Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-21

and the other inmates OF the house saw
no reason to doubt the fact. The
funeral was arranged, til. grave made.
aud the specified three days had come
TO an end. The mother had never left
her daughters body; she had tried
every available means To- restore her,
bu, to no purpose. As tie hour APP
preached for the ceremony to take
place, she became more and more dis
iractel. and more desperate III her
efforts 20 convince herself that she still
fingered. As "A last Resource. she went
for some strong elixir, AMI taking out
# her pocket fruit knife with two
hla.les-one blade Of gold the other of
bv continual working
to force the gold blade between the
teeth: when inserted. she poured drop
of the elixir on the blade, then another
aud another. and trlei to make II enter
the mouth. but IL seemed only to trickle
back again and down the chin. Still
she perseverel, becoming more desper'
ate as the moments tlew on to the hour,
now so near, when her child was to he
taken from her At the very last, when
she was beginning to dread the very
worst. she thought she detected slight
spasm in the throat; and on closer ex'
animation she became aware that the
liuuid was no longer returning, AS it
did at first. She continued the appli-
cation, every moment feeling more ex-
cited and more joyfully hopeful. Pres
emily the action of swallowing be anne
more decided; she felt feeble q litter
at the heart, and before long the eyes
gradually opened. ard closed again; but
the breathing became quietly regular,
and the mother was satisfied that now
no one would dispute the fact; so she
called her household round her, and
proved to them the joyful fact that her
child was restored to her, and that no
funeral procession would leave the
house that day. Before long the child
fully recovered. The fruit.knife with
it's two blades is to this day the most
precious heirloom in the family pos
sessions.
1.-THE recovered one lived to form q
deep attachment to her cousin 1.-THE res
cued boy of the first story, possibly
from the fact of the strange similarity
in their early history; but his affections
were already engaged by the young
relate, the facts of which resemble
somewhat those already told. This
young person was no longer a child
when death seemed to claim her, but
had reached the age of eighteen or nine.
teen. She had been suffering from an
infectious and dangerous fever, and
when the crisis arrived, instead of raj
lying, she, to all appearance, died. It
was the custom of the district in which
she lived to dress manageable girls as
brides after death, and to bury them in
their bridal costume. The young lady
in question was therefore laid out as o
bride, in a white dress, orange-fower
wreath, and veil. The day before the
funeral, the most intimate friend of the
deceased, who had been on O visit at a
distance, came home, and insisted with
floods of tears that she should be al
lowed to see her. The mother most
decidedly refused, explaining that her
daughter had been the victim of an in
fever, and that she could not
allow the daughter of friend to run
the risk of catching it. The young lady
persisted, and would not leave the
house; but the mother, much as it
panied her, was firm in her refusal.
However, in the evening the young
friend being on the watch, saw the paid
watcher leave the room to 60 down to
her supper, leaving the door unlocked.
She Immediately entered, and having
reverently kissed her friends pale face,
knelt down by the side of the bed to
pray. There were candles at each side
of the bed at its head, and two placed
on q table at its foot.
1.-THE poor girl was deep in her prayers,
when suddenly, without any movement
of warning, the dead girl sat up, and said
in sharp tone of voice: soul .faistu
M2' what are you doing there y
Startled and Mortified to the last de-
gree, her friend sprang from her knees,
and in trying to rush out of the room,
upset the table on which the candles
were placed, and became wedged in be-
tween it and the bed, her head down
most! Inextricably entangled, she
shrieked loudly for help. The sup
posed dead girl had keen sense of the
ridiculous, and being weakened from
illness, she went off into hysterical fit
of laughter; and the more her poor
friend kicked and screamed, the more
she kept up The duet by peals of laugh
ter. The mother and household hear
ing the noise, rushed up as quickly as
possible. The mother was the first to
enter the room, and being a quick
witted woman, at once comprehended
the situation; she few to her daughter,
and angrily ordering her to be quiet
and not laugh at her friends misfor-
tune, she pressed her to her bosom, and
hastily tearing of wreath and veil.
dropped them on the floor and kicked
them under the bed; then calling assist
ance, she carried the girl into another
room and put her to bed. The doctor,
who had been at once sent for, ordered
her to be taken home without delay,
and they started as soon as possible.
She perfectly recovered; but strangely
enough, could never call to mind the
startling events of her return to life.
She afierrnrd married the gentleman
,rho ~as the hero Of the first story. Her
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