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Show DEAD CHINESE PftOVESTO BE ALIVE Mthoufh his countrymen said that He die 1" o'clock las' night." one Sam. an ased Chinaman, at Ml Twen-tv-fif(h s'icet, disproved their statement state-ment when be winked his eye and moved his root just as the undertaker was about to put him in the- dead basket bas-ket yesterday arterncon. Kven alter ihe moornlnn rrlenda who gathered near ihe old roan In tho bemmen! witnessed theso signs or lire they still affirmed to the Undertaker Un-dertaker that "He die LO o'clock las' night. " Chris Mefrlck received a call over the phone yesterday afternoon diret ' -Ing hira lo com to the Chinese quarter quar-ter below the Lyceum theater as an aged Chinaman had Just gone to Join his ancestors Sam's body was in the basement. The undertaker ben' over the body, holding 8 Jtchted candle in his band. Sams foot moved. His eyes opened and shut quick y. He saw the detd basket and gave a last groan protesting protest-ing again! the mauecomioi treatment treat-ment After the first slgri of Nfe the undertaker un-dertaker b'egan to believe the roan V i not dead but with the lasi groan hi.s doubts as to his demise were shat-ie,ed shat-ie,ed Tnlclii up the empty basket be departed |