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The administrator locked up the house against the time when the property, real and personal, should be sold by law with a view to defraying, partly, the expenses of the sale. THE ADMINISTRATOR LOCKED UP THE HOUSE AGAINST THE TIME WHEN THE PROPERTY REAL AND PERSONAL SHOULD BE SOLD BY LAW WITH A VIEW TO DEFRAYING PARTLY THE EXPENSES OF THE SALE
d buried somewhere about his tumble-down dwelling was not reasonably to be doubted by any honest soul conversant with the facts of local tradition and gifted with a sense of the fitness of things. On the 9th of November, 1867, the old man died; at least his dead body was discovered on the 10th, and physicians testified that death had occurred about twenty-four hours previously—precisely how, they were unable to say; for the _post-mortem_ examination showed every organ to be absolutely healthy, with no indication of disorder or violence. According to them, death must have taken place about noonday, yet the body was found in bed. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that he “came to his death by a visitation of God.” The body was buried and the public administrator took charge of the estate. A rigorous search disclosed nothing more than was already known about the dead man, and much patient excavation here and there about the premises by thoughtful and thrifty neighbors went unrewarded. LD BURIED SOMEWHERE ABOUT HIS TUMBLE DOWN DWELLING WAS NOT REASONABLY TO BE DOUBTED BY ANY HONEST SOUL CONVERSANT WITH THE FACTS OF LOCAL TRADITION AND GIFTED WITH A SENSE OF THE FITNESS OF THINGS ON THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN SIXTY SEVEN THE OLD MAN DIED AT LEAST HIS DEAD BODY WAS DISCOVERED ON THE TENTH AND PHYSICIANS TESTIFIED THAT DEATH HAD OCCURRED ABOUT TWENTY FOUR HOURS PREVIOUSLY PRECISELY HOW THEY WERE UNABLE TO SAY FOR THE POST MORTEM EXAMINATION SHOWED EVERY ORGAN TO BE ABSOLUTELY HEALTHY WITH NO INDICATION OF DISORDER OR VIOLENCE ACCORDING TO THEM DEATH MUST HAVE TAKEN PLACE ABOUT NOONDAY YET THE BODY WAS FOUND IN BED THE VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY WAS THAT HE CAME TO HIS DEATH BY A VISITATION OF GOD THE BODY WAS BURIED AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR TOOK CHARGE OF THE ESTATE A RIGOROUS SEARCH DISCLOSED NOTHING MORE THAN WAS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MUCH PATIENT EXCAVATION HERE AND THERE ABOUT THE PREMISES BY THOUGHTFUL AND THRIFTY NEIGHBORS WENT UNREWARDED
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