The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-06-03

sour men. Who proceeded TO her grave A
shabby looking ciergyman, who hes charre
81 ons OF the small churches in one Of the
most Insignificant parts Of the city, comes
every Afternoon TO the cemetery TO perform
ebe Offices OF the church Tor frtendlens waits
Of humanity like these. He represents slss
one eternal. unchanginR Friend. the one
great Disinterested. whom We forget In
dsys Of prosperity. but 70 whom We rssors
In times Of troubls.
The four men from nowhere
kith nor kin-at the request OF the clergy
man. procseded with the body Of the
psuper woman TO the grave. In the dis,
tsDce II the cart rattling back 70 the city.
Horr0rl What strange movement Of the
ooflin II thstf One man looks st<althily q
his neighbor. Nothing, Of counsel lmagi-
nationl Yet frigbtful sensation opprssses
him To 10 buried alivsi Hideous fatsi
The proceasion passes somewhat hurriedly.
4 poor old pauper woman; there l. no o.,
cnsion u be particularly decorous-ope
pauper Lees In the world Much better out
Of the world than In III No ops wseps or
grieves.
Again that strange vibration, - II the
terrible box was convuissd. Paughi Non
eenssi Christ. what . notaa Never such
. sound came from earth.
One Of the men IN front looks around
with white facs. He meets another pair
OF eyes hxed with horror. Before them all
walks the clergyman rsciting. II an the
resurrection and the life" A few stray
Cling people about the cemetery have fallen
into line ~ tbs little band moves onward
Now they are NJ the tomb-a long. hide.
Gus looking receptacle built against the
brick wall OF the cemetery. containing row,
and rows Of shelye.
A cheerful looking man with . red fasA,
holding trowei In bis hand, sits beside
great pile Of fresh mortar. II Ii his oocu
patton 70 seal up the oyena. - the ugly
shelves are called
The clergyman still read. A young child
with gold colored hair that strays from fts
mother 10 pick a wandering vine givs .
little shriek Of ecstasy.
The four men push the box into the ~
ceptacie A frightfni scraping sound min
gied with . most unearthiy cry. The two
men who had looked At each Other asain
exchange giances The taos Of one II livid.
Another sound and the two sim uitansous-
ty drag forth the coffin and place IL on ths
ground The clergyman stops reading.
Someshing has happened" said the
man who had walked In front Of the coffin
THE woman Is alive" said the man with
the dark face. and they began to tear open
the coffin The man with the trowsi CONES
70 assist The excitement In intense Who
ever heard OF such . thingf In books, or
IN the medical journals. perhaps. but in
life. uevcri
The men work In hurried silence. AT
length they have pried up the long nails
The dark man tears open the lid. and with
In the long nine kSaN swif hns
Of decorative adjournment. lies the poor,
shrunken. attenuated pauper woman Toe
light OF the moon In brilliant In the sky-
the light that beautiles everything bur
the human coun;enanoe--is absolutely IN.
sparing and intensiHes the ugliness OF the
wreiched. toiIworn face. All look at her
with breathless curiosity. She belon,:s
70 nobody She has no friends No one
knows what TO do Apparently she b
dead
After all the noise visa a mistake. The
man with the white face stepa tack. a.
though be relinauishsd all sense Of 70
sponsibility. The man with the dark fAc~
bends over the woman This act helps all
OF the Others TO fresh interest. Their faces
ask is sbe deadt" The decisive man feeis
her hands. quite cold. her face cold also
Then with an energy born OF conviction he
lifts the woman up. putting his arm under
her wais, She is not still al ali, Her
eyes open. she looks at him The specta
torn gaze 10 shocked Amusement. the dark
man feels faint The corpse moves. lifts q
thin yellow. hand. then breaks the awful
silence by saying Querulously. Il thought
you would never heart then, Get me
some water. Marcia Davies In New Or
leans Times Democrat