| Show warm corpse too much for nerves of ghouls about one hundred years ago a gentleman ent leman well known f for or the mad in which lie he delighted was w walking past a lonely in midlothian Mid lothian when ho he haw faw a well appointed horse and trap standing unattended a before the pate gate curious to know what this might mean he crouched in the ditch by the w wall all and waited in a few moments two men came oat ut of the carrying in a sac sack k a long object which they propped up on end on the seat scat next to the drivers then they said something about tools and went back quick as thought the watcher pulled down the stick sack emptied its grisly contents into the ditch climbed into the trap got into the sack and braced himself stiffly into position hardly had lie 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 belt wild as he was vas our a adventurer now began to repent of his its hastiness reflecting that one wits as as good as another on the dissecting table where chere in those days dais questions were by no means always fished suddenly the lie driver turned tinned to his mate and in accents of crawling horror gapper gapped al mn aln n camle In nile the corps corpa warm I 1 the corp lind had presence of mind enough to moan in a hollow tone were fill all 1 v here I 1 come from there ther e were two wild yells the springs 1 gs of the trap boti bounced need furiously I 1 the horse broke into a gallop and when he be got out of his stick sick the gentleman found himself alone heading for edinburgh sit at a great pace the horse trap harness and tools served him well for many years and no one ever claimed them edinburgh scotsman |
