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But the cat afterwards was suddenly gone, and she was no sooner gone, but he breathed his last." BUT THE CAT AFTERWARDS WAS SUDDENLY GONE AND SHE WAS NO SOONER GONE BUT HE BREATHED HIS LAST
rl informed him of his experiences during the night; upon which Teufelsbürst looked a little graver still, and proceeded to tell them that the storm, whose snow was still covering the ground, had arisen the very moment that their next door neighbour died, and had ceased as suddenly the moment he was buried, though it had raved furiously all the time of the funeral, so that “it made men’s bodies quake and their teeth chatter in their heads.” Karl had heard that the man, whose name was John Kuntz, was dead and buried. He knew that he had been a very wealthy, and therefore most respectable, alderman of the town; that he had been very fond of horses; and that he had died in consequence of a kick received from one of his own, as he was looking at his hoof. But he had not heard that, just before he died, a black cat “opened the casement with her nails, ran to his bed, and violently scratched his face and the bolster, as if she endeavoured by force to remove him out of the place where he lay. ER SEEN ANY FOOTPRINTS OF THE SORT BEFORE KARL INFORMED HIM OF HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE NIGHT UPON WHICH TEUFELSBUERST LOOKED A LITTLE GRAVER STILL AND PROCEEDED TO TELL THEM THAT THE STORM WHOSE SNOW WAS STILL COVERING THE GROUND HAD ARISEN THE VERY MOMENT THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR DIED AND HAD CEASED AS SUDDENLY THE MOMENT HE WAS BURIED THOUGH IT HAD RAVED FURIOUSLY ALL THE TIME OF THE FUNERAL SO THAT IT MADE MEN'S BODIES QUAKE AND THEIR TEETH CHATTER IN THEIR HEADS KARL HAD HEARD THAT THE MAN WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN COONS WAS DEAD AND BURIED HE KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN VERY WEALTHY AND THEREFORE MOST RESPECTABLE ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN HE HAD BEEN VERY FOND OF HORSES AND HE HAD DIED IN CONSEQUENCE OF A KICK RECEIVED FROM ONE OF HIS OWN AS HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS HOOF BUT HE HAD NOT HEARD THAT JUST BEFORE HE DIED A BLACK CAT OPENED THE CASEMENT WITH HER NAILS RAN TO HIS BED AND VIOLENTLY SCRATCHED HIS FACE AND THE BOLSTER AS IF SHE ENDEAVORED BY FORCE TO REMOVE HIM OUT OF THE PLACE WHERE HE LAY
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