THE GRAVE BY THE HANDPOST
Holway had been found shot through the head by his own hand at the cross-roads in Long-Ash Lane where his father lay buried.
On the table in the cottage he had left a piece of paper, on which he had written his wish that he might be buried at the Cross beside his father. But the paper was accidentally swept to the floor, and overlooked till after his funeral, which took place in the ordinary way in the churchyard.
Christmas, 1897.
