The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-16

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 a glimpse before we dsshed Into tht 1 hospital grounds. Arriving there leaDte from my pantipg gteed. The brtdIs ss
 attendant seized. Che was waiting tot | met by the doctor, who witheut . wero | led me to R.'s cell. where sight that ] froze my blood In my, veins met " eyes. Bsit-uprieht upon the side Of the jaw dropped his mouth wids open. and his eyes almost bursting from his head.
 and fixed upon 2 corner Of the room sss H., perfectly dead.
 staggered back and sat downson q bench in the hall. An attendant brought ne some brandy. drank 1t and fslt hstter. and suggested to the doctor that we eeq Attempted to lay him down upsn tho bed. but he maintained hts eittnE pos- ture in spite of our combtued eRorte. He seemed frozen. The caHket caa9es
 sna ea.s ass ter tfsefi S. Hospss was a1a %s in laying him in it.. and by means of
 strong tapes. tackled across his body.
 and to the sides of the casket.s we could
 hold him in the proper position, ,sss,,sls ns wnc so full of life. Again and .again we en- deavored to close those fearful. vide open. staring eyes, but in vain. Iney protruded se far from thsir sookete .nas s when our hands were withdrawn. they flew open again. staring more horribly than before. We placed silver doliaxs gpoa each. to try to hold them together. Wo removed the casket containing his body into the receUtion room. He had had the sympathy Of all the nurses In the hospital. particularly among the tender hearted, sympathetic young women. who ministered to the comfort and ailments of the patients. among them the super visor of the womans department, who requested that she be permitted to se- lect two of her attendants and sit up with the body that night. The doctor consented to sratify this reasonable re- quest My friend R. was quite an epi- cure. In his room I found many good things to gratify the inner man. among serves and other delicious sweets. had them brought and placed upon table in the room where the ladies would sit up with the corpse. Crackers. cheese and to refresh them during the long tedious hours of the night. The room was large and without carpet on the floor. The casket was placed at the extreme end of the room. the attendants sat at the table at the other end. They prepared to partake of the deIicacles and other substantial edihles. This was about mid- night, the hour at which the nocturnal yts,t0 ynst hers ons of % tSs nurses pgsRd rgemarRed. This Is the time for the Spectral One" Just then, the body becoming distended with Accumulated gas, broke asunder the tape which had been tackled across the body to hold 1t down in the casket, gave way, and he arose in q sitting posture. The dollars were thrown with apparent force from his eyes upon the uncarpetsd ieor. rolling towards the young ladies. looking for the abandoned one in the other world The two young iadies faint ed. The matroh. though intensely fright ened. succeeded in reaching the hall. She responded to her call. "Mr R. has come to life and is sitting tip in the casketr' The Doctor was summoned. he compre- hended and took in the situation lrnms- assistance pressed the body back into the casket. procured more and stronger tape and tackled as before and closed the lid perrnanently, The young ladies ways afterwards protested against sitting up with corpse that kept staring Into and beyond the grave for those gone before.
 executor. I have had a handsome monu- ment erected to his memory. The inscrip- ton speaks only of his happy days. and those who read 1t have no suspicion or body and staring. eyes that lie beneath.
 I frequently visit the cemetery and look upon the mound that. covers my friend. often find flowers decorating his last be lingering near and thus decorating his grave as a mockerv, or are these tokens of renembranee, placed there by !he hand of his betrothed? If so. she is ,s }, m &nystsrieSs in this evidence Of af- never been seen within the sacred walls
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