The Wreck of the South Pole and Other Strange Tales — page 167: what you’re looking at

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160 A Medical Student’s Love. suddenly the vault and the coffin burst open, as if a bril- liant gleam of sunshine had broken the bars of death, and I saw her body as plainly as I now see you. Walls of rock and doors of iron were no barrier, and as I looked upon the form I loved, the realization came that this vision of my lost love was not a waking dream. ‘And then a great hope flashed up. “What if I had found Edith’s soul, and it was still lingering around her body? ‘Then I could draw her to me and tell her that I loved her. “But that very moment the vision faded, and, try as I might, it was but groping in the dark to attempt to find her. I could not recall the vision. Happy even in its sadness, nevertheless it was gone! I confess that there was a loneliness about it that I never want to experience again. “Still I could not resist the belief that for a few minutes I had established a communication with Edith. That seemed a fact not to be disputed. But—lI had lost her. “As you may imagine, I did not give up my search. What lover would? “T continued to keep my mind fixed on her in the hope that she might again appear and that I might draw her spirit into converse with mine. “And at last I succeeded. But where, and under what circumstances, do you suppose? “T saw her body in a light covered wagon driven rap- idly along the streets of the city. As I followed, the way became familiar and I saw that she was being taken to GOmMmIIGcboOoks (E(@)