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Show Forward, Men Seth Smith was reckoned the laziest man in the village. So tired had the authorities become of contributing con-tributing to his support that they decided to confine him to living tomb. Accordingly he was prepared for burial. The hearse was an old ramshackle country wagon. As the strange cortege moved along some old resident asked, "Who is it?" "Why, Seth Smith, who is too lazy to get anything to live on, so we are going to bury him alive." "I'll give him a bushel of corn," said one. "So will I," said another. Slowly raising his head, Seth asked: "Is the corn shelled, neighbor?" "No, you'll have to shell it your- senv Gently replacing his head, he said: "Drive on, boys, drive on." |