Tokyo, Mar. 15.
A doleful funeral in' Kobe the other day turned lutd an event of rejoicing when' the "corpse" suddehly came to life, after having been pronounced "dead" by a competent physician the night before.
The woman in question was 70 years old and the proprietress of a candy store. She had long been suffering from cancer of the stomach and, for some weeks, her end was reled as a matter of time. One evening she appeared to be going. Those of her relatives present eased her lust moments and then sent for} the municipal doctor who pronounced the old lady dead, The following day, priests were called and the necessary mourning services "held prior to committing her remains to the grave.
At the final "farewell" ceremony. when the priest was exhorting the All-Compassionate Bucdha to re-, ceive the deceased into Nirvan the corpse began to move and, fore anyone was fully aware of what had happened, sat bolt upright with eyes staring' in amazement There was almost a panic, The dead" woman was tarried into another room, and a specialist sent for, He declared: that she had been, through a deep trance which was a simulation of death.
The "dead" Indy is rapidly progressing towards recovery, converses freely with everyone, and, though still confined to her room, will, the doctors believe, be completely cured in a couple of months.
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