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

The scene was in Italy; the facts wert
related to me by the daughter of TWO O
the parties concerned, and shall tell tht
tale as nearly as possible as she told it Il
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s'You will scarcely wonder she said.
AT my horror Of being buried alive, wher
tell you that peculiar fate seems tt
pursue our family, Or at least did pursue
it in the last generation. My father wa:
an only son, and having been born sever
al years after his parents marriage, was
an object of especial devotion. His
mother was unable to nurse MIN herself
and country woman was procured froa,
a village at some distance from the cha
| teau where his parents resioed, who was
| not only we'll calculated to replace the
mother as 3 nurse. but was Of so affec-
tionate q disposition that she seemed to
! tnrow her whole soul into her care s.
the well-heing of the child and LAWS! 4
as much affection ON him as did the j /
| mother. When the age came for We
| ing him. it was found Impossible to
complish it while the nurse renal
| with him; and SO, after many terri {
| scenes and the most heart breaking
row on her part, she had to go. Tho :
| throve very we'll until be was ali J.
three years old, when he was attacked /,
some childish malady and to all appe !
! ances died. J
| at is unnecessary to dwell on the
tracteo grief of the parents. The mott
could scarcely be induced to leave IS
| body, and even though all life was :
tinct, grudged every moment as it fl
| toward the time when even what was /
Of her darling would have to be remov5
forever. (The time that was allowed
the Government for bodies to remain Il
buried was three days.) The father b. /
given strict orders that the child's nurt
should not be informed of the death l.
her foster son until after the funeral.
he felt convinced she would at on
come to see HIM, and he dreaded the e
! feet the sight of her grief might have q
his already broken-hearted wife. How
ever, the order was i'll kept, and on Il {
! morning of the funeral, after all Il
guests had arrived, and were groupe
around the coffin taking their last farewe
Of the lovely boy, in rushed the nurs
! her hair down, her dress all torn au
trayel-stained, her boots nearly worn G
her feet. On hearing the news, she hs
started off without waiting for ext
clothing, without word or look to any on
aud had run the whole night, IN order /
be in time to see her boy. AS she Ell
| tered the room she pushed past SER
ants and guests, and on reaching II
coffin seized the child, and before an
one was aware of her intention, or ha5
| presence of mind to prevent her, she has
| vanished with him in her arms. It W.T.
! found she had carried him off to tt
barricaded the door. She paid no after /
,ion to threats Of entreaties, and sll a
! tempts at forcing the door were equals
| fruitless. The guests waited patientl
hoping that she would before long retul..
TO her senses and bring back the child's
body for burial.
"At the end of an hour or more thew
heard the heavy furniture rolled away and
the door opened. The nurse appeared,
but with no dead child in her arms the
little things arms were clasped lovingly
round her neck as she pressed him to heI
bosom. The murnful assemblage was
/ turned into one of joyful congratulation
] The woman would never speak of the
means she used to restore the boy to life
indeed, although she became from that
hour president in the family and trusted
| and valued friend, she steadily forbore
| ever referring to the incident in which she
/ played 50 important a part. She lived to
see the rescued child married and with q
/ family OF his own around him.
"The heroine Of the second anecdote
was a first cousin of the above rescued
child young lady of thirteen or four
teen years old. After a somewhat pro
tracted illness, she, to all appearance
died. The mother literally refused TO be-
lieVe it, although the doctors and the
| other inmates OF the house saw no reason
to doubt the fact The funeral was ar
/ ranged, the grave made, and the specified