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Show Towar<l~ the 1n id <He of t h dny the undc•rta k<.\r <'O il I( , wi! h hi~ 1nan, :1.nd they .-et th • coffin in the 1nidclle of t h<· roont 011 a conpl of chairs, and the11 set all our <.:hair in row~, and borrowe< l mor frmn th \ nci a h hour· till the hall and th l' parlour an<l the dining-roon1 wa~ fnll. I ce the coffin lid w;ts t lte w:1y it wa b f re, but I da~n't go to look in under it, with folk· ;1 ronnel. Then i he people begnn to Hock in, mHl the beat~ atHl the girl:'; took eat.' in the froni row nt the head of the coffi n, and for a lwlf an hour 1he p opl filc·<l around low, in siugle rallk, <llHl looked down at tl1 \ drad 1nnn's f~tce a 1ninute, and .'OllW droppc<l in a tear, an<l it wn all \'cry still and solen111, only t lH· girl~ and the b at.: holding hn n<lkerc hief: to t lH ir eye and ke 'ping th ir heads bent, :1ncl ~ohbing a little. Then· wnru'l 110 other soun l but the scT;tpi 11g of the feet on the tfoor, alHl hlowing no c. -becau~e ]H'opl<~ ahr;1y:-; blow· t he1n 1nore at a fm1eral tlwn they do at other pl<tce~ except chnrcl1. \\'hen the place wa~ paekl'<l ftL1l, t l1e undertaker lH' .·lid 11ronnd in hi. black glove~ ''it h hi~ ofty othering w~1ys, putting on th ln. t touche~, and grLt ing people and th ing. all ship hap and coinfortnhle, and 1uaking uo 1uorr sonnd thnn a <'aL }[ nev r spoke; he lllo\red ]'<'ople aronnd, ])e sq n<'ezerl in late on s, he opened up passngr-way:-;, nnd done it all \Vith nods and sign with his haucl.·. Then he took his plarc' over again.-t the \Yall. J[c) wn · the softc.·t, glidingP~t, stralthir.'t nun1 1 ey r. e ; and the1e warn·t no 1nore s1nil<• to l1irn than there i to a harn. Thc·y haJ borrow <1 a n1elodemn-a . . ·irk on ; and \rhcn <' \'erything was ready, a young won1an set clo,Yn nnd work d it, and it was preLLy kreeky antl colicky, ancl everybody joined in and sung, and P "'ter was the only one that had a good t bing, ace rding to 1ny notion. Th n the l{e-rerencl 1 (obson open (l up, slo\v and olemn, and begnn to talk; and t raight ff the TJIR C_YJJL'RT.A !\. L'R. 1110 ,.{ utrngrotv ro\v bnst \d nnL iu the c ·llnr <l body (' \·er h 'an1 ; it wa. only one dog, but be 1na.de a Jllost po\vcrfnl raekct, a11<l h' kept jt np, righL a l< lH.~· • ih par.-on lH\ hn<l to !--tant11 hcrc, ( v)r the cotii11 and wait - you couldn 't h<'ar yo ur" "'lf think. It wns ri~·h t down awkward, a11d nobody didn 'L seem to kno\v ·what to do. J~nt pretty ~oon t h y s ' ' Lhat longlegged uncl rta.ker 1nake a ·ign to Lhe pr achrr a· 1nuch as to say, " Dont you worry-j u:t <1 p ntl on In .'' . Th 1~ h . toope.(l dO\Vl1 and b gun to gli< 1 along the wall, J n ·t lu shouldm s , howing over the peopl:) ·. head.-. f 10 h glided along, and th pow-wo\v and racket rctting n1orc and 1nore outrage u.· all the T |