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William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 15: shades of colour. (search)
dozen men in uniform, with eagles and furled banners. Who is this dead man? I ask a Negro loafer. Guess dat Mose Crump? And who is Mose Crump? Him labourer. A field labourer? Guess dat ar. The horses prance and tearMose Crump? Him labourer. A field labourer? Guess dat ar. The horses prance and tear through the rough ground, and with a vast amount of noise and show, the coffin is brought to the hole in which it is to be cast — not a vault, hardly a trench-and here with furled banner, outspread eagles, and crash of music, Mose Crump is laid downMose Crump is laid down. The family are all present-men and women, boys and girls. The groans and sighs are loud, but the Negro minister contrives to drown the voices of everyone save an old woman, who, with yearning pathos, sobs and screams: I nebber see my son, I nebbnd pink bonnets, conscious that they make a big sight, and highly pleased that two strange gentlemen are looking on. Mose Crump is left alone: a little soil above his head, without a stone to mark his grave. His family are also left alone, with l