Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-25
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brandy bottle, was a constipation that
| cannot sufficiently express.

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However nothing happened for
some time, but the coach hurried, he
hosted, and the night it was growing
dark; at last he gave, as ye would say,
skraik, and fell as dead as doornail
with the pie and the bottle on the seat
before me.
At first, as we may think, was con-
founded, but presently heard a lad
that was free with drink singing on
the top of the coach; so being my leeful
lane with the dead body, | put my head
out of the window, and babe the coach
man to stop. 1t was by this time quite
dark
"I'll be very much obliged to you"
quo to the driver, "if yen let the
gentleman that's singing so blithely
come in beside me, for the poor lad
that was here has taken an i'll turn"
The coachman very civilly consented
to this, and the drunken nightingale
was allowed to come in, but before he
got the door opened, took care to set
the corpse upright, and to place it all
in order with the bundle in its hand on
its knee.
"Friend,' said to the man, "ye'll
be so good as to keep this poor lad in
a steady posture, for he has had low
turn, and may be it'll be some time
before he recover"
"I'll do that" said he: and according
ly he sat beside the dead man, and
fheld him up, as away went the coach
| with all three
81 wish ma'am," said the supporter,
after having sat some time silent, "that
the man be not already dead, tor l do
not think he breathes
"Don't trouble him:" quo ], shes
but in low way"
We had not gone far till he lifted the
dead mans arm, it fell like lump OF
clay.
"By Heavens he's dead!" said my
living companion in alarm; she does
not breathe, and his hand is as power.
less as a knuckle Of veal"
"Cannot you let the man alone, said
I, show would you like to be so flashed
| if We had been tainted YOURSELF? l tell
you it's no decent to be meddling with
either his feet or hands
Upon my saying which words, the
drunken fool, holding up the body
with his left hand, lifted one gifts legs
and let it drop.
"Madame." said he in mournfnl
! voice, she does not breathe, he has no
, power in his hand, and his legs dead
log. I'll bet ten to one he's dead"
, "Surely," quo'f, no poor woman was
ever so tormented as am-what bus,
mess have you either to bet or bargain
on the subject? Cannot ye be in a
peaceable manner, just do as bid you
and keep the poor man in christian
posture?
But, for all that, we had not driven
far till the inquisitive fellow put lis
= hand into the bosom of the corpse.
"By jingo, madame" said he, Sit
. this bent dead man the last oyster
f swallowed is living yet-he does not
: breathe, his hand is powerless, his leg
f can't move, and his heart don't beat
$ The games all up with him, depend
, upon't OF my names not Jack Low
4 Their"
2 "Well, l declare, Mr.. Lowther,'
: ouo'I, 81 never, met the like OF you
;, Who ever heard Of a man dying in
, stage-coach! am surprised ye couIt
!, think of mentioning such thing to
e Teddy. It's enough to brighten me GU
t of my judgment-for the love ofpeace
t Mr.. Lowther, hold your tongue about
r death, and hand up the man till we &c
C 10 Kendall" =,
}. 81 may hold him up-that don
refuse, but ma'am," said Mr.. Lowther
q "the Door fellow is already food 10
b worms-feel his bosom, put in you
!. .and-do pray. BY lingo, he is as COLI
n as frog, and as dead as leg OF NUT
q ton. | have given him such a pinch
d that fine had spark, Of life, it mus
|. have made HIM Jump.
e "Mr. Lowlher," said with grea
a. sincerity, ye're most exlraordlnar
l. perplexity, TO nip the man in that way
N it's enough to cause his DEATH al
IL surprised We have SO little regard
r, humanity"
,e So with some converse of the sam
sort, we at last reached the inn door a
,e Kendall, and when the waiter came VII
e, a candle to see who woull light &c
,e supper, l said to him, "let me quiet
e. out, for there's dead man IN II
| coach beside me" The waiter uttere
he a cry Of terri6calion, and let the Car
ID die fall in the dib, bat in an install
=" twenty other lights came ilaining' a,
We crowd gathered around US, while NJ
ut Lowther jumped on, Of the carrlas
as like a creature by himself ana W
m like to faint with the thoaght OF havii
a travelled in the company Of corpse
nd And TO be surely, it was no. We