Show A Time for Everything I An old French shoemaker who boasted that nothing could frighten him was put to the test by two young I men One of them pretended to be dead and the other going to the shoemaker shoe-maker induced him to sit up with the supposed corpse The shoemaker was in a hurry with some work he had promised to have completed the next morning so he took his topls and leather and began working beside the corpse About 12 oclock at night a cup of black coffee was brought him to keep him awake He drank it and resumed re-sumed his work About 1 oclock the coffee having exhilarated him and forgetting that he was in the presence of death he commenced Singing a lively tune keeping time wit his hammer ham-mer Suddenly the corpse arose and exclaimed in a hollow voice When a man is in the pretence of death he should not sing The shoemaker started then sUddenly dealt the corpse a blow on the head with his hammer saying When a mans a corpse he should never speak Washington Post |