Miscellany: Funeral

In Luray, Va., just before Christmas, a tree dropped a large branch on the head of one Fannie Broyles. Fannie Broyles fell down and lay very still. Her relatives found her, took her home, enclosed her body in a casket, took the casket to church, stood near it, sang funeral hymns. Before these had been finished, Fannie Broyles opened her eyes for one brief second. Soon she opened them again, waggled her hand and got out of her coffin. Afraid of being buried while alive, she had completely recovered from the blow that...

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