United States or Trinidad and Tobago ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
All officers of this command will wear black crape attached to the hilts of their swords, and as testimony of respect for the deceased, this badge will be worn for the period of thirty days. The Surgeon of the Post will act as Chaplain. By order of Major Green. Feb. 18th, 1836. Signed J. T. COLLINGSWORTH, Act. Adj."
"It is very humiliating for me to be so poorly regretted, and it does you little honor try to shed a few tears, Madame it will be remarked a widow who does not weep!" "A widow never!" she said, with energy. "It would be convenient if they sold tears as they sell crape, would it not? Ah! only you women have a real talent for that all women know how to weep."
"Well, the times is past, to be sure, and greatly changed, since ladies used to give, but now it's their maids must give then, suppose let's see, ma'am for the three, the old white satin, and the amber satin, and the black lace why, ma'am, if you'd throw me the pink crape into the bargain, I don't doubt but I could afford to give you nine guineas, ma'am," said the maid.
There was no crape. “No better,” Rosie dropped in to say on her way to school “but,” she added hopefully, “she’s no worse.” Maida watched the Lathrop house all day, dreading to see the undertaker’s wagon drive up. But it did not come—not that day, nor the next, nor the next. “They think she’s getting better,” Rosie reported joyfully one day. And gradually Laura did get better.
At his grave there stood no single mourner; but the young lord was there, of his right, disdaining even to wear a crape band round his hat. But the woman remained shut up in her own chamber, a difficulty to the young lord and his lawyer, who could hardly tell the foreigner to pack and begone before the body of her late lover had been laid in the grave.
A seat reserved for the prisoner was placed upon the left, and on the crape robe which covered him flames were represented in gold embroidery to indicate the nature of the offence.
"At least tie this crape round your arm," he whispered to him. "Why?" "People might think you did not want to wear mourning." Paul started at this thought and did as he was told. Afterwards he was grieved to have been thus shamed by his brother, and only much later it became clear to him which of them had worn the deepest mourning. The cemetery lay in the midst of the heath.
I am sorry not to be in mourning on the night of her funeral, but I have just been to put some flowers on her grave, and I took it off afore going that the damp mid not spoil the crape. You see, she was bad a long time, and I have to be careful, and do washing and ironing for a living. She hurt her side with wringing up the large sheets she had to wash for the Castle folks here.
He used to say that the horrible hue and surface of her crape dress was most likely the sufficient controlling force. He sat still, however, and only said "I shall never hear from you. And you will forget all about me." "No," said Dorothea, "I shall never forget you. I have never forgotten any one whom I once knew. My life has never been crowded, and seems not likely to be so.
The Deacon and his wife had always lived happy together she loved to work, and he loved to have her work, so they had similar tastes, and wuz very congenial and when she died he had the widest crape on his hat that wuz ever seen in the town of Lyme. He mourned deep, both in his crape and his feelin's, there hain't a doubt of that.
Word Of The Day