A BEGGAR'S FUNERAL
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We turned our horses heads and rode to town, followed no doubt with the blessings of the old man, who could now return and demand of that priest the burial which, for want of a little paltry trash, had been denied him. I shall cherish the remembrance of the eager desire displayed by my companions to join me in making up the amount of money requisite for the decent burial of the dead and to thus relieve the old man's wants."
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