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Show JLttrudln; FacrraU to Sal. "I evr not Ions ago,'' raU a city undertaker to a !e York Tn&une man, an account of the iurprtfeof areinrterou fiiidlog that ho had been talking tvni! time to a diteo-Uve diteo-Uve in liin clo.lu-s at a fuwral ttr-vlcr. ttr-vlcr. who was there not to 'oioqni, initio watch that none of the brlcji-rac brlcji-rac was Mnlen, Xow the pref wills f uch au olllcer In the house is not inly imt unurUAl,but it saTts undertaken under-taken ind tiieirbtsIttanU a world-of truiiblc auj anxltty; fjr generally whtn things are ml.s-d from the hou-vaftera fuueral tbe biurgar more apt to blame the undertaker's SKiistauls for ilthau an) body else, though I luxe jit tovethein-ttance tovethein-ttance where tbe thelt was reall) brouht home t one connected with aircraft, "licit the fact that Uiiugsare often atiltn from the hciuuof mourning. as we call It, raunot be denied, and tbe larger the hotic and the more friends that are Invited to the service ser-vice the greater tlie temptatlsu to thieve, the greater their opjiortun-iti opjiortun-iti and tlie lt- tlie chaucea of de, tttiou. Thereare plenty of peoplb, both honest and dUhonest. who make it their busiucus to watch the papers for funeral announcements, and prtf-int thr.T)elv at tlie house with all the airsnrc of the oldest fr ends of the family. Vou have, perhap&f taken notioe-at notioe-at sme funeral ln your oft n.faulily' orln one with -which j ou were Intimately Inti-mately acquainted, that coplo come. In anJ 1 ok at the dead,-wilh evident evi-dent sorron and sympathy for you, nJ jet for tho life of jou you could I not .remember bavins seen them before. It is a: W3y peoIe have Jn this country and the sharpers know it and uLc advantage of It to push thtlrwty iuand sob over the corpse, orperuap'lMlwthtlrwu ujataln. I and lo kotplng ono !Urpeye aUj tlie time-on the other people In tlie 1 house and thcolherou the goods and Chattels manago very succosfully to . Kt half a doz-n snull thnz, llta n Ir brutli, it hand glass, a vase, a piece of laojuer work, or filver toilet ! article, lnt tbe cipaclous pockets thev carry under their voluminous i skirt.-. Then, a?ain, l tiave known to-men to-men after the chief mourners bad gone away to the cemetery with the body and tboe left behind w eco ovircome with grief fleifnp to trie flowers tbat liad been sent In for the occasion and deliberately rinke "up cliolce bouquets for tlieiiwlrvs.. if any one bad the ooldness to olject, or even to ask the leaKm why tlie women' eyes will fill TTitb tears and tlie plea of a memeuto of our dear friend, you "know," w HI be made so uaturally that no one who had not seen tho thing done scores of times could doubt their sincerity. I once interfered seriously In eucii a case, but I got no thanks for It, as the womin I interrupted made a scene, anu tbe people In the home would ratber haTe Jet htr tako $M worth of llowers than have had suoh a thing happen. - Other ieople are not w easygoing, easy-going, Iiowevur, acd U remcmler omocca'JoD wheuahusbftud luund thata diamond eir ring liasbcbn stolen from Uie ear or thi.bodj In tho coM u. Jfe EUicob?d a woman dressed In irJJiw' weeI, who i had lient over Uffc dead I-ertonand kWd tbe body In a, slonnfVjUsjwnlch Shook the mounier so tbat her long veil fell around her lace and down on the cotlln. Nobody knew her, Imt everybouy thought that noimr one e!e did, and so she was aHoweJ to sob unmolested d than retire, aJllweeplmr, into n rear room. Wtien the husband mUed the cafitiglio told me ho upected the weeping woman, and ho aliilT set out to find her. tt'e came ujion her up In the bed ruomr, Ullol tilng, an J I charged her w ith tho thelt. bhewas a coal one, I tell you. 3 ie gave the Jewel up without with-out a word, and wnen the husbsnd blsed in ber tar his oomnnud to get out of the house as quickly and as quietly as pussILIe. she, gave one hard, but not loud, laugh, and then clapped her handkerchief to her face and went down stairs and put or tho front dojr, snlflling and sobbing sob-bing as polltt-h and naturally as possible." |
