mourner-in-chief

Updated: May 25, 2025

"'Thar ain't no use denyin' it, Miss, says Enright, 'your paw struck in on the big trail where the hoof-prints all p'ints one way. But don't take it hard, Miss, thar ain't a gent don't give you sympathy. What you do now is stay right yere, an' the camp'll tend to the funeral, an' put it up right an' jest as you says, you bein' mourner-in-chief.

Alfred Henry Lewis - Wolfville