The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-01
A WESTERN emos, STORY.
M,.tahing ihr number Of u Room. nm
tivttiug Into He'd Mtth u Corpse.

Gotting Into He'd wan - Corpse.
from the Cincinnati Enquirer
The following strange story comes
from the city of Burlington. Iowa,
aud In vOuohed Tor by responsible par
ties. There lives few miles out
from Burlington, In one of the sub
urban towns u merchant called Jones,
who every iow months goes into tho
city to rcp'cuish his stock OF goods
Last May he went to Burlington Tor
that purpose, and arriy Ing late In the
afternoon went direct to the hotel he
was IN the habit of stopping aud reg
| lstcrcd. He told the clerk that he
wanted his old room, No. "a, aud to
have II all ready, rs he would not be
In until late Tor he expected To visit
the different stores, select HIS goods,
aud finish up 50 ~ TO take the morn
ing train home. Tbs clork told him
he could have the room, but would
have Tor bedtcllow Methodist
preacher, who had already been as-
signed to that room. lie replied
that II made no difference so he
would leave tho door unlocked. lie
was out making his purchases aud
came in very latc-a few minutes nj
ter ~ o'clock, midnight. The light
was turned down pretty low, and he
proceeded to undrcss and get ready |
for bed. lie noticed that his bed fell |
low had nothing but sheet ovOr him |
and, although il was not warm, 1t |
was not very cold, and he concluded |
that II u Methodist preacher couI ii |
stand II with sheet rs his covering |
he could, aud so lac got in, lie was
almost asleep whom he heard his
door open, aud looking up saw II
young man and lady enter and take
seats on the opposite side OF the
room They had hardly entered
when the young man commenced to
make love to the girl in the latest mp
proved iashiou-kissing her and tell
ing her he would die for her, swim
rivers aud kill men.
Jones says II got so amusing that
he pOkod his bcdiollow in the ribs To
awaken him that he might enjoy the
fun, thinking II would be ~ amusing
to preacher as to any other mortal.
The preacher showed no signs of
awakening, aud the lovc-making weni
on stronger than ever. lie punched
again and agsin, but failed TO awaken
hlH lllNuus az lhsl Wv par Nbl ~
far along that Jones could stand II no
longer, aud, after giving the preach
or n aoId kick in the side, raised up
aud pulled the sheet down oil of his
face SO he could see. AS he pulled
the sheet down his hair stood on END
and his icce blanchod with horror
for there beside him lay the corpse of
u beautiful woman with dark hair
and wrapped in shroud, an, silver
dollar on each of her eyes.
When he recovered from the frs,
shock he sprang from the bed, and
rs he landed on the floor, his face rs
white MS the dead body In the bed and
his hair on end, the Young man went
out of the window, taking the gas
aud sash with him; tho woman, with
II shrek, fell fainting to the
door, Jones grabbed the
chair on which wore his clothes
ard started odt, AS he opened the
door he saw his mistake, rs the num-
Dor WAS twenty-fonr Instead of thirty
tour. A few steps took him TO thirty
four, and, entering, he made sure that
his bedfellow this time was alive. lie
didn't sleep, and rose early aud Went