Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-20

uutu fortune opened some way lot her Inc
poor childs heart WAS broken. and she submit
ted to me as passively a. an infant"
The Judge drew long sigh, wiped away some
moisture from his cheek and Knocked the ashes
out Of his pipe.
"Pshawi is that ALI ?" asked the matter-of-
trying to balance silver dollar on the point OF
his genknifs.
apparently overcome his emotion. No. that is
not all. Old Bailey came back home again the
next day. The grave gave up Its dead"
Came back!" exclaimed two or three. re-
moving their pipes from their mouths and show
Ing renewed interest.
'Yes, he came back" continued the lawyer.
.'and will tell you how 1t happened. Just at
that time there was gang OF grave robbers AT
work here, who were nightly dcsecrating Gene
terles in the boldest manner, and somehow or
other, through COLLISION with the police, or in
some other way. succeeded always in escaping
arrest, though now and then thrilling stories
were told of perilous encounters between con-
stables and grave robbers In which fine consta-
bles always got the worst OF 1t. Well. il seems
that these depredators visited --- cemetery
the very night following the funeral. One OF
them had key that gave them access to the
vault. Bailey's coffin was broken open. his body
rudely taken out placed in coarse sack, thrown
into a wagon in the midst OF lot of straw and
old cabbages-intended to give the vehicle the
appearance OF market gardeners wagon-and
then hauled through alleys and back streets to
the Medical College. then located on street.
He evidently did not like the company he was
placed in, So he got UP and went home"
DO You mean that after being In the vault
several hours and being taken to medical col
lege he came back to life?" asked the incredu-
lous broker
1.-The long and short Of IT is" said the Judge.
ne was In trance. Ii was. the doctor said
afterwards. sort OF epileptic trance SO near
death hot la
medical practitioner might have easily been de-
celyed by it. The curious part of II is that my
old friend was perfectly conscious of everything
That was occurring about him. and his senses
trance, though he was poweriess to move a
muscle. He told me that though his eyes were
closed and he could not see he seemed to have
new sense that partially compensated for this.
ana that was strange consciousness OF
things things about him He could feel the
presence or person near him.
He was aware Of the grief of Maud. He over
heard the conversation of the SimmOnses. but
ne was powerless to express his Indignation.
His heart sank within him when he was finally
placed i'm his coffin. He could hear the rumbling
of the carriage wheels on the road to the Gene
terry. and when at last he heard the heavy iron
gate of the vault CRATE upon It's hinges he felt
that ne was locked out of the world forever
more. The hours Of mental agony that sue
ceeded while he was waiting and praying for
death can be more easily Imagined than de-
scribed: Then he heard the hinges CRATE again.
the coffin which he occupied was bursted rudely
open, and he was dragged out. He heard the
muff1ed tones Of the grave-robbers as they con-
versed among themselves and congratulated
themselves upon having secured SO good a
stiff. He suffered untold agony IA the
wagon rumbled and ratified over the uneven
roads. At last he was hurriedly carried up q
steep flight Of stairs. and placed on a long plat
form, where spray Of water was turned upon
him. Then he heard the men whisper q little
while with Others who met them, and after
that he was left alone. Well. the next morning
some young medical students came to the place
and examined old Bailey very critically. The
demonstration came aud got out an instrument
for the purpose of making an incision into his
chest. Well. he started and the knife lust made
a scratch-a little cut-when the demonstration
sprang back as If shocked by a strong cleo
trio battery. The reason was that the blood
welled out Of that cut just as it will out of a
live man and will not out of dead one. He's
alive. exclaimed the demonstration, more fright
ened at one live man than he would be at
dozen genuine cOrpses At that all the
students gathered about; all sorts of apparatus
and restoratives were applied and pretty soon
my old friend was sitting up sn"ezng as vgor-
ously AS you please. Well, the students got
him suit Of clothes. He apologized to them
very cOurteously for having caused them any
disappointment. and took his leave. Well, you
may easily imagine the CONSERVATION he created
IN the Simmons family when he stalked into his
old home, where they had alread ysafely ensconced
themselves. They declared that he was ghost.
and seemed inclined to contest his rights, but II
ne was ghost he was q very substantial one
aud he used some very vigorous language The
SimmOnses departed. or course Maud rejoined
the old man. He lived many years after that
and his riches greatly increased by the rise in
the value OF real estate He overcame his OBJ.
jectiOns to making q will and drew up the
instrument myself. He wanted to leave every.
thing, without reservation, to Maud, but she
insisted on his making some provision for hii
relatives So the old man LETT q comfortable an.
nuity to Mrs. Simmons Maud finally married
and before the old gentlemen died lit
tie rosy-cheeked grandchildren - he
ALWAYS called them grandchildren played
about his arm chair. / always had place In
the chimney corner. and am godfather to one
OF the grandchildren. The old gentleman otter
reverted to the time when he was dead. He
said that he recognized. by their voices. two oil
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of whom happened to
be rather prominent physician aud the Other
one OF the chief officers of the police or constab
uiary-but he considered it his duty to encour.
age the business. rather than to break 1t up by
an exposure.
The Judge here arose and put on his overcoa,
and gloves
You don't mean to tell u.s." said the broker
THAT a man lived for hours with his coffin lid
screwed down and no air?"
Il am not q medical expert" said the Judge.
and the next instant he had disappeared through
the door.