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Show go ml what F.sky Bet. The "funeral" at Zeta of man named Peter Hirtl provl.led ft sensation. sensa-tion. Tbe cortege waa approaching tbe cemetery when the lid of the coffin cof-fin was forced off ard Peter HirtL alive and well, stepped out of the bearae on the road. On seeing him the mourners were seised with panic. When tbe excitement subsided Peter Hirtl related that he bad made ft bet he could feign death and keep np tbe drriptlon until tbe coffin la which he as placed waa taken to the cemetery. Tne want of air compelled him to force tbe coffin lid before tbe cemetery ceme-tery was reached, and he therefore lost the bet. |