The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-29

the face found it was that of beautiful
girl about seventeen years of age. To all
appearance life was extinct, as the body
was cold and rigid. / lifted her on my
cooling board. and it was then that dis
covered, when the features were plainly
visible, that her eyes were bright and not
covered by film, as is usual, and that her
lips were remarkably red for a dead per
son. At first i was about to call the old
gentleman and tell him that his daughter
was not dead; but / thought better Of It, rs
/ was sure | was mistaken. Nevertheless
determined to make the usual tests. and
was about to prick her with my lance
when / thought / noticed a slight move
ment OF the eye. Nor was / mistaken.
II barred the neck so as to get near the
artery we use in arterial embalming, and
when made slight indentation with the
knife small drop of blood dropped on my
finger. This blood was warm, and then
knew that life was not extinct. l called q
servant and asked her what form of dis
ease her mistress had died of. She told me
the doctor said it was typhoid malaria
then asked for the death certificate, and
found that the servant was right.
II said nothing to any one in the house,
and, after wrapping the body in several
blankets, placed it back on the bed.
81 had often read of people being in
frances and taken for dead, and was sure
that this was similar case. Not knowing
whether she was conscious, / spoke to her
and told her that / knew she was in a
hypnotic state and not dead, and that ]
would return in few moments with a
physician. / passed quietly out Of the
house, telling the servant to allow no
person in the room till / returned, and
found medical friend, who accompanied
me back to the house. He was not long in
determining the facts, as his diagnosis
proved beyond all doubt that the lady was
not dead, but in deep trance. He also
thought she was conscious, and spoke
kindly to her, telling her not to fear, as
she would be all right in little while.
"He injected drug into her arm, and in
short time was rewarded by hearing a
slight flutter of the heart, which gradually
grew stronger.
when / went down stairs the old gen.
tleman was pacing up and down the parlor
floor, and when he saw me he started for
his hat and coat, saying he would go back
to the store with me and pick out a casket.
! told him TO be seated as there was some
mistake, as his daughter did not need a
coffin at present, and ] hoped IL would be
a long time before she did. At first could
not make him comprehend that his daugh.
ter was still alive, but finally convinced
him that it was fact, and introduced him
to the doctor, who in the meantime had
come into the room.
"The old man was partly stunned and
acted more like crazy man than the SEN
sible person that he was. Well, both the
doctor and sat at the bedside of the girl
all night, but it was not until the follow
ing afternoon that she recovered conscious
ness. She knew absolutely nothing Of
what had taken place, and 1t was not until
some weeks after, when she had fully re
covered that her father told her all. Three
years later she was married, aud is today
as happy a wife and mother as lives In Chi
ago."-Chicago Press.