A doctor's table talk / by James Gregory Mumford.

  • James Gregory Mumford
Date:
1912
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Credit: A doctor's table talk / by James Gregory Mumford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    stooped down and led me out. The men and wo- men about, in their stern faith, now dry-eyed, looked on unmoved; all but our Nora. I clung to the good human hand, and again the words of our clergyman at home returned, — ‘in trouble, sor- row, need, sickness.’ Ah, if only Dr. Hicks had been there in time. Then came the thought, — when I’m a man, that shall be my work. “In the shade of the house, beyond the line of men, we stood and waited. The others joined us. For us little boys there was excitement and curiosity as well as sadness. But my brother reproved me for my outburst; he was concerned for family dignity. “When you went to a country funeral, in those days, you saw it through. There was no unseemly scattering of the people, such as occurs after a city service. We were all mourners. So now we mounted into our buggies and wagons, and waited. Our men, going inside the house, returned with shambling steps, bearing the coffin. They were new to the work; their hands and feet disturbed them; as for their hats they knew not what to do, and so they hung them on the picket fence. Laughter is near to tears. Now and again a woman, or the little
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