Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-17
HERE IS A ROMANCE.
Strange Story of Girl Apparently Dead
 Who Reappeared Bride.

cd dead and prepared for burial has re- appeared before her astonished parents and friends as the wife of George E. Thompson, young farmer living with his mother near Hope, N. D.
 Mrs. Thompson was Miss Ellen Nor man, the l9=year- daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Norman She was the belle of the neighborhood and was en- gagged to marry Thompson. In October of 1894 the girl was taken i'll with malady which puzzled the doctors, and on Oct. 24 she died-at least the doc tors pronounced her dead-after sub- jecting her to numerous tests.
 In a few hours the face of the dead girl began to turn black, and the doctors at once ordered the body placed in coffin and the coffin tightly closed, as they feared that the disease was some- thing contagious. The funeral was set for the next day, Oct. 25, and the coffin containing the body was kept overnight in the Norman house. The only watcher was Mir. Thompson, who declared that he was not afraid of the disease what ever it was It was due to his watching that the young woman is alive today.
 After the Norman family had retired, leaving Thompson alone with the dead girl, he removed the lid of the coffin in order to once more gaze upon the face of his fancee. As he sat looking at the dis colored face and the white hands folded across the bosom he was startled to see the chest Of the body in the casket rise and fall in a spasmodic way, as though the girl was gasping for breath. In 8 moment he was bending low over the coffin, with his ear pressed against her chest. There was life i'll the body, for the heart was fiuttering faintly. Wrap ping the form, which had not become rigid, in the blanket which had been given him to throw about his shoulders during his vigil, Thompson, without awakening the family, carried the girl to his own home, where he explained all to his mother. She agreed with him that it would be folly to arouse the neighbors, as it was not at all certain that the girl would really come to life again.
 After placing Ellen in bed and sur rounding her with hot pillows Dr. z. E. Mullan was called in and sworn to secrecy. This done, Thompson returned to the Norman residence, and after mak- ing up dummy body and covering 1t with the grayeclothes taken from the girl and dropping q handkerchief light ly over the face, so that if the coffin should be opened on the morrow for any purpose the deception would not be no- tieed, resumed his watch. When morn ing came, all was the same apparently as it had been left by the family the night before, and the coffin remained, under orders from the doctor, unopened, even for Mir and Mrs. Norman to take last look at the dead girl.
 The funeral was held at the little church in the morning and was largely attended.
 Mrs. Thompson remained at home talk ing care of the girl, and as it was given out that she was il nothing was thought of her absence from the church.
 After Miss Norman had been carried to the Thompson residence and Dr. Mullan had worked over her for several hours, 1t became evident that she had simply been in trance, and that the discoloration of the face was caused by the stagnation of the blood. A galvanic battery was brought into use, and after a time the supposed dead girl began breathing ill fairly natural manner. She remained unconscious or delirious for several days, according to Dr. Null Ian. who remained almost constantly at the bedside, and then awoke as from heavy sleep. She was very weak and was therefore not informed as to the true state of affairs. She was simply told that she had been quite sick, and that she must remain absolutely quiet. AS she became stronger all was explain ed to her. She wanted her parents sent for at once, but this Dr. Mullan would not listen to, saying that the least ex- citement might bring on a relapse.
 About the middle of December Miss Norman was spirited away from Hope by the doctor and Mir. Thompson, and since that time she has been travelling in the south and west. where she has fully regarded her health. Soon after leaving she aud MT. Thompson were married, and shortly after that Dr. Null Ian returned to his home, leaving his patient in charge of her husband. MT. and Mrs. Thompson arrived at Hope few days ago over the Great Northern road, first having advised Mr. and Mrs. Norman that the daughter they had mourned as dead was alive and well and on her way home to them as the wife of Mir. Thompson. There was a dramatic scene when Mrs. Thompson met her father and mother. The towns people at first refused to believe that the young woman was the one they had seen buried as they supposed, and would not be convinced that it was really she until the grave where her body was supposed to be lying was opened and the dummy body was taken from the casket New VorLr World .@