The Vault at Pfaff's

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Billy Blake's Best Coffin [from Once a Week]

Whitaker, John. "Billy Blake's Best Coffin [from Once a Week]." New York Saturday Press, February 13, 1866, 67-69.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

In an attempt to scare the stoic coffin maker, some of Billy Blake's friends get him drunk and bury him alive. However, in going to the graveyard, they scare themselves and Billy gets the best of them despite their efforts.