Show RECLUSE A 4 USES COFFIN AS DINNER TABLE perrin texas far from the roar of his native pans paris the giant herm t of the jacks county hills s ts bes de the coffin in which he Is to be burled buried walten waiting for or death the coffin covered with a cloth da ly serves albert Sch as a din ing table in his remote I 1 atle shack away from the world eight years ago he drove into town with a ne gabor ing rancher and 0 it of his life s sav ings bought the black satin casket with the silver handles and the top plate with the engraved words at nest rest Sch passed his ninetieth b rth day recently an event he celebrated by eating a self prepared dinner served on the coffin little Is known of this strange recluse who began a hermits life I t the memory of only the oldest innab tants he ile cannot hear and he speaks in barely more than bables from his fragmentary conver bation a little of his life was learned Sch was born in paris france in 1842 he left france in his youth to seek adventure in america lie ile joined the un on forces in the civil war and was as mustered out of service at old fort richardson chardson lU at jacksboro Jack texas Sch nocle bought a few acres of land here and built a small hut he ile fashioned his clothes from sacks and lived off the herbs and wild life of the hills such were the tales that pic pie aured him as a wild man that only the bravest neighbors went near his cabin old settlers folklore describe him as having killed more comanche indians indian during the early indian wars than any white man nhat caused Sch to lead the life of a hermit he alone knows he ile never married and has no known rela fives his pastime Is reading and his favorite work is balzac s A bach elor elors s establishment on rare occasions when vis tors call he unscrews the lid of the coffin shows them the casket and with his shirtsleeve shines the plate with the engraved words at rest |