| Show 31 from the wor cester mass press he was a grave man even for a sexton for nearly half a century he had been a public functionary had performed the conspicuous duties of a sexton yet no one had ever seen him smile occasionally he joked but he did it in such a funereal manner that no one could accuse him of levity one day he was standing on the church steps wiping his melancholy features withered bandana A hearse stood near by and three or four carriages were drawn up behind it the thel notes of the organ floated out of the open W windows I 1 n dows with solemn elm elt effect act A stranger came along and said 66 funeral t and the old sexton gravely bowed his head it was I 1 0 1 t 6 I 1 chos dead the old man wiped his brow and gave the name of the 1 deceased what complaint asked the inquisitive stranger solemnly placing his bandana in his hat and covering his bia bald head the old sexton made answer there is no complaint everybody is entirely satis batis tied 11 |
