Show warno warm corpse too much for nerves of ghouls about one hundred years ago a gentleman well known for the mad pranks in which he delighted was walking past a lonely in midlothian Mid lothian when he saw a well ap pointed horse and trap standing unattended before the gate curious to know what this might mean he be crouched in the ditch by the wall and waited in a few moments two men came out of the carrying in a sack a long object which they propped up on end on the seat next to the drivers then they said something about tools and went back quick as thought the watcher pulled down the sack emptied its grisly contents into the ditch climbed into the trap got into the sac sack kand and braced himself stiffly into position hardly had he done so when the two men returned and threw some tools into the trap after which one got up in front and the other on the back seat seal as he was our adventurer now began to repent of his hastiness reflecting that one corpse was as good as another on the dissecting table where in those days questions were by no means always asked suddenly the driver turned to bis big mate and in accents of crawling horror gasped mon lion janiie the corps barnal warm the corp had bad presence of mind enough to moan in a hollow tone were all warm where I 1 come from there were two wild yells the springs of the trap bounced furiously the horse broke into a gallop and nhen he got out of his sack the gentleman found himself alone heading for edinburgh at a great pace the horse trap harness rind and tools served him well for many years and no one ever claimed them edinburgh scotsman |