'The Grave by the Handpost'

First published in the St James's Budget, Christmas Number (pub. 30 November) 1897, pp. 8-11, with four illustrations by George M. Patterson. It was also published in America as 'The Grave by the Handpost: A Christmas Reminiscence' in Harper's Weekly, 4 December 1897, pp. 1203-6, with three of Patterson's illustrations (unsigned).

• Headpiece
• Sat down on the bank by the wayside
• "I am not worthy to be called thy son"
• Where his father lay buried

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