Telegram-herald., 1891-10-24
HOW AZ LEARNED rns PRAYER.

court Sustained this view o the ease
ana the books were excluded
HOW HE LEARNED" The PRAYER.
Professions VI every sort reQaire
more ability thaa man u at fret
inclined 10 believe" This was the
sage remark OF y young man about
town alter . prolonged but fruit
ful effort TO smoke . bad cigar 20
the bitter rad
Great Seota." exclaimed hix com
panson, 10 you call the smoking Of
such things as that = profession
IL seems beyond your ability any
way"
Not at all, replied the first young
man refieetsvely, Il Was speaking of
professions generally, and of a re
lar"
We'll GO ON and tell me all about
ii. l know you VIII anyway
You know. perhaps. than one OF my
most intimate friends is All under
takers 81 II won't be necessary 10
mention his name. A short time ago
I had some business with him THAI
could not be delayed and funerals
were thicker than fleas about then.
made aa appointment with him
by telephone, and in order to see
him I had TO follow him To the
cemetery and talk with him on the
way home. The funeral was a rather
tame affair. The deceased WAS
worthy soul. but cheap; thirty dollar
casket. second best hearse and The
the team with spayins and the heases.
You understand"
II think / do"
We'll. in such case the minister
could not he expected 10 so the cefn-
etery under the most favorable circum-
stances. and besides IL threatened rain.
/ was at the cemetery when the pro-
cession arrived. There were two ear
riaces and the hearse. and my friend
irode with the driver OF the latter
vehicle / saw the two mourners
ranged around the grave, with their
three sympathizing friends for a back
ground. but no clergyman appeared
on the scene. ] says 10 myscu here's
nice scrape; / wonder how they II
get out of IT. The situation didn't
phase my friend bit. He arraigned
every thing with bpsiness-iike brisk
ness and was ne cool as an October
evening. concluded that they were
going TO bury the poor fellow with
| out ceremony. but l was mistaken.
moment after, my friend planted
himself at the head OF the grave, took
off his hat, and gazing into the crown.
as II for inspiration. he began the
burial service himself with an air
of awful solimnity. He went on with
out a skip or n stumble. and when
i'm the midst of the service he and the
hearse driver struck up th;r solemn
hymn that my dear old grandmother
loves TO crown. why Should We
Mourn Departed Friends rou could
have Knocked me down with a brick.
| They sang like canaries. THE hymn
| ended. my friend bowed his head again
over his hat and delivered beautiful
and touching prayer. NY admiration
| for him was only exceeded by my
sympathy for the poor heart-broken
mouners who sobbed aloud as the
heavy clods fell upon the coffin In thst
| lonely, lowly grave. Then they were
| bundled into the carriages and driven
away 10 their deeolate home. j went
| MP TO my friend and grasped his hand.
My dear fellow, you surprise me be-
| yond measure ] said. How SOP
| Why the manner you conducted this
| service was a revelation 10 me. 4
really had no idea you could do it,
| sOh pshaw. that aint much OF trick.
| We don't do this though except in
| Just such cases as this. I've got some
feeling even il ! am an undertaken. and
I Ike 10 even things up as much a.
possible. II this poor fellow had been
some rich cuss, we should have had a
crowd. and preacher and maybe n
band. but Tom and I do the best We
can when these accessories are absent
But how did you ever learn the ser
vice 80 wen. ] must say that PRAYER
was one of the Crendest ] ever heard.
'It's all easy enough when you under
stand the matter. look here" he
| took off his hat and held che inside
| of II up TO me. There ] saw the whole
secret. lie had the printed service
pasted in the crown of his hat. and
when he 1,owed his head he looked
upon tbesH hnes and read them over
tho deceased. When ! saw this I
think NV admiration for him was in
creased rather than diminished"