Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-12-04
FLANNELS.
FLANNELS.
FLANNELS.
FLANNELS.


forward over uneven ground and down
out-of-the-way lanes aud alleys, and
finally gained their boat, in which they
deposited their loathsome burden.
"Now for the other side, boysP
"All right Pull away!"
The yawl darted out from land into the
channel, and was struggling up stream
against the current, which is swift and
turbulent at this point. 1t was the OBJ
ject of our students to land as far up as
they could row their boat, and so they
turned her head directly for the ferry,
and we're soon tossing among the waves.
They we're elated with their success. To
cross the river, elude detectives and
police, secure fresh body (which is TO a
medical student what nosegay is to q
LADY,, and to find themselves so safe sped
on their journey back, was indeed q
triumph. They had not, up to this time,
paused for rest or recreation, and had
quite neglected Aagon of brandy which
they had provided. This they now recol-
lected. 1t was produced, and lying on
their oars, they-as they have related to
us-drank several toasts. They drank to
the University, to their sweethearts, and
to poor Pat, who lay unconscious In the
coffin, fat on the bottom of the skiff.
How it was they could not tell; but sud-
denly, az if impelled by strong arm,
the boat upset and its contents were
emptied into the river.
HorribleI na pa
As the skiff espsized, submerging our
three students for the moment, the coffin
lid fell off, and the corpse was rudely
thrown into the water. The moon,
though on the wane, was shining bright
and clear. The waves Of the river, rising
and falling, ranged round white and
weird as ghosts, as they danced from
shore to shore. The church spires of
the two cities glittered among the stars
in the quiet sky. But away below, where
the cold, uncomfortable daylight dawned,
fogs were stealing upward, and the
houses along the banks showed like q
feet becalmed. This was the vague OUT
line of the situation as il appeared
to our adventurers when their heads
came to the surface; but an other sight
quickly arrested their attention, appall-
ing every sense. There before them in
an upright position was the corpse, half
clad, as they had found it in the coffin,
supported by the boat, over which, it
being turned upside down, i'm arm was
thrown, while from the side of the body a
little stream of beod peeled off. The
face was livid and stark. The eyes we're
wide open. The teeth seemed to chatter;
and so it moved away with the current, a
thing of life, yet dead; a corpse, vet
floating with the stream, as erect as q
human being lrengeaH a9A tE
Our students were confounded.
They were brave and hardy fellows,
whs had seen death on the battlefield
and faced dead bodies in the dissecting
rooms. But this was horrible. II foated
away with their boat, and they dared not
pursue it; it hoated away as if an angry
spirit possessed it-asif it took grim,
sardonic pleasure in their discontinue
They turned their faces away from the
CHASTITY sight, and from the Kentucky
shore. 1t was not far distant, and they
reached it numb and dazed, but per
fectly sober. Then they turned again to
the stream, and the corpse, clinging to
the bottom of the boat, passed off into the
mist and out of sight, still rigid and erect
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