New-York tribune., 1901-02-25
THE PASSING THRONG.

Life IN mining camp when it is snowbound.''
said l. 5 Mccormick. OF Chicago at the Holland
House yesterday. 'fs a dreary time.
he WAS and men via do anything for the
SUPPOSED sake Of little amusement. The
~ De story I am going 70 tell you actu-
DEAD- ally did occur. and at that time
all welcomed the Joke as a god
send and made 4 hero OF its uerDetraror
The winter OF 1893 rested an appaIIingIy heavy
hand On the Coeur d'Alene Buried many feet deep
under mass Of feecy snow. the country lay pros
trare- So intense was the cold and so heavy tie
weight OF the that il was possible 10 work
from rbat Hf T2et claims Ingrsss 10 and egress
thaI none bur the hardest man dared essay for II
might be the lot OF the one who attempted it. VA
. .aCg AZ ms 1ne was thriving, busy. prosperous
IoWn- Where the artificial excitement Of a mining
ooom everywhere betrayed itself The shutting
down Of many OF the mines had left a large num-
Time hung heavily on their hands and nothing was
OF 700 small Importance 70 attract interest, pro-
yided It held our the hone Of killing few hours
or the dreary time of waiting.
Just AZ this period the most prominent young
LAWYER OF. the town fell FL. There wasn't ANYTHING
ard impending fever, but. being somewhat OF
hypochondriac. he at once believed himself to be
self 70 mis- bed in the rear % his office denied himself
o. ~ pIt We OF three or mis- intTate friends IN
" gave himself over 10 that luxury of believing
hypochondriac's heart. The three men who were
MS friends and who were admitted 70 his apart
nent. took advantage OF the conditions surround
ing MIN to perpetrare practical Joke that has
ou the news that the lawyer. one Jack Greene.
had died, and as his mourning friends they
its regret
In the mean time Greene. in the next room
heard nothing, the visitors being naturally quiet
IN the presence Of death. One Of
THE TOWN his friends went 10 the local IN
THOUGHT dertaker ana. informing him that
HIM Jack was dead purchased a cof-
GHOST I'm. Alleging the hard winter and
consequent hard times he bea -1e
undertaken down TO one-haIf his price. The under
taker. however, got even by supplying plain pine
box painted a deep black This was placed in
lacks office, and in rue dead Of night lumber
carefully weighed 10 the weight Of Greene's body
was packed inside 1T by the three conspirators.
The lid was then screwed down and the following
day John Greene followed by the entire population
OF the town OF Wallace, idaho. laid away in
-..A.5 About ten DAYS later Jack having entirely
recovered MS pristine health. appeared upon the
street To say that his advent created a sensa-
miners. thinking il was his .hart' straight7vay
ana q LasJlnE. c ne only woman in the camp had
L - n o. Mysteries ana tainted dead away. Greene,
hoWeyer stopped the general panic that his ap-
pearance was precipirattng by stepping into the
f5iIr So ] ]eaaCs S @ Sal4on ana there ansqr0ing his
t 5b f5g36 f55 @ Wanner 5S II was hard 70 tell whether
more asronished by the explanations that there
Greene in rbe Hash a-d -Ct - C- o' - ~ IL e -
ta.-nouEu by this time it must be confessed that
the three consprqt6rs yyh1t did Won 10 i S,r9
was the question addressed i'm blunt and simple
terms 20 the riugleade Well. I'll tell YOU
You see We wanted 70 run. Jack for town
me on now he stood with the community.
But-- and here he slapped i wad o6 newspaper
CLIPPINGS down on the bar IN front OF the aston
do Just read those obituaries and see what the
people think of Won. Why after such a send-off
az 1o If we s3 E9gq4 IN dare 70 run & you for the oes
up on the town farm