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It seemed to me that then, under ordinary circumstances, the funeral would have been over, but, no, the Chaplain of the Senate rose. They were sitting at a platform at the end of the church, where an altar would be in a ritualistic church. He rose and came forward. He said he had been asked to take part in this funeral and that he wished to offer a prayer, but that before he offered the prayer he would like to make a few remarks. So he made a few remarks. They were the usual political kind of thing. He dealt with politics that I am sure the people of Jasper were wholly unacquainted with. They were kind of hifalutin' politics. It was a very silly speech, in other words. Then he offered a prayer.

Than I thought, “well now, that's all.” Then I discovered sitting on the sofa in the back of the little platform the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, who still lives. He was Chaplain for a great many years after. Then he rose and came forward. He made a little speech in which he represented himself as being practically in tears. His voice would crack as he talked. I don't know how long he talked, but I think it was well over an hour. His remarks were so terrible. It almost seemed to me as though somebody





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