The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-22

was none too bright A little white fence
around baby's grave Rlared in startling
| contrast to the neutral colors.
As the horses toiled up the hill they
stopped at times to rest, aud the mourners
brsced the wheels with their feet, lest their
| carriages run back ward. So the end came,
and at last we reached the grave Around
1t were already gathered the people who
had walked up ahead. The pine box stood
upon its rests over yawning hole. In
minute the bearers had taken the walnut
| casket from the wagon, placed it in the
| outer covering, and as the undertaken
screwed down the cover the woman who
stood by Bob through thick and thin gave
pitiful little moan. Then the box grated
dowd the sides OF the grave, and the voice
of the minister rose up in the great silence,
reading from the verse which says; "But
| now is Christ risen from the dead"
From their wagons coming down the hill
had come the miners in their shirt sleeves
and overalls, and they stood with uncov-
cred heads and listened TO the first prayer
they had heard in many DAYS. SO we
| buried him there on the mesa. and We all
came down to the town and each called for
his favorite drink Within fifteen minutes
after the ciods had fallen into the grave the
roulette wheel and the bank, which mad for
the time been deserted, were again in opera
| tion.
"Yes, that came king seven; you lose,"
and then, turning to the lookout: This
| Teller gave us a good talk, didn't he2 God
almighty, but this pack is full Of sevens."
And from the other side of the room:
Twenty black, high, odd" in a
monotonous chant said to player. Eyes,
| I'd like to have the odds" he swore.
So the day went by. And the tragedy was
ended.
In Valparaiso there 10 a funny side even
to funerals. The other day a sound of music
attracted me to the window, and what do
you think saw2 A mahogany-hued peon
| (peasant) carrying on his head aud out
stretched hands plank about five feet long
and on the plank dead child. The little
corpse was that of a girl, apparently about
5 years old. IL was attired in short frock
of red calico. TIE legs incased in coarse.
| white hose, "a world too wide for the
| shrunk shank no shoes; the jet black haic
smoothly braided and crowned by jaunty
wreath of paper roses, and the cheeks hor-
ribly daubed with vermilion to simulate the
hue OF health.
| The plank bearer was closely followed by
two women, evidently the mother and
grandmother Of the deceased, and they
walked with an air Of conscious Importance,
as becomes those who had furnishe IAN
| other little angel" as here a dead child is
universally called, to swell the heavenly
| host. Behind the women ma ched two
men, playing with might and main, one
on fiddle. the other on a guitar, each In
| tent on a tune of his own regardless of the
others performance, and the rear was
| brought up by dozen or more laughing
! and chatting men, women and children,
| most OF whom gave indubitable evideuce Of
| unwise generosity on somebody's part in
the way of chicha, the Chilean low-class in
| toxicant.
They were on the way 20 the Panther to
| inter the "little angel" over whom they
had been dancing and drinking for several
days, and which possibly had been loaned
once or twice in the meantime to friends
| who were not so fortunate as to have a
oorDse in the family.
~ will remember as long as I've when l
was serving as an apprentice, SAID a we'll
| known embalmer recently. II was callel
| upon to join party of watchers in room
where the body of stout old gentlenal
lay resting on a cooling board to wait the
| preparation of a special sized coffin. 1t
was my duty to accompany one of the
young ladies present, who carried the light
into the room where the body lay. and &C
casionaUy moisten a cloth with antisceptic
fluid that was spread over the face OF the
| dead.
sit was a bitter cold night, and the wind
was bowling mournfully without aud creak-
ing doors and shaking windows. As we
passed In before the body aud l raised the
covering from the dead mans tac-, my COM
pauion accidentally logged the board, and
instantly following the motion low, gut
tural sound proceeded from the mouth Of
the dead body which nearly paralyzed US
with fright My companion shrieked.
imagined l saw the lips move and the eyes
quiver; the cold sweat ooze1 from my fore
head in huge, beadlike drops.
"Ail the watchers came in and an investi-
| cation eusued. 1t was only the exit OF some
air in the body that was started by the
shaking Of the body on board; but it was
a terrible ordeal to me, l can assure you. "
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