The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-08

three days had come to an end. The
mother had never left her daughters BODY.
she had tried every available ineansato
restore her, but to no avail. AS the hour
approached for the ceremony 10 take place,
she became more and more desperate in
her efforts to convince herself that life still
fingered. AS last resource, she went
Tor some strong. elixir, and taking
out OF her pocket fruit
knife with two blades-one blade of gold
the other OF silver proceeded BY contin-
uai working to force the gold blade be-
tween the teeth. When inserted, she
poured drop Of elixir on the blade.
then another and another. and tried to
make il enter the mouth, but it seemed
only to trickle back again and down the
chin. Still she persevered, becoming
more desperate as the moments flew on
10 the hour, now so near, when her child
was to be taken from her. At the very
last, when she was beginning to dread
the very worst, she thought she detected
a slight spasm in the throat: and on
closer examination she became aware
that the liquid was no longer returning,
as 1t aid ct first. She continued the ap-
excited and more joyfuliy hopeful Pres
entity the action Of swallowing became
more decided; she felt feeble futter at
the heart, and before long the eyes grad
ually opened, and 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 around her, and proved to
them the joyful fact that her child was
restored to her, and that no funeral pro-
cession would leave the house that day.
Before long the child fully recovered.
The fruit knife with its two blades is to
this day the most precious heirloom in
the family possession.
''Ihe recovered one lived to form
deep attachment to her cousin (the res
cued boy Of the first story, possibly from
the fact Of the strange similarity in their
early history: but his affections were al
ready engaged by the young lady whose
story we are now going to relate, the facts
OF which resemble somewhat those al
ready told. This young person was no
longer child when death seemed to
claim her, but had reached the age OF
eighteen Or nineteen. She had been suf-
iering from an infectious and dangerous
fever, and when the crisis arrived, instead
Of tallying, she, to all appearance, died.
It was the custom of the district in which
she lived, to dress marriageable girls as
brides after death, and to bury them in
their bridal costume. The young lady in
question was therefore laid out as bride,
in a white dress, orange flower wreath
an5 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
.ears that she should be allowed to see
Der. The mother most decidedly refused,
explaining That her daughter had been the
victim Of an infectious fever, and thar 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 finn IN her refusal. However,
In the evening the young friend being on
the watch, saw the paid watcher leave the
room to go down to supper, leaving the
door unlocked She Immediately entered.
ard he7isacs rararentlr kissaa her friends