The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-02
She Kept On Getting Lost.

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usbed sn account Il a corpse whicll
was shipped 70 that place on railroad
bu. winch missed the GO. nections some.
how. two or three tiacs, and didn't
turn up for about = month. II yas q
very odd coincidence that DR. Robinson
Of cur village had a precisely similar
experiment 3. month or two az He
received Telegram from New York.
from person unkuown 10 hIm saying
that Ia. mothcr-in-la law was dead. aud
thar The body would be sent right on
h waited for several days. and as the
Old lady did not arrive, lie made some
inquiry about Der a. the 'xpress off, g
Inc express people stirred around,
and after While asoeriaiued that the
I remains lad been sers through "a
Washington aud delivered By some
b,under, to Secretary Thoms IN under the
| impression that the box contained the
moiel of new tangled gunboat.
DR. Robinson instantly telegrsphe,i
on 10 the secretary that if he didn' Z
return the body promptly he would
+ have him arrested fer embezzljng his
+ mothtri law. The next day he re-
ceived an answer. saying the box bad
/ been re-shipped. and stating that if he
Z tried 10 palm any more Of his old cada
vers off on the national administration,
he would bc seized and shot.
But still the package didn't turn up,
and the doctor again pat the express
people on the ~eHt.- They discovered
that it bad somehow got off QUITO the
Northern Central Railroad, and was
wing In the Office At Harrisburg They
ordered il to be sent on Il Was coming
all right on the next train when the
express car was attacked by masked
robbers. who ran the coffin out, opened
it. and then left il in disgust Next
morning the body was found standing
against tree. and the coroner wouldn't
let it 20 until be had held Nh inquest
on il and collected his fees
Bat finally II was re shipped at York.
Pa. aud IL appeared 10 be on the way
home when collision occurred, AMI
the folks who camc Ia the rescue CON
cluded that this ,iust he one II the
killed 80 the enfoncr sat on t. and
then II MAS burned The doctor com
pciltd the express cotnpLny to have Il
dislnterred aul then il Was set on mo-
tiou again.
II arrived NJ " !Imington on the
Fourth of July, and the express mes
F seuger WAS So an.sel;s to get away to
view the fire works, that he diin't push
+ the box all the way into the car, aud
while the train WAS going over creek
( the car received a jolt. the box slid eut
and into the creek, aud the unconscious
old adv sailed down with the tide. and
never made land until she reached the
/ Delaware Breakwater. down opposite
cape May
The doctor was perfectly wild about
II Tor nobody c1u.d tell wheIo the box
had got to. The people Al the break
Water thought II must have itlleu over
board from steamer. aud hey t.ic
gtaphed pretty nearly all over the
world about II. At last tho news
reached the papers. ana the express
company Investigated the matter and
had the body shipped towards hrm".
" ord was seat - the doctor that she
VAS coming at last upon a certain train,
sn he got The funeral procession ready
aud marched 1t down 10 the depot Is
receive hi. deceased relative When
the train reached the depot it went past
without stopping. and the doctor was
furious
He tclegraphed over to Wilmington
and got promise that the ooX shonld
be scut back on the next train III aba
four hours So the mournrrs ali waited
around IN the swel,erIng heat. AID sure
enough. after while, the box arrived
/ Ii Was shot ont at the station They
pat II III the heafss and took 1t 10 the
cemetery, where II was safely inferred.
Then the doctor telt easy Al last, and he
wont home with rather light heart.
" hen he entered the house he saw a
woman sitting IN the parlor 'oasiing her
toes by the CRATE, She turned round as
he entered. and 20 his amazcnent and.
horror he perceived that it WAS BIZ
mo,her-iu.lsw HIS first impulse was
10 slam the door and run But be sum
moned up courage enough 10 say.
Great Heaven what are you doing
here How did YOU ever come 10 and
dlmh out of thai sepulchcr
She WAS ;nchned 70 hchsy~ ugly at
tifst at receiving snch greeting, but
Nhen the doctor explained the matter
She agreed that II Nns the most extra
or,iiuary thing she ever heard 81 50
the doctor started right ont fox the Gem
etcry aud ordered the mau II disinter
chose remains In about TIVE hours The
man called - say that be bad dug