I cannot recall er my illness. I only kno I sat in my moto  about ies. My  every object and observed every motion, and in to kno tion o make crude signs. A s quot;Noquot; and a nod, quot;Yes,quot; a pull meant quot;Comequot; and a pus;Go.quot; as it bread t I ed? tate ts of cutting ttering ted my moto make ice-cream for dinner I made ting cold. My motand a good deal. I alo  was brig.

    I understood a good deal of  me. At five I learned to fold and put a in from tinguis. I kne dressed o go  for ook to ture. One day some gentlemen called on my mot tting of t door and ot indicated t I ran upstairs before any one could stop me, to put on my idea of a company dress. Standing before ted mine h powder.

    t it covered my face and fell in folds doo my sied an enormous bustle round my small , so t it dangled be meeting t. ttired I  doo ertain the company.

    I do not remember  I  from ot I kne before my teaco me. I iced t my mot use signs as I did  talked imes I stood betand, and iculated frantically  result. t times t I kicked and screamed until I was exed.

    I ty, for I kne it  Ella, my nurse, to kick  of temper . But I cannot remember any instance in ing tiness  ed.

    In ttle coloured girl, Marton, tter, and a great er in ant companions. Marton understood my signs, and I seldom y in making  as I o domineer over ted to my tyranny rato-er. I rong, active, indifferent to consequences. I kne. e spent a great deal of time in tcurkeys t s tceps. Many of tame t