The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
IN THE MORGUE.
Grewsome Surroundings Induce q
Weary Undertaken TO Try n Slab.

The interior OF the Morgue--a grew
some place at the best. Coiu, siien, and
awful, with the shades OF death hover
ins In the icy air. and the Whispering
spirits OF the msngled and murdered
victims gliding uncanny and unseen
through the shadows and the gloom,
lurking In the murky corners and mar
rating to each other, with fendish
gr.maces. the agonles OF their horrible
pisembodlment and pointing their skel-
nsers as proof TO- the clots Of CON
gaping and ghastiy wounds liberated
them from their prisons OF clay; with
the deathly stiffness only relieved by the
monotonous drop--drop-drop OF the
slabs OF marble--ugh! Ills Il fitting sep
ulcbre for those whose death Is en-
shrouded In mystery, says the Indianap-
Upon one OF these white slabs that
form the cold couches In that chamber
OF horrors, there lay the other after
His face was pallid., his eyes closed as
though In sleep, while one bare arm
was thrown carelessly across his breast.
HIS undsrclothing, which was OF fine
could be seen where the white sheet
that served as his shroud had been care
lessly thrown back from his breast He
lay. motionless. all unconscious OF the
whispering spirits and death shadows
that lowered around about him.
Around him hung the stiffness of the
tomb 80 heavy that It's very Intensity
dropping Of the cold water upon each
OF the weird marble cots that stretched
out In long row on either side. At the
narrow aperture n the wall that served
penetrate the grin interior a great
green ny was buzxing iaxily after a
meal upon the clotted blood that dark
ened the noor IN great biotShes ,. The
Ing occupant OF the room for days and
weeks, and seemed to glory in It's shad::
owy home. II had become Identified
without the haff -darkened window ali
was light life and danger: within all
was darkness. death. safety. It could
eat Its disgusting meal In silence and re-
choose. And so the green fly lazily
tapped Its wings against the reeking
window panes and gtoried In Its hermit
life.
Ten minutes later the fly left the win
dow and began y slow and dreary tour
Of the room which II had chosen for Its
home. Here and there II lazily winged
its night, moving In circles from one
part OF the chamber OF death to anoth-
er, a. though making tour of inspec-
of Its marble castle. 1t lighted upon
one after another of the white slabs
slipping the water, that flowed from the
death couches and then rose again into
the air. For q moment It circled slowly
above the slab upon which rested the
FORM tne man, hs tnOuRn inspecting
Its prey. The buzzing sounded Ike the
| requiem for the dead.
For a moment the green NY lowered
above and then slowly settled down
upon the face OF the stlll sleeper
| stretched upon the Icy couch. There
was a moment OF horrible stiffness as
the bugzing ceased and then-ye gods
above! That form moved! Could It be
the work of Imagination or a frightful
play Of deceptive vision7 No! There
| could be no mistake. There was a dis
| tinct motion beneath that snowy sheet
| the bare arm was slowly raised--those
eyes tina: a moment before seemed SO
CLASSY opened-there was a spasmodic
twitchng OF the fingers. a horrible
working OF the muscles OF the face
there was hurried rustling in the shad.
ows az ghostly visitors fed in dismay
the buEzing sound was repeated with
repeated dreariness as the green ny cir,
cleG towards the window: the out
stretched form of the man arose slowly
from the Icy couch and tho chamber al
death echoed and rc-echCcd with NUT
tered curse that seemed 10 revelhrat,
agains, the walls and fioat through thi
air like the laughter of the fiends
Confound that tiy," broke through
the gloom and stiffness: "a fellow
can't get wink OF sleep anywhere thii
hot weather"
| I. was the undertaken