A REVIVIFIED CORPSE.
A cO'.iRK.u'OMiLNT cf the Globo sench the following extraordinary story, lie gives it, he says, as his friend told it to him, and he has every reason to believe it accurate : —A woman residing in lv nniugton, made an application to the local Committee of tho London Mansion ilo'i.sp ILeliif Fund for Mpistsuce on the ground thai her husband had just died and left her penniless. A visitor promptly attended to verify the story, aud saw what he supposed to bn the corpse of the husband, lying beneath a abort on the bed. He did not raise the covcriug, but at once handed tho woman a for/ shillings to meet, p.s he supposed, her immediate wants. Ho then left, but shortly attorwaids had occasion to return unexpectedly, as he had forgotten his umbrella. Probably bin surprise Wiio not greater thr«n that of thn supposed deceased at his sudden re-appcaranco. The corpse was busy at work counting tb.c procccJs of tho ruse.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7650, 29 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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164A REVIVIFIED CORPSE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7650, 29 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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