The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-06

AS the hour approached for the cere-
mony to take place, she became more
and more distracted and more desperate
In her efforts to convince herself that
life still fingered. AS last resource,
she went for some strong elixir, and
taking out of her pocket n fruit knife
with two blades--one blade of gold, the
other of silver proceeded by continual
work. ng to force the gold blade between
the teeth when inserted, she poured
a drop of elixir on the blade, then anoth-
er and another, and tried to make It
enter the mouth but 1t 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 returning
as ii did at first She continued the
application, every moment feeling more
excited and more joyfully hopeful
Presently the action of swallowing be-
came more decided; she felt q feeble
flutter at the heart, and before long, the
eyes gradually opened and closed again
but the breathing became quietly regu-
lar, and the mother was satisfied that
now no one would dispute the fact; so
she called her household round her, and
proved to them the joyful fact that her
child was restored to her, and that no fu-
neral procession would leave the house
that day. Before long the child fully re-
covered. The fruit knife, with its two
blades, is to this day the most precious
heirloom in the family possessions.
"The recovered one lived to form deep
attachment for her cousin 1.-THE rescued
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
already told. This young person was no
longer a child when death seemed to
claim her, but had reached the age of 18
or 10. She had been suffering from an
infectious and dangerous fever, and when
the crisis arrived, instead of rallying,
she, TO all appearances, died.
1t was the custom in 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 a bride, in a white dress,
orange-flower wreath and veil.
1.-THE day before the funeral, the most
intimate friend of the deceased, who had
been on a visit at distance, came
home, and insisted with floods of tears
that she should be allowed to see her,
The mother most delicately refused, ex-
planning that her daughter had been the
victim of an infectious fever, and that
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 unlock
ed. She Immediately entered, and, hay
ing 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 a table at Its foot.
"The poor girl was deep in her pray
ers, when suddenly, without any warm
ing, the dead girl sat up, and said, in
sharp tone Of voice, que Jdit tn Ia s'--
What are you doing there y 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 downmost. In
extricably entangled, she shrieked loud
ly for help. The supposed dead girl had
keen sense of the ridiculous, and, be-
ing weakened from illness, she went off
into by sterical fit of laughter and the
more her poor friend kicked and scream
ed, the more she keep up the duet by
peals of laughter.
"The mother and household, hearing
the noise, rushed up as quickly as possi-
ble The mother was the first to enter
the room, and, being quick-witted
woman, at once comprehended the situ-