Show WITH DOO KITES RITE SERVICES HEL HELD BY OVER DEAD COMPANION strange scene at new york morgue when fellow religionists take part in Cere ceremonies of their common faith alth formed cross around bier four dusky called at tho the morgue late the other atter afternoon noon the told the keeper that they hid had como come from the steamship virginia Virg lutA of the cuban mail line on oil which they ancie employed as stokers sto kers hers to hold a funeral service over oer tho body of cadi B jak jai now Ja knows body was inas brought to the oct 25 from the on which he lie bied bcd lie also hail had been a on oil the he steamboat the tour wore ani amilcar made clothes but aled turbans nith w ath them the were dirty with coal dust and looked as though they had just come conic from the ships hold they called foi water cater the brought a pall itil the four took off their shoes and cocks and washed their feet and hands ind faces then the tile set their shoes in order in a row rou along the side of tho the in twenty venty sixth street and walked in inside they removed their outer clothing and adjusted their turbans the plain pine box covered with black cloth which contained tho tile remains of their ir shipmate lay jay in tho the little chapel lo 10 the right of tho the morgue the man in the tile coffin was tall and of fine physique with ith the characteristic jot black whiskers of 0 his race one of the took his position in silence at the head of 0 the coffin one strod ou ati his right another on his left a little behind him and tho fourth directly behind him but still farther back thus forming a cross the man at the head of the coffin bent his head and whispered all four put ahert hands behind their earl ear and bent fori forward ard au though intent on oil catching a lesponne les ies from the bombet boi box in front of them the tile two tuo form ing the arms of the cross then began a low chant the one nearest the cof in bowed over it agan and uttered a prayer in monotone then turning to the right he gazed raptly at the ce ceillina illing for several rao mo ments as though straining his oes to bee u something tho the other thre three looked to the left equally intent standing thus gazin gazing tho the four broke out into another chant then walked one at a time timo to tho the cof fin looked for a moment on tho the feat ures of the tile dead man nian and filed flied slowly out then they put on clothe clothed again and walked away without a word new york sun |