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ANDERSEN'S TALES.
This was likely to prove a pretty joke for the soy
in case it returned, and, in all probability, went ¢,
seek for its body in East-street, and could not fing
Most likely, it would have applied first to the police.
and next repaired to the directory office, that inquiries
might be made for it amongst other lost articles; ang
lastly, have found its way to the hospital. However.
we may comfort ourselves with the conviction that the
soul is wisest when acting on its own impulse; the
body alone makes it stupid. .
As before said, the watchman’s body was carried t,
the hospital, where it was taken into a room to be
cleaned, when, naturally, the first thing they did wag
to take off the galloshes, thereby forcing his soul to
return. It immediately took the straightest road to
its earthly tenement, and in a couple of seconds the
poor man had revived. He assured the bystanders
that this had been the most dreadiul night in his
existence : he would not take two gold pieces to be
obliged to undergo such sensations over again. Hov-
ever, luckily, it was over now.
He was discharged that same day, but the galloshes
remained in the hospital.
IV.—AN EVENTFUL MOMENT.—A VERY UNUSUAL
JOURNEY.
Every inhabitant of Copenhagen knows what the
entry to Frederick’s-hospital is like; but as it 1s pro-
bable that some non-residents in that town may read
this little tale, we will give a short description of its
appearance.
The hospital is divided from the street by a rather
high iron railing, the bars of which are so wide asu*
der, that, it is said, very slim fellows have squeeze
themselves through, and gone to pay their visis It
the town. The part of the body most difficult to get
through was the head; so in this, as in most cas
in the world, the little heads were the best off. Thus
much may serve as an introduction to what follows.
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