Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-06-30 | Page 16 | Fooled the Undertaker

FOOLED THE UNDERTAKER How Weeping Citizen Sent Funer.nl Director Di-rector on Fool's Errand. Entering an undertaker's shop at Biggcrsvillp, N. C, a well-dressed individual, in-dividual, who was weeping what appeared ap-peared to bo real tears, said his grandmother grand-mother was dead ten miles back in tho country "It was her last wish," he told the cnibalmer, "that you should bury her. She often spoke about your artistic work." The undertaker was delighted, and when the stranger after ordering a $165 outfit, declared that he had loft home without any money, and requested the loan of $25, it was speedily speed-ily given. That, night, after traveling over about twent3r milos of tho worst roads in the State, the undertaker realized real-ized that there was no corpse and ho had been bunkoed.