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Mina Murray’s Journal

           "Topleasetheirrelatives,Isuppose." 

           "Topleasetheirrelatives,yousuppose! "Thishesaidwithintensescorn. "Howwillitpleasuretheirrelativestoknowthatliesiswroteoverthem,andthateverybodyintheplaceknowsthattheybelies?" 

           Hepointedtoastoneatourfeetwhichhadbeenlaiddownasaslab,onwhichtheseatwasrested,closetotheedgeofthecliff. "Readtheliesonthatthruff-stone,"hesaid. 

           TheletterswereupsidedowntomefromwhereIsat,butLucywasmoreoppositetothem,sosheleantoverandread, "SacredtothememoryofGeorgeCanon,whodied,inthehopeofagloriousresurrection,onJuly29,1873,fallingfromtherocksatKettleness. Thistombwaserectedbyhissorrowingmothertoherdearlybelovedson. ‘Hewastheonlysonofhismother,andshewasawidow.’ Really,Mr.Swales,Idon’tseeanythingveryfunnyinthat!" Shespokehercommentverygravelyandsomewhatseverely. 

           "Yedon’tseeaughtfunny! Ha-ha! Butthat’sbecauseyedon’tgawmthesorrowin’motherwasahell-catthathatedhimbecausehewasacrewk’d,aregularlamiterhewas,an’hehatedhersothathecommittedsuicideinorderthatshemightn’tgetaninsurancesheputonhislife. Heblewnighthetopofhisheadoffwithanoldmusketthattheyhadforscarin’crowswith. ‘twarn’tforcrowsthen,foritbroughttheclegsandthedowpstohim. That’sthewayhefellofftherocks. And,astohopesofagloriousresurrection,I’veoftenheardhimsaymasel’thathehopedhe’dgotohell,forhismotherwassopiousthatshe’dbesuretogotoheaven,an’hedidn’twanttoaddlewhereshewas. Nowisn’tthatsteanatanyrate,"hehammereditwithhisstickashespoke,"apackoflies? 

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