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in the churchyard.

in the churchyard. But it seems there was some superstition about permitting a selfmurderer to be buried in the same field as decent folks. It was none of my funeral, and i didnt pay overmuch attention to the matter, but the authorities refused, and they buried him just outside the grounds, in the woods. My host and i discussed the matter at some length. He contended that if the man was not of sound mind, he should have been given his little six feet of earth among the others. A horse salesman has to be a good secondrate talker, and being anxious to show off before the girl, i differed with her father. The argument grew spirited yet friendly, and i