The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-29

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WORN 1Io6 I4..s. -
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SAVED IN The lllck a Tima.

Josephine Ryman, 1hir-haired, blue.
eyed young woman, = just reooveginx
rom . Tesnarkahle tllne9 6 Evoncville'
Ind. One Saturday night 1T wintsc
ahe went 70 singing scnool. che "a
MT beeo In her soat 1o0g when che m
. very stnnge sensetio9 ahout the bed.
accompanied BY pains In the hack. She
arose 70 her feee, - II 10 start out q the
church, when che fell into Q dad faint
and W. carried hoDe. Her friends at
mt thought It Wa mere fhinting spell
and the usual restosatives were applied,
but the girl continued 70 lie - II dead.
Sunday came and went, but still there
W. NO change. The bedy became cold-
q and co!def, the eyes were open and
soaring, the lips were apart, there wa
no., no pe''ept'b's pa''s and every ind'ea-
POINTED 10 DEATH.
Physicians pronouneed life extinct.
The CONN was ordered, busy fingers BE-
gan to prepare the white Globes in
which to bury the corpse, and every
preparation Was made for the funeral, L
being ct for Wednesday. Imagine the
Seelin9s Of horror which possessed this
girl when It b known that during I'll
the time she WAS not dead, but In q
trance. Incapable ofspeech or motion,
hut perfectly conecious, being able to
bear every Wcrd that Was spoken in the
room, and go the forms Of her friends
and Watchoss about her couch. Her
terrible situation y best told BY herself.
She said afterwards to . reporter: ''Oh,
cir. it We horrible: A. 1 l.y there on
with my arms crossed and my feet tied
tn.-nh1>>n 18th tR>~ 04~Atu<1 - ~
~ head, and could See my sisters and
IT WAS AWFUL.
I heard every word spoken. Ny body,
limbs and arms were - cold ~ Ice. I
thought Of the agony Of being buried
alive, Of being nailed In . coffin and
lowered I'm the groond. tried to make
some noise or move just . little, t. let
them know that was alive, but it W.
impossible. ] saw my sisters come In
Josie, she's gone Their teaD dropped
ON INV hair and their kisses were warm
tn my lips. As they turned to leave me
it seemed a IL I must make an effort ia
attract their attention, IL only by NOV
ing my cyeli(ls. but couldln't do 1t.
I felt like screaming. I tried to, but ]
couldn't move q muscle. The priest
came in and felt my arms and wrists.
He shOOk his head. Then he placed hte
ear to nv heart. 1t was no use. He
could not hear It neat. After saying a
short prayer for the repose Of my soul,
he too turned and left me, and my hOr'
ror and agony were retl0ub!ed. will
no one find out that live? l said Ia
myself. Must be buried only to wake
when it Is too late: Must l come back
to life when they put me in the vault,
and all of the people have gone away
only
10 DIE OF FRlliHT AND HORROR
and suffocatiOn:'' The thought wa
madness! Why doesn't the doctor do
something to bring me to nlyseIf? am
not dead! 1t was no use: There l lay
thinking and listening to every word
that was said. 1 could hear . woman
giving directions ~ to the making Of q
shr0ud. heard the time set for the
fnneral aud I'LL. could zee every ONT
who came to look at me. tried t.
look conscious and let them know that
understood It all, but 1t was impossible
II is a wonder that 1 dia not die al
fright and agony. often think that
would sooner die, = thousand times
sooner. than 90 through that again.
FINALLY. when all was ready, when tn!
.hr,ud was finished, and all had LEFT
the room but two or three, some Ont
said: faint you going to cut her hall
ofr"' NV hair was done up In long
hraid. and fell down my hack. Eyes.
snid INV sister, "we'll cut it Off now
Then they rot the scissors and came uT
tn me-. While one Of them took hold q
nv head anil turned 1t to one side, tn
one with the scissors began the cutt'l'g
I 1.onld feel the cold steel on my neck
T realized that this was about the las
thing they would do before putting ~
In the coffin. The women began TO ell
! .ud In \ SECOND or two one long Oralt
of hair was taken off and lat d aside
nv head was then turned the Otne
wsv tO allow them to get ut the othc
i,r,;i,l. but this was not touched: ih"n'
s:..i, something in my condition ~
.."n,.. movement. don't know what |,
wa. caused my sister to scream, ana
WAS SAVED.
r,he sr.issors dropped to the floor win
in"I noise. the women jumped h'ct
"e.rlv sI,,red to death, and l sat up
IN, .l,ml.i have SEEN that house = i'tti'
while nffer that. I thought everyood!
r,.,.i ,,..,,a crazy. 'Venie's alive! We
";.;: mliye!' The whole neighborhoH
cams r,,sh:nv in ~ SOON IA they near
If it. and for several days there va
moti'imv talked about but me. NY 'S'k
tiM's!'f that didn't know what I ma
i..r,, .,oinr on. Little they Thought tina
..v..rv word spoken in that room ~, wa
heard and understood ~ me. e
trie.l I" keep everybody from rsterrin :
~ the fact that my shroud was oougn'
t ~ e comm ordered and the funeral a.
ranged. they made no excuse t"" ;,, !"
,. IT of nv hair being cut OIL. me
t"iI me the reason OF it was tnat q p'a I
t.r Ind been put on the l.'Ik Of my : nee
and INV hair got 30 tang!e:l ~ II tn" ~,
nsd TO- he cut away. didn't say an!
t%;ns. One day my little nrrN"er S ;.'''
y" me- .Venie, you was goin. to ',' %, ",''
;..l lat Thursday, and they cut 70
leu .' "it' He never inaginc.! ! kmc s
,n., ' about it than he did. me ite ~
',.t de of those horrible days an! M "a; ;h
viii never leave me. l pray To goa ~ Ill,
T ,,,, w. never he called upon I" p"'
my - .,u,,iu. would rutEcr "ic.