The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-29
CHASTITY Dream.

"There goes man who caused me more
worry than anybody else ever did before
or since. Stnl. I needn't complain, for
while 1 was only a bit excited, he was
on the verge OF nervous prostration."
The speaker was an undertaken of this
city. He was standing by the window of
his establishment He nodded toward the
other side OF the street. where there were
a number of pedestrians, without indicat-
ing the man he alluded to. When dues-
toned about his remark the undertaken
said:
II won't tell you his name or point him
out, for IL would not be the right thing.
But j will tell you the story connected
with him. The case happened good
many years ago when l hadn't been In
business for myself very long. His broth
er was consumptiye and was on n Sick
bed for a long time. Finally the end came
and | was the undertaken engaged. The
funeral occurred very soon after death
and everything was done nicely and prop
erly.
"The very next day who should come
TO me i'm a most excited frame of mind
but the dead mans brother. He had
dreamed on the night of the funeral that
his brother was not really dead, but was
alive and trying TO get out of his grave.
the case, and that his brother had been
buried while i'm a trance. / didn't take
any stock In the mans dream at first and
told him so. He was SO dreadfully in
earnest, however, and described his
dream so vividly that after awhile I
really did feel impressed with his fancy. [
was a young man then and had not had
great deal of experience in this bust
ness.
ole explained that he believed I'm his
dream largely because OF the circum-
stances surrounding his brothers sup
posed death. He said that his brother
was very low on the last evening the doc
tor called and that the latter said the pa
tient would not live another twenty-four
hours Early the following morning the
sick man passed away, or SO his family
thought They notified the physician 10
that effect and he signed the death
certificate without examining the body.
II had heard of well-authenticated cas-
es OF dreams being fulfilled, and 1 though
there might possibly be something more
I I'm The T1ans NIsiOn than more Vsgary.
When he saw that I was inclined to show
some faith I'm the possibility of his dream
being true he reproached me for having
| been so careless as 20 prepare his brother
for the grave without discovering that
he was still alive. That made me feel
decidedly uncomfortable, and it wasn'i
| long before J was as anxious as he "a
| disinter h'. brother. This was done the
| same day. and the doctor who had at
| tended the patient was an interested spec
| tator When the coffin was unearthed We
an listened very inteutly for any sounds
| that might come from within IL. but we
heard none. The lid was quickly remov-
-d. There las the inmate of the narrow
house as peacefully as when the service
] had been said over him. The doctor in
sisted that the man must have been dead
| in the first place, and said the whole bus
| lrcss was a piece of nonsense
Being buried alive nowadays Is out OF
! the question. The embalming fluid that
! is used precludes any danger of that.
/ have read at times i'm the newspapers OF
! bodies being found on their sides or face
| downward after burild. 1 think these
| cases can be explained by the fact that
| powerful gases are generated In the hu-
man frame after Il is incascd In "a practi'
cauv alright box and placed beneath the
/ srth. 1 believe that la some instances
tbcse gases possess sufficient power O.
] ,urn body completely over. Exchange