New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-15

excited and more joyfuliy hopeful. Pres
emily the action Of swallowing became
more decided ishe felt feeble futter. at
thesheart, andjbefore long the eyes grad
.ually opened, and closed again; s. but the
breathing became :qnie.y regular, land
the mother was satisfied that now no one
would dispute the fact;iso 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.
> '.The recovered one lived to form a
deep attachment to her cousin (the res
cued boy of the first story, possibly from
the factof the strange similarity in their
early history: but It's 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 q child when death seemed to
claim her, but had reached the age of
eighteen or nineteen. She had been suf
sfering from an int ectious and dangerous
fever, and when the crisis arrived, instead
of rallying, 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 bride,
il a white dress, orange flower wreath
and veil. The, day before the funeral,
the mostsintinlate friend of the2deceased.
who had been on visit al a distance,
came home, and insisted with floods Of
tears that she should be allowed to see
her. The mother most decidedly refused,
explaining that her daughter had been the
victim Of an infectious fever, and that she
could not allow the Edaughtersof a friend
to run. the risk of catching i. The young
lady persisted, and would not leave the
house; but the mother, much as it panied
her, was firm in her refusal. y 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,
and having,reverently kissed her friends
pale face, knelt down BY the side of the
bed to pray. There We're candles at each
side OF the bed at its, head, and two
placed on a, table at its foot. =
i The~poors girl was deep il her prayers,
when suddenly .without any moyementor
warming, the dead girl satsup and said. in
sharp tone Of voice :s~'Que tfasstu la2'
(What are you doing there?> Startled and
Mortified to the last degree, her friend
sprang to her knees, and in trying to
rush out Of the room upset the; table on
which, the candles were placed and be-
came wedged between it and the bed, her
head downmost! 'iinextricably entangled,
she shrieked loudly for rEelp. The sup
posed dead girl had a'keen sense Of the
ridiculous, and being weakened from Ill
ness, she went of into = hysterical tit of
laughter; and the more, her poor friend
kicked and screamed, the more she kept
up the duet by peals of laughter. The
mother and household hearing 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 flew to
her; daughter and angrily ordering her to
be quiet and not laugh at her friends
misfortune, she pressed her to he1
bosom, and hastily tearing off wreath
and veil, dropped them on the floor and
kicked them under the bed: thencalling
assistance, she carried the girl into an:
other room and put her to bed The
doctor, who had been at once seut' for
ordered her to be taken home without
delay, and they started as soon as was
possible. She perfectly recovered; .bu
strangely enough, could never call t
mind the startling events of her return K
Life She afterward married the gentle
!, man who was the hero Of the first story
,EHer poor friend, when extricated from
her unpleasant position, was quite2de
| lirious; she nearly died, and she neve
Eentirel9 recovered from the, shock he
friends sudden return TO life lad give,
her."
i on writing to the lady who. relate,
these anecdotes for permission to publisl
sl.she says {; You are IatI liberty to maxi
what use YOU like Of our family story, O
condition you dc not mention names Q
the family or places; but, you may ado
that all three who were so nearly burie
alive lived to be very old--my father t
eighty four, my mother and aunt t
! seventy six retaining their health, rar
intelligence and, to.a wonderful extern
| their personal beauty to; the last.'
Chambers Journal.
i ! A Sailors Story. III.