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So wild a night had never been known in all that region, but toward morning the storm had blown itself out of breath and day dawned bright and clear. SO WILD A NIGHT HAD NEVER BEEN KNOWN IN ALL THAT REGION BUT TOWARD MORNING THE STORM HAD BLOWN ITSELF OUT OF BREATH AND DAY DAWNED BRIGHT AND CLEAR
eviously—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. 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 night of November 20 was boisterous. A furious gale stormed across the country, scourging it with desolating drifts of sleet. Great trees were torn from the earth and hurled across the roads. NTY 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 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 NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTIETH WAS BOISTEROUS A FURIOUS GALE STORMED ACROSS THE COUNTRY SCOURGING IT WITH DESOLATING DRIFTS OF SLEEP GREAT TREES WERE TORN FROM THE EARTH AND HURLED ACROSS THE ROADS
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