Now, which do you think is the prettiest, to have the name in raised letters in a straight line over the top of the stone, or just to cut the words 'Alexander P.Smyth' in a kind of a semicircle in sunken letters ?" _Mix_.

"Did I understand you to say Alexander P.?
Were you referring to John or Thomas ?" _Mrs.B_.

"Of course not.

Aleck was my third.

I'm not going to neglect his grave while I'm fixing up the rest.