Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-08

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time to see her boy. As she entered
the room. she pushed past the servants
and guests, and. on reaching the coffin,
seized the child, and, before any one
was aware OF her intention, or had pres
I. ence OF mind to prevent her, she had
vanished with him in her arms. It was
found she had carried him off to the
3 grenler, or garret. She paid no atten-
tion 70 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.
AT the end of an hour or more they
heard the heavy furniture rolled away
and the door opened. The nurse ap.
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 onsoi
joyful congratrlation. 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 a family of his own around
him. -.
"1'he heroine of the second anecdote
was a first cousin to the above rescued
child "a young lady of 13 or II years
old. After somewhat protracted i'll
ness, she, to all appearance, died. Tho
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-
ter's body; she had tried every availa-
BILE 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 a
last resource. she went for some
strong elixir, and taking out
of her pocket fruit-knife with
two blades-one blade of gold, the 9TH
er of silver-proceeded by continual
working to force the gold blade between
the teeth; when inserted, she poured a
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 ofswal-
lowing became more decided; she felt q
feeble Autter 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 tlie fact; so she called her house
hold roilnd her, and proved to them the
joyful fact thai her child was. restored
to her, and that no funeral procession
would leave the house thatfday. Be-
fore long the child fully. recovered.
Ine irult'kmfe, WIN Hs .two pluuss, pluIS, 4
to TINS DAY the most precious Ns ~ nelrioom
In the family possessions. HvsI
,.pbe ,recovered one. lived TO form !
deem attachment for her cousin (the
rescued boy of al the first story, possibly
frcmi the fSct Of The strange similarity /
Il Hair earlv kiissttoery, b,lt his 4 ffections
were. Already, ENGAGED lslpy the 4young.
Iadv wbSss story ) We S are now going to-
relaf a. ,tbe. a cta "a which resemble sonne-'
what those aifeadyg tol ',.This. yorpg.,
person. was, no longer q, child Mhens
death, seemed to- olaimaher, cbutahad
reached the age of Is or19. She had
been suffering from an infectious ana !
dangerous fever, and when the crisis ar.
rived, instead of rallying, .she, to anap-
pearance, died. u IL was tho custom in
the district inwhich she lived 70 dress.
manageable girls as brides after death,
and to bury them in their bridal 3tl !, cos
tune. Inc young laoy "a qqeesSSion Ss.,a ,ss was
dress, orangesAower wreath and .yeii.n',,s -
uaThe' r day before the funeral the
most. intimate friend of the deceased,
who had been on visit at . distance,
came home, and insisted with foods OF
tears that she should be allowed to see
-. mi N x,,o+bar yioat decidedlv re-