Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-01

sis,- aside. even from her door. 10 the
club: but having only to think Of any
place In order 20 bs there, u | wished
u, was actually In her parlor before ]
hal time to remember ! had Abjurs'i
her.
She WAS lying upon sofa with her
face la iis cushions. crying bitterly. and
an evening newspaper. dropped from
her hand. lay upon the hoor. Ny first
glance at the sheet caught the para
graph which had no doubt caused her
grief. Il was this;
liARRisprRa. Dcs. s.-ia sleeping car berth
On the Chicago train arriving her. at thres
q n. . pssssns,r "a. found dead. Paper. IN
M. p.-k.ts enabled Lls Identification - john
Bsntisy. of S.s Sork. lie -ss apparently
sell ~hen b. tn.rdsd the train st p1ttsburs.
p~.th is asoribs'i 10 heart failure. LIE body h
ksli 10 s~Ai, olaim BY frisnds-
MAY the blessing of the unlucky
light on the writer of that item" said
io myself. "why could not the wretch
have aid wher. my body Il held 10 await
the claim % its b~st friendy' Iwou.
dered " IL was b-ing held ION Ice hav.
ing slowly fror.n out the little spark Of
life ! had left la ~ II some sapient
country doctor. to make an imposing
spectacle ~ himself before coroner's
jury. would not want 10 cut u open and
take look at the heart. 90 be sure Il
hal failedi Either was quite possible.
Clearly I had no time to lo-e II was
ever To gct that body back In reasonably
serviceable condition. But 10 find where
it was "held" was the first thing. Per
hap. some other evening paper had fuller
particulars.
Was rally sorry % have to leave
Marian In such lad spirits. notwith.
standing her blAmAble behavior the
uight before. bat could not do thu slight
est good by staying. Momentarily for
getting ! was practically mere ghost,
I did try 10 tell her my views differed
In some important particulars from
those presented In the NEWSPAPER. but ]
h,d no more voice than . mummy.
As Iha,e learned by bitter experience
AN astralirei person suffers under enor'
nous disadvantages In trying 10 read
the news Having no material hands
with which 10 open and turn the PAPER
be has 90 der~nd upon those who have,
Te-ring over their shoulders. crouching
down before them % get sight at the
under side. and In all sorts of undigni.
fiei attitudes and inconyenient way.
adapting himself 20 their peryers. meth
ois u handling the sheets. II Is simply
inad,iening % wait while fellow wades
slowly through long. labored editorial
IN the tariff or incrcase- the adding of
his brain by pcrusal u the baseball col.
uinn. and then, Just at the momsn,
when you think he Il about 10 tnrn 90
the next page. see him fold the paper
and put u In his pocket. Eventually ]
gave up In aesrsir that way Of finding
out what hal become Of my body.
Then happy thought occurred To me.
MY friend x" reflected. 'is one who
can be derended upon. II he has seen
that item. Ia take prompt and energetic
measures Most probably be Is already
preparing To set out and hunt mp my "
mains. II ~, all ! shall have 10 do will
b. to 40 along until hear linn told
where they are. then skip ahead. retake
possession and b- ready to welcome him
when he arrives"
found him In his room. dressing and
thinking aloud. q bad practice 10 which
be- IL much addicted when seriously
troublod. The paragraph ] had already
read lay on q stand beside him. clipp~l
from the PAPER.
I'm awfully sorry for the poor Eel.
low" hearl him mutter; ''of course ]
am. hut his dying Just at this particu.
lar time IL all sorts of q nuisance. ]
can't 20 corpse hunting tonight--even
for lin. Alicia would never forgive the
II I did not take her TO this opera-only
time it's TO b- given In the season. And
q day more or less won't matter TO him
now. They no doubt have him nicely
iced somew here. Seems To me I've
heard they give unclaimed bodies 10 the
medical coll yes. But they would hard
ly do that right away. Even u they did
I could get him back and have him fixed
up most likely. Decidedly tomorrow
will be time enough. ! shall see the
item In some morning paper. wire over
TO the railruad authorities. whoof course
have all the facts reported 10 them. find
out where he Is. 90 on and get him. To
night belongs 10 Alicia. ] have heartl
nothing about John" And he delib
erately put the clipping In the fire and
went ON getting himself into full dress
Iwas. to put II mildly, disappointed
Still could not blame him, and he had
given me q good idea-snimal that had
been not 90 have thought of IL for my.
self long ago. Of course there would
bs, somewhere In the company's Offices
over In Jersey City. an Official report Of
the incident. and might have the luck
To nnd II. Anyway. could go and try
Q good deal quicker than x. could tele-
graph, even IL he had been willing 10 do
40 that night ~ ! did. and for once
fortune favored me. The conductor OF
fast line. number four hal duly ~
ported the finding Of dead man on his
train. and the division superintendent,
probably wi,n an eye to having the data
handy for reference In case OF inquiry
by friends Of tho deceased. had hung the
statement. open. upon hook beside his
desk, where found It. From IL learned
that my body had been ''taken I'm charge
by Undertaken J. d tablet. Of Harris.
burg"
What morn did I wsnti Nothing.
Happier. ! believe, than ever was b.
fore, I darted at once 10 Harrisburg.
lt was easy enough to nnd and enter
Mr.. tablets establishment, which va
quite conspicuous. and there. sure
enough. ! found my body. Il had been
unciothed ard stretched out on board
In Q sort Of cold storage room. like q
big refrigerator. bat happily not In con.
tact with Ice Life. though weak, wal
still In Il.
But had not arrived . moment toc
5000. Another astralissd man. who
confessed hs had Lost his own body
yesrs before, wss already there. seskinG
10 sppropriats mins. Hswas Just ahoul
trying q on when I came and stoppst
him. saw ut . glance 70 would not q
him. - hs, too, could have zen. " h
had NOT been % nsdly dssirous of ob
taining Q material shsll that hs W.
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