The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-09

undcrtaA.. that his services would not
Ne required Had not the supposed
coFpse returned to ne 80 suddenly an
other tragedy would have been added
% the many laid al the door OF our
system Of burial. lie has written an
acrouui of this remarkable experience
~ lolioHs:
when died-for was really dead.
according 10 ~ relatlycs-there were
rreee1. ai my bedside the following
peopis. an Of Washington county. Ind;
MARY 4. Gray. Jennie Shields. Mary A.
shields. Robert shields. william Bar
tie and James Bar,le. All OF these
swear 10 the truth OF what I say and
- viii the doctor. DR. Ellrod Of Hen
nyaville. CLARK county. for ] am sure
that the mind Of every one present re-
celvcd a shock that viii remain with
them for a life time. Eve nov they
al look AZ me ne n wondcrln- whether
am really alive or am iuo o Walking
spirit am farmer and was born In
Washington county a. years ago. !
had been slekly for several years be-
fore I dled-you must excuse me N !
keep saying ! debtor I am fully CON
WINGED that passed through the oxpe-
Fience Of death. was hrs, taken ~ last
month. being seized with a kind OF collie
or crampa After a day or two the
pains grew 30 bad that ! sent for Dr..
Ellrod The doctor came twice a day.
but ] grew worse. and one day toward
the end Of the month the family gath
cred round my bedside. and ! could see
BY their grieved faces that they thought
I was going 10 die There was no shock
IN the news Il seemed a. n ! had
known Tor years that ! was going 10
die. then felt my limbs growing colder
and colder and realized that the end
vas a. hand First the chill struck
my feet and Il extended up my limbs
and then from my finger tips TO my
body. until felt as n an Icy hand was
Just about to grip my heart and that
when that was done ! should be dead
Ny pain was gone. but In lts place
was a haunting dread that seemed 70
swell my veins until thought that I
should become a maniac before | died.
50 much agony OF mind was crowded
into that one short moment Il seemed
a. n could not contain Il all. felt
the sweat risirg on my brow. On the
inside !, felt as n every drop was Of
molten iron, and that as Il reached
the surface Il vas chilled BY the cold
hand Of death. Nearer and nearer the
cold approached my heart until Il
seemed a. II could measure the dis
lance knew that In second more
an would b. over. but In that second
lived a thousand life times. My boy
hood days an swept before me and
thousand details OF my daily ne long
since forgotten passed before my mind.
ny young days spent at the pillow and
the many hours ] ran about the fields
tufging Al my mothers apron. as she
led from the fold a siskly lamb or went
10 pass a CHEEKY word with the haymak-
eru-aii this passed through my brain
40 lightning speed. and when an was
over and tho last second OF my long
dream arrived / realized that was Just
about 10 face my Creator. This was
the only sense Of relief had. / had
no fear. Tor the conviction OF the good
ness Of God Oh high was firmly stamped
On me. Throughoui the long, strange
scene ! saw the people by my bedside.
! watched their tears and listened 20
their means OF grief with an acuioncss
that had never felt before. u seemed
a. n could not help hearing them
and my eyes were fixed with a rigidiiy
that could not be described. Then the
end came. with a clutch like that OF
a thousand cold steel vlses my heart
was grasped In the hrm embrace Of
death and an was over. say all was
over. because this was the first mo-
menta respite had had. and Il was not
until some time after that I realized my
situation and the reaction set In. The
hrst thing that then Impressed me was
that some one leaned over the bed and.
hurstlng into a a. Of violent sobbing.
said. He's dad; my God. he's deadr
Then q thousand voices seemed TO take
ID the words He's dcady He's deadr
Hes dead until their echo throbbed
on my brain like the beating OF shop
hammers. That was the beginning
. my second horror ! realised that I
was Head. or. at least. thought 90.
Then beran TO wonder " was really
dead. Il had occurred 10 me a. strange
that I dld not see heaven or the other
place. These thoughts gave me a mo-
mcntary shock. but nothing to the hor-
rors tha, followed. Ny reason gradu-