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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    boys, coming to the gate, broke out in hysteric giggles at so grotesque a sight, — beaver hats, slouch hats, straw hats, each with its handkerchief, in solemn disarray. “Led by the simple hearse, whose driver kept the village tavern, we passed in slow and sad proces- sion to the now distant graveyard, close by the church. It seemed an eternity, but so best could we show respect to Mr. Desmond and the dead. “Who does not know the shabby dreariness of such a graveyard scene t — the walled-in square of land; the treeless waste; the tumbled stones; the garish, broken shafts; the unkempt gravel; the weeds; the tangled grass; the rusty chains. In a remote corner we gathered at the open grave. The farmers brought the coffin, lowered it down, and shoveled in the soil. Haltingly, ‘Earth to earth, and dust to dust’ was said by Mr. Stiles; and then again the men and women lifted a scattered voice in last salute: — “‘When I rise to worlds unknown, See Thee on thy judgment throne,* — faithfully, earnestly, every word from the heart. “I tell you, my friends,” Primrose concluded, as
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