The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-08-02
IN The ASYLUM NOW
A Young Lady Fell in Love
With q Corpse.
To His Cola Clay She Made Her
Vows Of Love and Crowned
ljis Paliid Brow With
wreaths.

told an Examiner repol, r thai he would
not exchange occupations with any man
III ne ct tic. Said he:
II ten you thcrc is 8 singular 1ascina-
lion in minis,sring 10 the wants of the
dead, in placing over them garlands of
towers, nicely arranging their whit.
faces. and laying their pale bodies in the
last caskct."
The old veteran went on poI;raying'
the pleasures of his pursuit, and as he
gaves
DETAILS OF uis WEIRD VOCATION
he grew into an ecstasy not unlike the
Teveries OF an opium eater. Continuing.
The undettaker said;
Experience has taught me that famil.
iarlty with the dead takes the sting from
the grave, My business put. death in 4
less terrifying light than tie pictures
which the imagination draws where the
actual is seldom witnessed. / have out
20 many in their lasl homes tina, | no
longer look upon death VITA the old fear
! agree with the man who said, Tired of
the heal and glamour of The day, we
hear with Joy the rustling garments of
the night | look upon every new face
that comes into my quiet sleeping apart.
ments over there as one more lucky tray
eier who has reached at last hi, journeys
end" =
Does it not pain you when the BODY
81 a lifelong friend Is brought into your
%parlors?'
"oh, my boy" SAID the veteran. with
lhe gruesome manner ofthe grave diggers
taal pirate over Iorick's sku]l in Hamlet
sea That you do not understand what I
have been telling you. Well it does mot
surprise me, for nobody but an under.
taker can have any idea of an under.
taker pleasures. OF course | do moi,
Ike TO have my friends suffer, nor do /
enjoy, having them die. 1t makes the
world lonely and makes tombstones on,
81 Iifo-long comrades. but when a friend
ss dead 1t pleases ne very much 10 give
nm s7ery attention. He becomes nv
Eaest, ard j. pains me if any Of my ser.
vents NEGLECT him OF do
ANYTHING TIC MAR HIS VISIT.
There is, after all, a quiet pleasure "a
NDow that your best friends do not have
to die, that aching hearts are forever at
resi- IN the everlasting sleep"
DC you ever have fayoritcs amonp
those whom you did not know durinp
life2' ootis
very often, indeed. I have had peo.
Pie come here aud I felt from the frs,
gianca that would love them for their
wiartng ways" Avn
We'll, sic, l like modes. people with
frank countenar C IS, whether in life NJ
death. Some corpses have mean coun
%ten5ncas. | would have declined an in.
'uotuction In life, and 20 / do not cult.
palc their society in death. Some seem
10 s'ara At me, while others look like
saeaks, Il dead mans face is a good
p~aotogfa9h OF what he was in life, and
1t haa t3u advantage that no trick of an
as7.;rkeu expression can deceive the eve
Oh Tar observer.
ibare are lovely men and women
wac coNc mere, aud when they leave lis
Wa misa them and We fee, lonely. 7,
gives NE great pleasure TO Pic a lit,le
eouqnat up3a their garments. O, TO al
LAST their heads upon their pillows.
idey ottea need these little alterations
aho thsy seem pleased when we are Find
10 mem. of course, they never spesk
nus there u q golden tilqlencc in their
silence. Different positions of their eu;et
i.ces AVE q language 10 them. aud q
slight change in attitude makes the con.
tour and whole effect different.
l. me tell you about a young women
who used to assist me where formerly
lived. h made handsome bouquets and
sariands during her leisure, and she also
kept the entry books.
ihas glrl had much good philosophy
on the subject Of death. She liked Ia
read about the old Greeks who dressed
their head in white, sand oies 10 irnmor.
ta'ity, and placed floral decorations on
their tombs.
I often noticed that she spent many
IDLE HOURS AMONG THE CoFFrEs :
after the bodies were prepared and nro,.
cry clothed. I, of course, thought that
she was simply studying the business and
Trying TO learn how to make what we call
artistic settings, for she was a always in
o with the business.
Ono day her afianced-for shc was
engaged to a young lawyer-came in to
chat with her a few moments, He was
y bright young fellow, and they were 10
be married in the fail. He had been
coaxipg her TO leave the business, but she
would not do it. Well, this was a de.
l!!ghtful June day, and as he left she
pinned a neal little bouquet upon the
lapel OF his coat. Not noticing my pres.
ence lie lightly kissed her on the brow
M departed. This did not seem to
trouble her, although | noticed that she
biushed as her sweetheart de parted,
do not know whether that kiss Offended
her, u know that she seemed troubled
Tor several days, and after Lawyer Ralfe
left her the next Friday I noticed thst
her eyos were moist. believed tha,
they bad gone through a little loyers'
quarrel, u | thought no more about Il
al least ! did not have the slightest sus-
plclon OF the wonderful alienation of her
affections that was taking place.
The next day the body Of one of the
handsomest young men I ever saw was
brought INTO our pEriors. He was un-
known but from papers found among
ms eheets II was ascertained that his
family lived in London, England. He
had been out hunting, and, getting sepa-
rated from his companions, the gun VIVA
discharged, the charge entering his
thigh. He soon b!ed to death. OF course
you know that he would be very pale.
Two efficient aids in my establish.
ment helped me to prepare the corpse for
inc CONN. We dressed him nicely,
combed his beautiful hair, arranged his
very handsome mustsche, gave his cheeks
a few touches of color with the blender
and left instructions for our Young ladv
assistant to have a floral tlibute made fnTr
the E!ks,. who were to manage the
funeral. then went home to. dinner
md | was gone several hours. When i
returned the girl was working over the
lace. she made a handsome wreath and
placed it over his brow. Then she fairly
raved about his beauty. When came
back in fifteen minutes she wss sim
there, and she seemed to be talking tn
him. heard her ask him
II HE STILL LOVED HER.
II was with delay that she needed nv
request to come away and attend to some
other work. The next day it was the
same, and when ! stopped by the corpse
q moment she said she could marry a
fellow that handsome. She seemed to
blush and laugh o little, but l though,
nothing of II. Toward evening the Elk
and their band Gaze after the cornsc
WIZ you believe me when tell you nv
pretty. girl kissed that cold face and