Modern Conversations

(At a funeral, whispered.)

"He looks so natural!"

"Doesn't he! I'm surprised. He suffered so, you know."

"Yes; so I heard. How well she bears up!"

"Wonderfully. It's really remarkable; but, then, she always had such will power."

"Yes, indeed. I remember" --

"Will she wear a veil?"

"I don't know. He didn't approve of the idea. He always told her not to."

"Still, I think she ought to."

"So do I. It's such a comfort to a woman."

"Isn't it? He was well off, wasn't he?"

"Oh, yes; but I'm told that it's all entailed."

"How do you mean?"

"Well, she gets only the income, and if she marries again it goes to a niece."

"Too bad. But, then, she never would marry again."

"Don't be so sure of that. I wouldn't be a bit surprised."

"I know it. One never can tell. I'm so glad I saw him."

"So am I. It's a comfort to know how he really looked."

"I suppose we ought to say something to her?"

"Oh, yes; of course. She'll expect it, you know. When the minister goes, we will."

"Yes; that would be the best time."

--New York Herald