Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
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meut, staggered back. .'Can a dead
man drink" he cried.
Give him more-morer' exclaimed
Sir Henry, recovering his pre senco of
mind and seizing the bottle.
A ttnge so light that only A medical
eye could have detected Il, began faint
ly 70 suffuse the white face. The doc
tor tore away the shroud and placed his
hand upon the heart. There was no
movement; but they lifted the body out
Oh the collin and proceeded to adopt the
measures proper for resuscitation.
meanwhile, the hearse stood at the
door the funeral guests were assem-
ping outside carriages arriving: while
within, all was commotion and sus-
pense-serv1nts hurrtlnp TO and fro
fetching not bricks, stimuiants. restorA-
i've. in obedience to the doctors com-
.cands; the latter plying every means
skill could devise to keep the Pickering
spark of life from dying out; and the
startled family. half paralyzed by the
sudden revulsion, standing around,
gathered in anxious, silent groups.
Brcathlcssly they watched for tidincs
For a long time the result seemed doubt
ful-dOubtful whether the hearse be.
fore the door, the gaping coffin, the
prave-clothes lying scattered about and
trampled under foot, all the grim para
phernalia of death, hastily discarded in
the first wild moment of hope-mipht
not yet be- needed ~ fulfill their mourn
ful office. But no! Breath, puIsation
consciousness, were slowly returning,
Colonel II was given back 70 his
family and home, filling again the place
that IL was thought would know him no
more. And not until iive-and-twentv
years had passed away after that mem
CRADLE morning. were-ois friends sum-
tribute.
v-ung officer returned from China
, .-lated. apropos of burying alive, the
following experience:
ION our passage home" he said,
''we had in the transport, besides, our
own troops, large draft of French sol
diers. Disease soon broke out among
the closely packed men, and deaths
were of daily occurrence. The French
dealt summarily with their dead. As
soon rs a poor fellow had breathed his
1t, he was stripped. n twenty-pound
shot tied to bis heels, AMI his body
thrust through portfolio into the sea.
John Bulls prejudices rebelled against
such rapid proceedings. When we lost
any OF our comrades, they were allowed
To lie for twelve hours covered with the
Union-jack, and the burial service was
read over them before they were
committed to the deep. One day, a
French Sergeant, who had just fallen a
victim 10 the pestilence. was brought
up on deck in the sheet in which he had
died, to be thrown overheard. The
I twenty-pound shot had been fastened
To his feet and the sheet removed, when,
IN pushing him through the portfolio,
lac was caught by protruding look OF
nail ut the SIDE, and stuck fast. A few
more vigorous thrusts sent the body
further through; and in so doing. the
flesh was torn by the hook, and blood
! began To- How. The attention of the
/ 10y ISLANDERS was attracted to this; and
I moreover, they fancied that they saw
about the corpse other artling symp-
/ toms. The mans aliver' flew from
mouth to mouth. in an instant, willing
/ hands were pressing eagerly e
\ the rescue. AMI before the body cOu,C
touch the water, il was caught anC
brought up on deck.
1.-The French sergeant was one of the
soundest men on board the transport
ship when we landed. ~ Chambers
journal.