The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-02-05
SAVED ~ AN UNDERTAkER.
A Young ToulrI-'u narrow Escape froEl
Living Tomb


SAVED BY AN UNDERTAKEN
A Young WourI.'u Narrow Escape from -
Living Tomb
ado you see that lady in the carriage I
with the little girl iu her arms2' asked
a North Side undertaken, OF Press
representative.
YES, sir"
well. that IS Mrs -, and eight
years ago I was called TO her home by
her father TO prepare her body for
burial"
WHAT prepare a live person for
burial2' asked the reporter in Hmuze-
menL
I'm this case, yes, but her parents
and a drunken physician thought she
was dead"
ut was shortly after / opened uP my
esta blishmsnt on the North Side, when
one evening a nicely dressed old gentle
man came into the store and asked for
the proprietor I informed him that
was the Individual he WIS seeking and
asked him what could do for him He
/ told me he desired my services to pre-
1 pare his daughters remains for burial,
/ and wanted her embalmed so that the
I body would keep a month.
/ ''This was about my first good job in
I this vicinity, and knew 81 I did my
/ work satisfactorily 90 the old gentleman
/ that it would help me in my business,
I as I was comparatively q stranger In
! that section Of the city. The old gem
! tlemau seemed anxious to have me take
charge OF the remains myself After
| packing my instrument case and taking
I an extra quantity of embaimiug huid,
I i started tor the Fssldsuce-
when I rang the bell was admitted
/ by a Esrvaut who conducted me 20 the
room where the alleged corpse lay As
/ yet nothing had been disturbed The
body wss covered by a sheet and when
uncovered the face found IL was that
Of a beautiful girl about II years OF
age To all appearance life was eE-
tinct, as the body was cold aud rigid
/ lifted her on 60 my cooling board and
Il was then that I discovered, when the
features were plainly visible, that her
eyes were bright and not covered by O.
film, as Is usuEL and shat her lips were
remarkably red for a dead person At
first I was about 20 call the old gentle
man sud tell him that his daughter was
not dead, but ! thought better Of it, as
! was sure I was mistaken Nevertho-
less, Z determined to make the usual
tests, aud was about 20 prick her with
my lance when / thought / noticed a
slight movement OF the eye. Nor was
l I mistaken
''I barred the neck so as to get near
the artery we use in arterial embalun-
ing, and when / made slight indsutu-
ton with the knife a small drop OF
| blood dropped on my finger. This
blood was warm, and / then knew thai
lie was not extinct 7 called a servant
and asked her what form of disease heI
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
Il said nothing 90 any one Ia tha
house, and after wrapping the body In
several blankets, pi lced IL back on thg
bed
, ''I had often read Of people being iE
o. . frances and taken for dead and wa
sure that this was a similar case Eo'
/ ] knowing whether she was conscious
spoke TO her and told her that knew
/ abe vvss in a hypnotic state and no.
/ / dead and that i would return iH o few
i moments with a physician passed
quietly ont Of the house after telling
the servant 70 allow no person iu On,
2 room tin i returned, and found a uedl
1 cal friend who accom- panied me back q
i | the house He was not long ia deter
! mining ths facts, as his diagnosis
= proved beyond ali doubt that the lad
: was not dead, but In a deep trance Hl
4 also thought sine wac conscious lni
) spoke kindly 70 her, telling her not q
( fear, as she Wculr be lll right ia O iLt
h tie while
i Gle injected drug into her arm AM
/. in q short time was rewarded by hear
!, fnh-n slight hutrer of the heart, Vhicl
e gradually grew stronger
b. when 7 went downstairs the oil
% gentleman wEs pacing mp and down ca
e I parlor dooE. and when he saw me b
a started for his hat and coat saying b
e. would 60 back 90 the store with me AM
e pick out q clElreE I told him 20 b
q seated Is there was some mistake, a
e his daughter did not need a eonin q
D. present aud 7 hoped 10 would be a Ion
e time before she did- At hrst could no
make him comprehend that his dauEf
10 ter was 8tiu alive. bat dually convince
D. him that Sc was a fact and introduce
D. him TO t3ls doctor, who - che usssntim
a. had come into che room
r. The old nam was partly Etuuuel
e. and uaged u1ore like cray man aha
.lE the ssnElbIz person that he vsaE Vel
o. both the loctGr and I sat at the hedlid
"a OF the EEff all night but g. was not us
% I'll the following afternoon that she q
N covered eczaciousueas- She knew abs.
"a Iutelg uoshtnE % what had taken plac'
RI sEd &c uvsa EHst until some weeks ate
e, when she had folly recovered that ha
be father told her all Thrzs yelrs lat1
,c she Wa IarEisd, and Is today g. haPp
Of a wife and mother ls lives ia Chicago
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