The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-11-09
A Cholera Incidenf--A Woman
supposed to be Dead Comes 20
Life, and Demands Her Money
OF q Terrified Husband. Nlii3 %

1 a CnOIera lncl0emt--A woman
supposed to be Dead Comes TO
! Life, and Demands Her Money
OF a Terrified Husband. N9iia 9g
! On one of the streets running paral-
lei with Broadway lived a married
couple who had not Travelled together
! very smoothly since they had been
made ono flesh The husband, though
not a bad man, occasionally took
/ drop TO much, and on such occasions
happiness was the exception in the
household. The wife had one thous-
and dollars in greenbaclSs, which she
had saved, and always carried with
her, and, being the ma ster spirit of the
firm, she would not allow it 70 be en-
croached upon, but, on the contrary,
endeavored to augment IT, fi
| The wife took the cholera, and the
husband, obtaining a permit, had her
sent TO the city hospital 1t is not
known that he accompanied her thith.
er, though bemust have visited her.
One morning, the nurse being out of
the room for some time, he returned to
the bedside of the poor woman and
discovered her, toall appearance, dead.
The doctor was notified and made his
observation No pulsation of the
heart, no breathing, nothing to dissi-
pate the illusion and assertion that the
patient was dead as discovered, and the
disciple of Esculapius pronounced her
dead She was forthwith disrobed,
placed in the rough coffin furnished
by the city and conveyed TO the dead
house. For hours she lay, apparently
Il corpse, with all the surroundings of
death. After the shadows of night
had closed in, the watchmen took a
look into the room to see that all was
right From the inside of one Of the
coflins perceptible knocking was
heard. Superstition seized him; he
slammed the door after him and went
to notify other parties of the mystic
rious rapping, and several acconpa-
MED the man to the temporary recep-
ticle of the dead When the door was
opened sight met the gaze Of the
= party which made the roots of their
hair tingle and caused them to feel a
! weakness about the knees The
: corpse" had raised the lid of the cof
: fin and was sitting bolt. upright in it
:. "Where am I2' says she. The matter
;, was explained to her briefly Filledwitl
: anger, illness having seemingly depar
+" ted, she let loose the foodgate of Rei
Z, passion at the idea Of being inclosed il
: such a contemplate receptacle Sh,
;, had 81 900 when she went to the hos
pital, she said, and she demanded Il
. know where it had gone-that amoun
if would have given her a decent sepul.
ture. The attendants were unable tC
: explain the whereabouts of the missing
money, and the woman demanded Il
! be restored to herself once more. that
4 she might pursue the thief that robbed
= her, and secure to her body, if shewerC
= to die, decent burial. The 'resurree
. ted" one was helped out Of her narrow
!, prisou-house and taken to q more
genial chamber. But here another
, difficulty arose-her clothes had been
. destroyed. Suitable apparel, however
= was furnished, andon finding herself
: onco moro Of the flesh and blood, she
insisted on starting at once IN search
= of her husband, who, she thought, and
: perhaps correctly, was consoling him.
!, self with her 81, 900, and the idea that
some other daughter of Eve would con,
: sole his lonely hours. The surgeon
observing that Madam was compare,
. lively we'll, and thinking that il might
= do her more harm TO retain her than
= permit her departure, had the iron
!, gate opened for her exit. Darkness
: had set in ere she reached her hus
bands place of domicillation. ShC
knocked at the door and her husband
" opened IT. With eyes fairly starting
/ from their sockets, he gazed; word
IS failed him; he was paralyzed with feal
), at the supposed apparition, At length
the wife demanded why ne had rob
bed her, insisting at the same time tina
: she was not dead, as he no doub
v hoped she was, and she had come hom,
8 --he would find il harder than that e
q get rid of her. The husband was toe
u astonished, Mortified, TO believe hi
u eyes, and he begged the "ghost Il
; leave; she might have the money, but
: for Gods sake, to go away and no
= destroy him. AT this the man, will
fear and trembling, handed her tn
! missing money, which she took; bu
q she was not to be driven from he
9 home, and with push she opened th'
g door and entered the house. She haC
no sooner done so than her husband
= minus coat and hat, rushed out of tn,
u back door into the yard, and over tn
, fence, and that is the last that eithe
d his wife or hisfriends have seen of him
-[St. Louis Times,