NOW HE KNEW.
An old soldier, who had been ill a long time, fell into a stale of ’coma recently, and was declared to be dead. The night preceding the day fixed for his burial he regained consciohstiess, and kCrainb'ed out of his coffin. Attendants i usl ed in, and stimulants were applied, and the supposed dead man soon recovered. He assured his hearers that when lie began to recov. r consciousness lie knew that he was hot dead because Ins feet weie hold and lie was hungry. ‘1 don’t understand what you mean,’ said a bystander. ‘Well,’ replied the soldier,, I Vnew if I were in Heaven I -should not be hungry, and if I were in the other place my leet wouldn’t be ‘cold.’
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 3
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126NOW HE KNEW. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 3
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