Show A FIELD reminiscence tho the late poet narrowly escaped baing buried alive topeka kan kail nov 31 superintendent T B jennings ot of the weather bureau of kansas t as a roommate room mato and close friend ot of eugene field at tile tho state university of oc massoud at columbia speaking today or of fald and the many eccentricities tri cities of the interesting man he told of ono one experience of field that c bajno a jur near ending the poets llo life twenty four f 0 years 0 imo o sold said no r jennings Jenn Jnes in june 19 1871 1 field 1 and two other oilier frienda and I 1 started south on a bunting trip wo iva neut down do A through anti anft arkansas into louisiana Lou lalann cholera i as bad that year all the iho boys except myself were token taken with I 1 it t ono one day ahe t I 1 ie doctor came arid and found field rigid ho if P pronounced r 1 10 him dead and preparations 1 acro 11 ar mado una to bury him lift lie was waa put into a rough plue box and I 1 g pol t two darkles darales elie to help me take him to the graveyard grave yard on tho the way via ve bad to so BO over what once had been a planked blanked read raful but which was badly worn out we oro ore going coins along alone tho the best re coull could when a moan come from tho the coffin the two live darkles darales turned and ran and no inducement I 1 could offer offee would bring brine them back I 1 got a 0 plank and pried open ilia coffin ard and found tho the occupant alive lie ho had beer been in a stupor and the rough riding had aroused him I 1 took him on my shoulders and carried him back bach to the tha comp where here ho he was nursed until lie ho recovered it was a 0 mighty narrow escape for eugene our othor other two friends both died of tho ilia disease |