The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-11-21
A Woman Supposed Dead Comes to
Life and demands her money of
Terrified Husband.

stio" hlv sluce thew had been one flesh.
The husband, though not bad man, oc
. css'"nally took q. drop too much and har.
piness on such occasions WAS ,he excep
ton in the household. The wife hsr. 81
600 in greenhacks, which she had saved.
and alwa,s carried with her, and heing
the master spirit in the firm, she would
not allow 1t To he encroached upon. but.
90 the contrary, endeavored to augment
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The wife took the cholera. and the
h"sbard. Obtaining permit. had her re.
moved TO the city hospital 1t ia not
know" that he accompanied her ,hirher,
though he mas, have visited her One
morning, the nurse being ont Of the room
for some time, he returned TO the bedside
OF the p"or woman and discovered her.
to all appearance, dead. The doctor wss
notified, md made his observation. No
ru'sari"n Of the heart, no breathing, moth
''E y" ''H P''e we hIhsion AMI assertion
'hs, the patient was dead. WAS discovered
and the Disciple Of E.culnpius pronoun
c-d her-dend She WAS forthwith dis
r"hed. placed in the rough coffin furnish
I'd ny the city. and convered to the dead
house For hours she lay apparently
corpse. with all The surroundings Of death
After the shadows OF nigh, had closed in.
'he W rc"man took look into the ,o,,n
to see 'ha, AL vas right From the i,
s'd" Of the c"ffius, percep,ihle Knocking
was heard. Suuerstition saizeI him hs
Slammed the door after him aud went t.,
"ort' o,her parties OF the mysterious
'app'ng' AMI several accompanied the
man I" 'he Temporary recapr Gle nf ,h.
! dead. When the door was on.,.d
siyhr met the gaz. nf the parry which
made the roofs Of their hair tinyi-. and
caused them 20 'eal = weakness about the
knees Tie corpse" hal raisel the id
"f The coffin. and was sitting upright in
it Where an IT. saws sh-. The ma,
Ter vas exp's'"ed n her briefly. Filed
With anger. i!l'ess haviog .-eningIv de-
parted. size let loose the food gate OF her
PASSION "t the idea Of being enclosed in.
snch contemplate receptacle SIZE had
$1,000 ~leu she wen, TO the bnspi,aI
al. Il L. 4
where II had gOue--ihar amount would
have give" her n decent sepul,ure The
attendants were unable to explain the
~h-reahonts Of the missing money. and
the woman demanded to he restored IN
herself once more. that sha might pur
sue the thief who had robbed her and
secn,e TO her lo1Y IL she were 10 die. de
cent burial. The "resurrec,ed" one was
he'rsd our OF her narrow prison house
and taken to = more genial chamber
Bnt here another difficulty arose-har
clothes had been DESTROYED Suitable Al,
psrel. however, was furnished, and on
finding herself once move of ,he flesh and
b'ool. abe insisted on starting At once in
search OF her husband, who she thought,
and perhaps correc,ly-wa consoling
himself with her 81. 900 and the idea tn At
soma other daughter of Eve would con.
sole his lonely hours. The surgeon, oh
serving that Madame was comparatively
well, and thinking that u might do her
more harm to retain her tbsn permi, her
deoarture, had the iron gate opened for
her exit. Darkness had set in ere ste
reached her husbands pl,cs Of dom;c,lis.
ton. She knocked at the door, and her
husband opened il. With ewes fairly
s'ar'irg from their sockets he gszed ::
words failed him; he was parslized with
fear At the supposed appars,ion. At
length he wife demanded why he had
robbed her. insisting at the same time
that she Va, not dead, a. he no doubt
hoped she vas, and shs had come home
he would 6nd u harder than that to
get rid Of her. The husband was too a..
tonishe.i, horriRed, to believe hs ewes. and
he begged the ''gho.," to leave she
might have the monsy. but for Gods
saks to GO away and not DESTROY him
Al this the man ~i,b fear and trembling
handed her the missing money. which
she took bo, she ~as not to bs driven
from her home, and With push she
opened the door and entered the house.
She had,no sooner dops so. ihan her hos
band. minus coat and bsi. rushed on. OF
the back door into the yssd. and over the
fence. and ,hst is the las, ihs, ei,hev HE
-ife es4his friends have seen OF him.
I 81. Louis Twas, OesoSsr 20