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Show THl FUNERAL MAN. Daeannr Ilellflea of a rwilaut C liarte-le liarte-le Whw fellewt III Uealle Afum raj proeeivion wound ltKloniy way down 3Iliflon tlroct Tno car rlairea rblleil heailly orer tho pnve. inent. Tho henrto wai a whlto one, nnd the lllllo conin liildo wtt corereil wlili llunert An oil man ptetlnir alon? ttopped nnd ralcd hit hat a tho hetne iaued him. and n j,roupof nohy ttrect Runiint ttopil their lay a itioiuent As tho Iut carrUso turnel thocomeraitrauo flinira ahniubtel Into alffht a warn! fignr that teemed to loom tuddenly nt of tho mitt llko n tpeeter the lljure of n tall Ml I mail niuntriff Ho was runnlna; at fatt as he roul 1 with a tort of hiiltlne limp that broujiht blmeicry mlnuto nearer the lait tar nap Ho ttuaihlcil painfully orrr n atone In tlio street, hutlui norer pautid lie limp-, I breathlewly on, hit wll I eyes glowing: with nn eORrr light Ho wosnthla, gnuntoll in-in witlinhsi; lianl tv9 and Jana tlut inoreil horri bly. Jmt at tlio proceetlnn tlopped at the eliurch tho ttrango flfpjro t.tuuibled fo ward When tha little t-oCln was lilted ten derly from the whlto heart tho tluro piiOieil oajfrly up to the atop" '(lio i.i11bearrrt wnlkrtl carefully up tho atilra to tho door On tho topmott step stood tho tall intu lln wm Hill. Ills lean nrmwiu strrtcheil out In a stately ictture Hit wll 1 1 yet vero alight with a t jnollo t enthntlirni WhenlhoroQIn paolh!inhowated hit rtirk with a klmriy dlimlty. lie muttered KimtUiliii; to hlmielf. A 1-llitioan 1-llitioan took him Ly tho nnn. 4 Moi ft on ' ho raid The tall man ettrtiil til IJrnly. The Hcht fidfd from hit face Ho h-npnl tllently Away, A llUlo ihlld itartdlng near tho rtos clutched her mother ' Oh," tho aolil, ternncd, ' Ihcra Is th funrml man " Jlie onrrat man It n well luiown eharactfr All tho undertaken know Mm All tho sellout know hini, but no one knowl whero ho hies. Ilome horrid Inliiltian trematotrjl him whero Uio ilnhuried ilea I are ly In?; Ho hnnnta tho allllcteil nelRhtair luwl until tho f nneril rocet'lon for nt Then ho hurries Milnd tho cunftfics and al ways manage to reach the rhurili in llrno to nutt the enllln M it it borne to the ihori.li. Hotnetinie n cortefrn ttnrtl without lilt hauntinc; eliagie hut hoaUnystlartt Into tight tnmeuluni unit hiirrlct, llmjiuiB:, aftt r tho Iut cat rlaio Hols terytall an I terytMn Hit Kttiut Piniro li loeaeeil lu u light lltlhii; frotk coat, which Uthluyaiid tlinn'l bare, I ut scrupulously unit lilt bil It cuTerrd by n gray cap and hn rrl lu his hind n long ttlrlc He n-cr tpmiltt to oity one nor doea ho n ply when ono ad Irrr t hlai No ono 'erer ia him except at n funrrit. Ho I'emi tothlnk it hit mU-tloii mU-tloii In mutter hit mytterlont wonlt orer Die ljdlm of tho dead Wicllicr they Im curtet or blettitui no one can ruow, '1 hero It oarrely A church In tho city iiH-in wIiomi etrpa ho hat not stood and waved hit gaunt arm io ntyt trrlnut Kreclluit to a ailrht figure hi I he cnlt.n Th ilrliert nf tho hrsrHi know Iiln, nnd look back eipe tantly at tho soun 1 of hit shtiabllng limp The llttlo ehlllrrnnt the poor, who ander aJmlettly In tho wnko nl nny PM etelon knna him and ihrlnk Away f rl;htcneil at his o rMch Yi t he hut neierhirmed thenL Ho iee nothing; but tlio tioildlnR of tho loourulm; . plnmet He Intent only to tho ruiublo of the heavy wheeU of n heurse, No one knowt hit tumo or how ho liiej He Issimply tho INineral Moil" To what strnugo hs prnlng he owes Ih's ehonllth f nicy who cm tayt bail lVaiicitco 1 jtmim r. |