Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1922-01-20 | Page 6 | Gentle Tap of Fan Fatal

GENTLE TAP OF FAN FATAL Man Dreaming of th Days of the Guillotine Died When His Wife Touched His Neck. Arthur MacLaughlin of Detroit Is re- . sponsible for this story sent me by my friend, Leo D. Brown, of the Cosmopolitan Cos-mopolitan Book corporation: "A Reno gent had, on a Saturday night, become very much absorbed In 'The Tale of Two Cities.' Particularly was he Impressed with the description of the guillotine and the misfortunatea upon whose necks It descended so dev-astatingly. dev-astatingly. The vision preyed upon his imagination. "Next day his wife insisted that lie accompany her to church. He drowsed during an inordinately long prayer and dreamed that the guillotine was about to descend on his bent neck. Wife, upon resuming her seat when the j m-nver was over, noticed that her bus- j band was asleep and still leaning for- j ward, his head resting on bis hands on j the rew ahead. And so, with her fan, she tapped him lightly upon the back of the neck. Whereupon the gent fell dead." What a fearful lesson for wives! W. O. T. In the Philadelphia Public Ledger.