and absolutely painless. As I was looking at the body a silence fell on the crowd and I saw they were waiting for me to speak and I told them that he had not been stricken either with the thunder or by a devil, but he had been killed by the lightning and I showed them where it had entered the body. The Chinese have " common saying that any one who meets with his death in a sudden and unexpected way either b; drowning or thunder is a sinner, either this life or in some previous stage of existence. And I had heard this remark several times in connection with the present case.
had therefore an opportunity to tell them that they must not think that this man was a sinner above all ethels and that probably, he was no worse than avy of us standing that if either of us or any animal been standing where he had stood when the current passed through him the effect would have been the same. This seemed to be news to them. I tarried awhile to point out to them the uncertaint; of life and the certainty, sooner of later, death, and he was a wise man who prepared for the other world, All listened very at-tensively to my remarks and teamed to ree with me, I could not but be pained with the utter carelessness with which everybody treated the affair. They laughed and even joked over it. To me it was most solemn matter, especially as Thad been out during the whole storm and had been in danger from it, 4th April,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.