Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

ment staggered back. .'Can a dead
man dfinkP' he cried.
''Give him more-morer' exclaimed
Sir Henry, recovering his presence Of
mind and seizing the bottle.
A tinge so light that only q medical
eye could have detected Il, began faint
ly to 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
OF the coffin and proceeded to adopt the
measures proper for resuscitation.
Meanwhile, the hearse stood at the
door, the funeral guests were assem-
bling outside carriages arriving: while
within, all was cofnmotion aud sus-
pense hurryiug to and fro
fetching hot bricks. stimulants, restora-
tives, In obedience TO the doctors com-
hands; 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 rcvuBion, standing around,
gathered in anxious, silent groups.
Breathlcssly they watched for tidincs.
For long time the result seemed doubt
ful-doubtful whether the hearse be-
fore the door, the gaping coffin. the
grave-clothes lying scattered about and
trampled under foot, all the grim para
phernalia OF death. hastily discarded in
the first wild moment of hope-might
not yet be needed 10 fulfill their mourn
fnl Office. But no. Breath. pulsatiOn
consciousness, were slowly returning.
Colonel Il was given back To his
family and home, filling again the place
that il was thought would know him no
more. And not until five-and-twenty
years had passed away after that MEM
cradle morning. were his friends sum
moned--this time to pay him tho last
tribute.
A young officer returned from China
related. apropOs of burying alive, the
following experience:
"On our passage home" he said,
1--WE had in the transport, besides our
own troops. n 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 as poor fellow had breathed his
st, he was stripped. n twenty-pound
shot tied to his heels, and 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
Rad over them before they were
committed to the deep. One day, a
French Sergeant, who had Just fallen a
victim TO the pestilence, was brought
up on deck in the sheet in which he had
died, TO be thrown overheard. The
twenty-pOund shot had been fastened
90 his feet and the sheet removed. when,
in pushing him through the portfolio,
be was caught by protruding hook OF
nail at the side. and stuck fast. A few
more vigorous thrusts sent the body
/ further ;hrough; 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,
moreover, they fancied that they saw
about the corpse other arthng symp-
/ toms. The mans alive"' flew from
mouth To mouth. In an instant, willing
hands were pressing eagerly tC
/ the rescue. and before the body could
/ touch the water, il was caught and
brought up ON deck.
The French sergeant was one of tho
sOundest men on board the transport
ship when we landed. - Chambers
journal.