic views, and those who are superstitious say that It was some supernatural power that loosed the vocal chords and freed the voice so Ions imprisoned. |