The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-11-05
seized the child. and. before any one
was aware Of her intention. or had pres-.

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ton to threats or entreaties, and all at
tempts at forcing the door were equally
fruitless. The guests waited patiently,
hoping that she would before long re-
turn to her senses; and bring back the
child's body for burial. zs.
At the end OF an hour or more they
heard the heavy furniture rolled away
and the door opened. The nurse APP
peared, but with no dead child in her
arms =. the little things arms were
clasped lovingly round her neck as she
pressed him to her bosom. The mourn
full assemblage was turned into one OF
joyful congratulation. The woman
would never speak of the means she
used to restore the boy to consciousness:
indeed, although she became from that
hour resident in the family, and a
trusted and valued friend, she forebore
ever referring to the incident in which
she played SO important part. She
lived to see the rescued child married
and with family of his own around
him. 81
"The heroine of the second anecdote
was first cousin to the above rescued
child "a young lady of IS or II years
old. After somewhat protracted ILL
ness, she, to all appearance, died. The
mother literally refused to believe it,
although the doctors and the other in
mates of the house saw no reason to
doubt the fact. The funeral was ar
ranged, the grave made, and the speci-
fed three days had come to an end.
The mother had never left her daugh-
te-'s body; she had tried every availa-
bic means to restore her, but to no
avail. AS the hour approached for the
ceremony to take place, she became
more and more distracted and more
desperate in her efforts to convince her
self that life still fingered. As
last resource. she went for some
strong elixir, and taking out
of her pocket q fruit-knife with
two blades blade of gold, the 9TH
er of silver-proceeded by continual
working to force the gold blade between
the teeth when inserted, she poured
drop Of the elixir on the blade, then
another and another, and tried to make
it 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
to 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 slight spasm in the throat,
and, on closer examination, she became
aware that the liquid was no longer re.
turning as it did at first. She contin-
ued the application, every moment feel
ing more excited and more joyfully
hopeful. Presently the action of swal-
lowing became more decided: she felt q
feeble flutter at the heart, and, before
long, the eyes gradually opened and
closed again; but the breathing be-
came quietly regular, and the mother
was satisfied that now no one would dis
pute the fact; so she called her house
hold 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. Be-
fore long the child fully recovered.
The fruit-knife, with it's two blades, is
to this day the most precious heirloom
in the family possessions.
"The recovered one lived to form a
deep attachment for her cousin (the
rescued 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
lady whose story we are now going to
relate, the facts of which resemble some
what those already told. This young
person was no longer a child when
death seemed to claim her, but had
reached the age of 10 or 10. She had
been suffering from an infectious and
dangerous fever, and when the crisis ar
rived, instead of rallying, she, to all ap-
pearance, died. It was tho custom in
the district in which she lived to dress
manageable girls as brides after death,
and to bury them in their bridal cos
tune. The young lady in question was
therefore laid out as bride, in white
dress, orange-aower wreath and veil.
The day before the funeral, the
most intimate friend of the deceased,
who had been on visit at distance,
came home, and insisted with floods of
tears that she should be allowed to see
her. The mother most decidedly re-
fused, explaining that her daughter had
been the victim of an infectious fever.
and that she could not allow the
daughter of a 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
go 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 table at it's
foot. a
"The poor girl was deep in her pray
ers, when suddenly, without any move
ment or warning, the dead girl sat up,
and said, in sharp tone of voice,
Que fait til la %-(What are you do
ing THEREBY Startled and Mortified to
the last degree, her friend sprung from
her knees, and, in trying to rush out of
the room, upset the table on which the
candles were placed, and became wedged
between it and the bed, her head down