Year: 1879

sequent knowledge OF the very narrow
escape from premature burial she had
experienced-she soon recovered much q
her lost health and strength, and lived
several years before she really died.


It's scarcely necessary to add that the
mourning friends were soon changed 70
ioyous ones, anl that the attendance o.
the undertaken, with his funeral appll'
lances, was dispenced with.


was not told what was the opinion o.
the medical attendant upon this extraor'
dinary occurrence but as the son OF the
Ilady who, as I stated before, told me Of
the circumstance, is now in England, and
| i hone to see him, intend to take the
opportunity Of making full inquiries on
this head. / may add that the mention
Of the matter was most repugnant to the
LADY in question, and any allusion to IT
was carefully checked by every member
Of the family.


The preceding account was narrated
to me as T have described, after ! had
been telling my friend Of the case which
now proceed to relate, and as corroba-
ratiye Of the opinion that I then expressed
| to him that many persons were really
buried alive. This occurrence, the sub
iect Of which approached a step nearer
u


the grave than the one just recited, hap
nened to a man whom I knew we'll, and
who was in business for several years IN
the town in which | reside; after which
he left my neighborhood and started N
business in town in the west OF Eng
land, and for some months heard moth
inc Of him in fact he had passed from
NV mind. But | chanced to be spend
inc nv annual holiday on the South
Devon coast, and one day had arranged
TO proceed to Dartmouth, in order to go
m the Dart to Totness and view, as !
have done several times before, the
beautiful scenery which opens up to the
traveller as he journeys the whole OF the
way between the two before,named
places.


Having accomplished SO much Of the
programme marked out, determined to
return to my seaside lodgings by the rail-
wav instead of going over the same road
/ had travelled in the morning; and to DO
this I went to the Totness station Of the
South Devon Line, and whilst waiting
there for train TO take me to my destl-
nation, the down train from London ar.
rived !; and upon looking across the line
I recognized as one Of the passengers, as
the train drew up, o lady from my own
town, and who. when at home, lived
exactly opposite me, and | knew she
was al intimate friend Of the person to
whom have alluded. | went to the
back Of the train, crossed the line on to
the other platform and introduced myself
to the lady, of course, remarking no"


strange it was that two neighbors, with
out any arrangement for the purpose,


should meet two hundred miles away
from their respective homes. She told


me the occasion Of her taking this long
Journey was painful one, and that she
was going to the home of Mrs. -, the
wife of our late fellow townsmen. He
was serious i'll, and his wife had written
her that she was nearly exhausted BY
anxiety and the fatigues Of nursing ;;1ana %.
that she, my neighbor, was proceeding to
assist as well as she could, BY her pres
ence and help in the sick household.
This was the explanation Of our meeting
SO long distance from home.


The train moved on and heard
nothing more Of any Of the persons al
luded to until reached my own home at
the expiration Of my holiday, when upon
inquiry found that Mr.. - was still very


III, aud there was no hope Of his recovery
and that in all probability . few days
must bring about conclusion OF the
matter by the death Of the sufferer. !
lost sight of the circumstances then tor
week or two, having business calls away
from town to attend to but on my
second return saw the father Of the lady
whom had met on the train at Totness,
and who had % generously gone to help
her friead ii her trouble and upon ask
him what news Of Mr.. =, he told me that
his daughter was still there, and thai
Mr.. 9, although still alive and fast re-
covering his usual health, had 10 all ap-
pearance died that coffin was made,
and the supposed corpse placed n 1T
and that upon the arrival Of the day ap-
pointed for the fuueral, and at the time
for making the latest preparation Tor
removing tie bier. the undertaker's man
proceeded to screw the lid upon the cot
lin, when, to the CONSERVATION OF the
workman, he saw the body move and
attempt to turn over. After his first
fright, the man saw that he was il the
presence Of life and not death, and rend.
o.oa shat assistance was necessary to