The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-07-09
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suddenly Victorine, contrary 70 all ex.
pectation, accepted the hand 4t6fsa rich
banker named Rene}Ie..@ Boss0iiets was ,in1.'
conso:able, and his honest heart achedall
the more when he learned that the mars
riago of his ]ady-lovc was unhappy.
Renelle neglected his wife in every possis
bic way, and finally began to maltreat
her. 1va
This state of things lasted two years,
when Victorine died-at least so it Was
thought. She was entombed in vault
OF the cemetery of her native town. Jules
Bossouat assisted at the ceremony. Still
self with grief, he conceived tie romantic
idea Of breaking open the vault and :se.
curing = lock Of the deceased S hair. That
night, therefore, when all was still, he
scaled the wall Of the cemetery. and, by
circuitous route, approached the,yault.
When he had broken opens the door and
opened the vault, ,he. lighted candle and
proceeded to open the coffin. .,5'
At the moment when he bent over the
supposed corpse, scissors in hand, Vic.
torine opened her eyes and stared him
full in the face. He uttered ,~a5;cry and
sprang back and Immediately recovering
his selfpossession, he returned to the
coffin, covered its occupants lips with
kisses, and soon had the satisfaction
seeing her in full possession of all her fac
ulties. When Victorine was sufficiently
recovered they left the churchyard and
went to Boss0uet's residence, where a
physician administered such remedies as
were necessary to affect the complete re-
covery Of the unfortunate woman. This
proof of Bossouet's love naturally made a
deep impression on 1Victorine.s She re-
pented her past fiicklcness, and resolved
to fly with the romantic Jules to America.
There they lived happily. together, with
out, however, being able to fully overcome
their longing to return to their native
land. Finally their desire be-.
came so strong to revisit the
scenes of their youth that they
decided to brave the danger attendant on
a return and embarked at New York for
Havre, where they arrived in July, in
1889. Victorine, in the interim, had nat
urally changed very greatly, and Jules
felt confident that her former husband
would not recognize her. In this hope he
was disappointed. Rcnelle had the keen
eye of q financier, and recognized Victo-
rine at the first glance. This strange
drama ended with a suit brought by the
banker for, the recovery of'',his wife,
which was decided against him on the
ground that his claim was outlawed.
The scene of the following two cases.
with which we shall end our review, is in
England: One Edward Stapleton died -
as was supposed typh1s fever. The
disease had been attended by such
strange phenomena throughout, that the
physicians were desirous to make post
mortem examination Of the case. The
relatives, however,, positively refused
their consent: The. physicians
Consequently decided to Steal the
body-not &C all an unusual thing in
England in order to satisfy their cdrios-
ity. They communicated with a band 0
rascals, who atf THAT time made business
Of stealing bodies,an three daps after the
funeral had, u; the body Of .Stapleton
brought to the dissecting room of neigh.
boring clinic. When they made the first
incision, which was across the abdomen,
they were struck with the fresh appear
ance of the flesh and the clearness and
limpidity of the blood. One of the ply.
sicians proposed that they should subject
the body to the action Of galvanic bat:
terry. This they did, and obtained abnor-
| NAL results the movements and contrac-
tions Of the muscles were more powerful
than are usually observed. Toward even.
ing young student suggested that they
should make an incision in the pectoral
muscles, and introduce the poles
of the battery into the wound. This
was done, when, to their amazement. the
body rolled from the table, remained for
u second or two on its feet, stammered
out two or three unintelligible words and
heeyilysto the floor. For mo.
ment the learned doctors were confound
&c. but soon regaining their presence ot
AiYe tthoagh e. had gain fallen into
Ills former 1ethargy. They nov applied
themselves to resuscitating him, inwhich
they were successful. He aftcrward said
that during the whole time, he was fully
conscious of his condition, and of what
was passing around him. The words he
attempted to utter were: 81 am alive. .
A somewhat similar experience was that
Eof aneEnglish artillery Officer who, in 8
i fall sfrpn. hin horse, j, had safractured hi.
Isskual and wssstrepanped. He was in y
fair way to recover, when one day he fel
into lethargy so profound that he VA.
thought to be dead, and in due time wa.
buried. The following, day, be
side the grave in which
he had been inferred, another citizen o
London was buried, and at last one Of TIL
assistants CHANGED to stand ion it, Sud
denly the man cried out that he felt, tn,
ground move under his feet rs though tn
occupant of the grave would find his way
to the surface. At first the man VA
thought to be the victim of an halllcina
tior, but the earnestness with which h
persisted attracted the attention of
constable. who caused the grave .t0ssb
opened. They found that the officer .ha'
forced the coffin.lid, and had made par
tiolly successful effort to raise himself up
He was entirely unconscious when the,
got him out, but it was evident that tn
effort to extricate himself had been mad
but q short time before. He was carrie.
to \ hospital near by, where the .physi
clans, after time, succeeded in !, rssasci 9:
tAting him. !, /; 81 ~ sSs.. sS.s
He stated sthat. for On hour before hi
last swoon. lie vas fully oonscioas Of II
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