A Pretended Death.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1463, 24 September 1885, Page 3

A Pretended Death.

A northern contemporary gives an account of a new method of " raising the wind," which takes down anything m the diddling line we have henrd of for some time; A female called lately on a lady of some influence, and told a sad and plaintive story of suffering and priTation, anl moreover, that her husband -had just "died,- 'and that she ■ lacked the means of a decent burial. Her tale of wqe so wrought upon ; 'the lady that she proceeded to visit her immediately, to satisfy herself there was no imposture. On entering the apartment she beheld the coffin, and was satisfied all was .right; 'and riot wishing to harrow the feelings of the bereaved woman; ; she left ; her a considerable sum of money, and immediately departed. After passing two or three blocks from the dwelling, thinking all the way of the strange complications to which we are liable, she missed her pocket-handkerchief, &&& returned to see \f sOb i had^ not dropped it m the house. The stairs were ascended hastily, and the room entered without much ceremony, when what did she behold ?— the woman's husband sitting up m the coffin Counting over the money.