IS IT SUICIDE?
John Spencer has mysteriously disappeared and is supposed to have committed suicide. Before committing the rash act, he left a sum of money which he directed to be used for defraying the burial expenses. The ponds in the neighborhood are being dragged in the hope of finding the body.
His surprise on reading the above can readily be imagined. He returned home immediately. Almost the first person he met was his friend, Johnson.
Spencer staggered and put his hand to his head. Was he awake? Johnson showed similar signs of surprise.
“Then you didn’t commit suicide,” said Johnson.
“And you are not dead?” returned Spencer.
“Dead? Certainly not.”
“But I left you for dead in bed last night.”
“Dead! You must have been dreaming.”
“No; you were pulseless and cold and stiff.”