The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19

| was Hil0e, IoT the EYeFelLS are one OF
the leading families, and great sympathy
is felt for them; and then, toe, lin sheh a
great, thicklY populated city as New
ork Is, when the doors of a church are
thrown open upon any occasion out OF
the.ordinary there will always be q great
Emany strangers attracted to enter in,
aRdi see what is to be- seen.qil fistgzal
All through the solemn and, touching
Service / was crying as though my heart
lwould break, for i could see Master
Philip face before me all the time--now
as a merry, laughing little boys, then
as the handsome,S pleasantsloaking one
which was his when grpwnnP.
J At last the minister was through and
then he came to the head of theeelfin as
the undertaken unfastened the, lid and
turned it back. He stood for a moment
looking down aE my young masterfthen
he said, his voice all of tremble: ...-.-
'sAn opportunity viii be given to all
who desire to look once more upon the
face of our dear young friend"
Then followed directions to the people
lsh9Wsto movegso thatno confusion should
follow, and then for an instant there was
a pause of such utter stiffness that I could
hear my heart beat, before the Fustling
of draperies and the subdued sound OF
moving feet was heard @{ 5ai7aH
l. Then rich and poor young and old,
friends and strangers, joined. in the pro-
cession which was to pass by poor Master
Philip and gaze upon his dead face. I'm
of English birth myself, and I have all
the English horror of the American Gus
tom of opening coffin in public. Ifelt
as though would give worlds could
have the right to speak out then, and
there, and forbid this exposureof Master
Philip. But Gods ways are not our
ways, and it is we'll that / hadn't the
power, for allsof q sudden ,heart-rend-
ing cry rang out, followed by:
30, my Philip, is it thus have found
you? Dead! Deadr' .asa -. 4.sa
Then there was a commotion about
the coffin, and a slight form was soon
after carried hastily down the. aisle. A
young girl had been the. actor in this
strange scene. and had fallen in a faint
after giving utteranee to her fWiId, cry.
She had been almost the last one to gaze
at Master Philip, so, with a face,
the. undertakerstepped forward tMclose
the lid again over the silent sleeper.
s0What must have been his feelings,
then, to see Master Philips dark ewes
open and gaze up into his face, with a
look of intense entreaty IN fheme With
one STARTLED glance thim, he exclaimed;
If there is "A physician here, will he
please come forwardp We'haye nearly
put live man under ground. n 1t. is "a
| Pasn Of cncnouAod ouspa fs0r
Then the scene that sfollowedt 1t beg
garsdescription! arg f86 ftaaf
1t was so terrible, yet SO joyful. when
at last my young master was fully
brought back to life. It3was hours be-
fore he could speak, his wide-open, i'm
ploring eyes being the only sign of life
for long, anxieus interval of time
Had it not been for that. piercing,
heart t-breabing cry, he would have surely
| gone down to his grave tnen and there
in his young manhood and no one.would
have ever known that he had left a wife
and a baby-boy to battle with the cold
world. While theywere working over
Master Philip, Others had taken the poor
young girl into the yestibule. ,sad were
trying to restore her to consciousness.
1t was nearly asdiflicult task TO bring
her back again to.life. as it was with
1 Master Philip. But at last she opened
her eyes, and looked about her, wistftilly
/ at first and questioningly-then with a
| sudden recollection ofWhat she had seen,
she shiEered AID seemed about to go Eoff
in another faint, but just then messen-,
ger came in hot-haste with an inquiry
for bers and a request thst she should be
| brought into the presence of the man
whom herecry had aroused to life again.
The dread accessories .efsleath had been
hastily remoFeds blankets had been sent
for, and lounge and pillow had been
brought, SO that the ante-chamber had
been transformed for the timesinto the
appearance of sick ROOM So gtaraa
Her tottering steps had to be support
ed, for as no one knew the relation she
bore to Philip, no one had said to her
''Your husband i've" 50 that the truth
burst upon her like a flash OF lightning
so sudden and overwhelming Twas her
joy when she ssMPhilip, and heard him
say s.Conle here, my own Little. Polly
With q low. glad cry she tottered for
beside him. 81 = %"'i
He laid his hand upon her pretty head
and turned hisieyesi beseechingly upon
his father swhe stood near watching him
with variety Of feelings sera ggling for.
the mastery in his. stern face. NV
mistress was Standing by her son shold-
ing his other. hand, and looking at him
as though II She turned her eyes away
for an instant she might lose him. 90 80
Bless her! Master Philip felt that he
was sure OF her foIgivenessl but it was
morelserfoasqu question about twhas his
father might do. -s4sgnm
Perhaps If he had been fully conscious
of what had taken place-ho he had
Observation-Disclosures had lBeens coffin
led, and had come nigh to- being put,
under ground-he might not have felt SO
uneasy about bis fathers fovgiyeness
/ But he only knew that something strange
lad happened. and that he mus lose fice
time inlsaying what itegwass upon his
mindto says1 o1 Isl q s / a96H .szE'
sssFathers . he said, feebly, sE..foroipel
mefor deceising you SO long. .sgaIa have
been married to Polly for two years. and
have been afIsaid Ia falf z,oT, =, Cbafo oe