The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-20

she f-lt feeble rutter ~ the heart, aud
before long the eyes gradually opened.
Gnd closed again; bu. the breathing
became quietly regular, and the mother
WAS satisfied that Low no one would
dispute the fact; so she called her
household round her, and proved 10
them the joyful fact that her child va:
restored 70 her. and that no funeral
procession would leave l,he house that
day. Before long the child fully re-
covered. The fruit knife, with its two
blades, is to this day the most precious
heirloom in the family possession.
The recovered one lived TO form .
dep attschment for her cousin the
roscued boy of the first story possibly
from the fact of the strange similarity
in their early history; bat his affections
were already engaged by the young
lady whose story We are now going to
relate, the facts Of which resem BILE
somewhat those slready told. This
young person WAS nc longer q child
when death seemed to claim her, but
had reached the aee of eighteen os
nineteen. She had been suffering from
An infectious and dangerous fever. and
when the crisis arrived. instead Of raj
lying. she to oil appearance, died. 1t
was the custom of the district in which
she lived to dress manageable girls as
brides after death. and to bury them 10
their bridal costume. The young lady
in question was therefore laid out ss
bride. 10 q white dress. orange flower
wreath and veil. The day before the
funeral the most intimate friend Of the
deceased, who had been on . visit Al .
distance. came home. and insisted with
floods Of tears that she should be al.
lowed to see her. The mother most de-
cidedly refused. explsining that her
daughter bad bern the victim Of Al in.
fectious fever, aud that she o,u.i not
allow the daughter OF . friend +, run
the risk of catching it. The young
lady persisted. and would not leave the
house; bu, the mother. much - it
psined her. was firm in her refusal
However, in the evening the yos.ng lady
being on the watch. s.w the paid watch
er leave the room 10 20 down to her
supper. leaving ths door unlocked. She
immediately eH;crod, ard having rev.
.r.nily k;>-,'! her dear friend pale
face. knott do"n by the bed to pray
Th"re were candles al each side Of the
bed at its head, and two placed on .
table at its iOct.
The poor lirl WAS deep in her pray
ers when sudd My without any move
ment or warning, the dead girl sat up,
and said in a sharp tone of voice: 'Qae
rdit tt ia'- What are you doing there?)
Startled and Mortified to the last degree
her friend sprarg from her knees. and
in trying to rush out of the room, upset
tho table on which the candles we're
placed. and became wedged between it
AMI the bed. head downmo.t. Inextri.
cably entsnsled, she shrieked loudly
for help. The supposed dead girl had
a keen sense Of the ridiculous, aud be-
ing weakened from illness. went of into
a hysterical fit of laughter; and the
more her friend kicked and screamed.
the more she kept up the duet with
peals of laughter. The mother and
household hearing the noise. rushed up
ss quickly as possible. The mother
WAS the first to enter the room. aud be.
ing quick witted woman. at once com.
pretended the situation. She flew to
her daughter. and angrily ordering her
to he quiet and not laugh at her friends
misfortune, she pressed her to her bosom
and hastily tearing off wreath and veil.
dropped them on the floor and kicked
them under the bed; then calling for
assistance. she carried the girl into an
other room. and put her to bed. The
doctor. who had been ct once sent for,
ordered her to be taken from homo
without delay. and they started IS soon
as possible. She perfectly recovered;
but. strangely enough, could never call
to mind the startling events of her re
turn to life. She afterwards marie
the gentleman who WAS the hero of the
FIRST story. Her poor friend when ex-
tricated from her unpleasant position
WAS quite deliriOus; she had . nervous
fever. Of which she nearly died, and
she never entirely recovered from the
shock her friends sudden return to life
had given her.
On writing to the lady who related
these anecdotes. for permission to pub
lish. she says: "You are at liberty to
make what use you like of our family
story. on condition you do not mention
names Of family or places; but you may
add thst all three who were 20 nssrly
buried alive. lived to be very old-my
father to eighty. four. my mother and
aunt TO seventy y-six retaining their
health. rare intelligence. and TO . Won.
derful extent. their personal beauty to
the last"