The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
Recalled.


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Eleanor Brcwnlee lay In her coffin,
dressed In one OF the costumes she
had worn In life, surrounded by her
husband, her children, relatives and
friends.
Before the coffin was closed d sister
OF the dead woman attempted to re-
move large solitaire diamond ring
from the third finger Of the left hand,
but found ii impossible to get the ring
ever the Joint She whispered to the
widSwer. who told her to let the ring
remain where 1t was. The coffin was
closed, and those In attendance accom-
panied the body to the cemetery.
whore 1t was lowered into the grave,
and the funeral party returned to their
homes
Paul Anderson. sexton Of the church
and the churohyard. sat with bis wife,
who was sewing, while their children
were In bed ID an adjoining room.
Paul's pay was q mere pittance. His
children were poorly clothed and often
hungry. without the wherewithal to
satisfy their hunger.
wife, ne said, s'she was buried
with q large diamond ring on her fin
ger"
Better that 1t had been sold and the
money given To the poor replied bis
wife.
ut viii lie there in the grave the
same as 1t lay in the ground before 1t
was dug up ana cut. 1t will do no one
nny good. No one is its owner. Why
can't we have 1t to get money for the
children
aThey could all be dressed well and
sent to school"
.sAnd Totty could he taken to the
city to have her back Strengthened.
Suppose 20 and take iti''
wouldn't 1t be wrong. PaulT
aThere eau be no possible injury to
any one SO long as it's not known. The
Brownlee family would alone be injured
and even then merely as a matter or
feeling
II don't like to have you do 1t, Pau"
s'Not for the children
This appeal elected no answer. Pres
entity the wife went to bed, Paul AN
sierson tool d pick, d shovel and
screwdrivcr and went ont into the
cemetery. Threading his way through
the paths, be at last stopped at
newly made grave, the grave OF Flea
nor Brownlee. The ground was loose,
and he was not long In digging hts
way to the c0fEin. Unscrewing p0r-
ton OF the lid, be uncovered the body.
The moon was at the full and stood
on the meridian. almost at the zenith.
aud poured its Illuminating rays right
down on the body. The diamond SPAR
Killed., and the sexton. taking up the
hand on which It was. tried to remove
1t. re found II impossible Again and
again be tried, only to fail With sigh
be dropped the hand and was about TO
Chamber out when the thought occurred
to BIN TINT to cut OF the finger of
dead person would give no pain. Whip
ping out bis Knife, he cut circle
around the hone.
lie felt something wet on his own
finger and, ,halding It up to the moon
Iliahf, saw tAAt twas red. Could It be
bleed hlood from corpse7
At Chs slime moment Eleanor Brown
Zee dpeasa Der eyes. Selling the sides
he hAf abiiih, she pulled herself into q
'fittlAE position. On her face was a
wiIa, tbFslge1 SsuFession
whit Is thlss Am dreaming7'
& Paul Anderson ieaped from the grave
md ran like deer to his home, where
tankine. be iheoheroutly related what
hsd oe6Hfrea to Bis wife.
THAT eascs sometimes occur wherein |
persons "a ettaleptic state are sup.
pcsed e Be aesd and are buried alive
IS an undispassa fact. such case was
that OF Eleanor Brownlee The heart
had ceased to pump the blood through |
The system. The moment Anderson cut
the finger he produced a shock. the
nerves responded. and the heart com.
msnced 70 beat.