The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

tion occurred; it must have comequick-
ly. My first remembrance is that was
looking at my own body on q bier.
There was sheet covering my form
to the shoulders and could tell by the
way the arms and legs were stretched
rigid, and the pallor in my face, that /
was dead. Suddenly heard someone
approaching and drew back into the
shadows; then string of people com-
menced to file past.
"There were men, women and child
rem; every one that ever knew; many
that 1 had forgotten, others that l had
not seen. for years, but it was funny
how easily remembered their names
and all about them as they passed.
GAS each one passed they looked at
my face and made some personal re-
mark and want to say that was never
more agreeably surprised and bitterly
disappointed in my life than was dur
ing the time this review was taking
place.
Gall of the elderly PEOPLE made some
kindly remark-compassion, sympathy
or regret, was echoed in every senti-
ment. The children were equally kind
but less sympathetic. Butwhen it came
to the people of my own age-my every
day acquaintances, my boon compan-
ions and fair weather friends, began
to wish mighty hard that could come
to for few minutes and make several
appropriate remarks. Flippant, pert,
Indifferent and insinuating were the
| remarks heard. Itwas but mighty
few of that crowd that said anything
| good of me.
"Finally began to wonder why none
of them looked at Me and then l COM
menced to examine MYSELF. / found
that was small, gray, fuzzy thing, of
indefinite shape, lying in the shadow of
the window sill. That was my Soul, or
Ego, or whatever you may call it, and
the people who were passing did not
look at that-they only looked at my
dead body-the lifeless clay-my soul
was of no consequence to them"
snow, thin, Jade Appelby," id
Hughey, as he edged up little closer
"what did Oi say whin Oi passed your
auld carcass ?"
"Yes, Hughey, am coming to that
was the quiet response, "you were the
last one to pass.
j, "Hughey Flynn, when you looked al
my dead face, you took offyour hat ant
said, 'Shure Jade, ye auld gossoor, til
sorry Oi am indade to see ye her. ye
heart was as white as yer timper wa
sometoimes sour; and me bhoy, there'
many a wusser man to work wild thar
: ye.'
"When I heard that remark from
, Hughey," said Appelby with chuckIe
II came to-"
"No WONDER" said !, as l winked a
Jade, IL should think it would wake ~
the dead"
s Appelby paused for moment o
{ two, and then went on:
"Yeu know how you feel when yol
wake up in strange room with sor
8 of hazy remembrance of the night be
/ fore; lay there for several minute,
t half awake, half asleep. trying to reca
late events, but as the vision was w
t permost in my mind, idly turned M
j. head ard looked over at the spot wher
= my soul had lain.
t "Imsgine my CONSERVATION, If 20
9 can, when found that my soul wa
!. still lying there. l was out of bed in
t second and then picked up the bod
J. of a big, gray, old tomcat. The nigh
before was Halloween, and no dout
Q some Of the boys in the nighborhoo
) had thrown the cat through the ope
It windsw."
ii There W as q quiet little chuckle b,
K tween Hughey and me at the termin,
n tiOn of Jade's vision, aud then HuRhe
n said:
"Shure, but Oi IN after thinking 'tw.
J. q fittin token of your drunken SPREE
/ "Itmay be so" said Jade, sbut neve
= theless I found moral in that visic
10 Sometimes your st friend behir
l. your back, shows 1t the least to 20,
,ei face, while the friendship Of your gla
W hand jollier is no thicker than . mo
lyi qaito's skin" ia
"But it's an awful disappointment
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