PEACE AT LAST.
A visitor to a little cemot<47 commented upon the extraordinary size of the rough stone which covered one of the graves. "Oh. that's where Sal Bell lies' buried, said the sexton. "She wor the most talkative body Ah ever knew. Sho jaw.ed from hour to hour wi niver a stop. Sometimes she'd;be at it all night, till her husband wor fair ' maddied' in listenin' to her. She talked heraerf to death at last, and then her friends clubbed together*.and put that big stone on h«r grave and chiselled on it: 'Ho sleeps in peace P" " Ydu mean ' She sleeps in peace,' I suppose?" rejmarked th» stranger. tl No, Ahdon't," the sexton grunted. " It's her husband that sleeps in peace" at poor Mterl" -';
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Evening Star, Issue 14687, 3 October 1911, Page 2
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125PEACE AT LAST. Evening Star, Issue 14687, 3 October 1911, Page 2
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